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Every company applying for a .jobs domain is screened to ensure that they are legitimate and they are doing business under the name they represent. Registration for a .jobs domain costs approximately $125 annually, plus $35 for the initial set up fee through a network of accredited registrars.<ref>[http://www.goto.jobs/about.asp goto.Jobs]</ref> | Every company applying for a .jobs domain is screened to ensure that they are legitimate and they are doing business under the name they represent. Registration for a .jobs domain costs approximately $125 annually, plus $35 for the initial set up fee through a network of accredited registrars.<ref>[http://www.goto.jobs/about.asp goto.Jobs]</ref> | ||
==Sponsor== | ==Sponsor== | ||
The Society of Human Resource Management([[SHRM]]) is the sponsor and representative for .jobs. The | The Society of Human Resource Management([[SHRM]]) is the sponsor and representative for .jobs. The society is the world’s largest organization dedicated to human resource management, which oversees the interests (hiring people, providing appropriate training and facilitating rewards and opportunities for individual advancement and achievement) for its hundreds of thousands of individual members (approximately 250,000) in more than 150 other countries around the world and it has 575 affiliated chapters in the US and subsidiary offices in China and India.<ref>[http://www.shrm.org/about/pages/default.aspx SHRM.org]</ref> | ||
==Technical Support== | ==Technical Support== | ||
The technical registry operations for the .jobs TLD is provided by VeriSign Naming and Directory Services, a division of [[VeriSign]] which is proven as an industry leader and world class provider of registry operations and maintenance. It also provides resolution, billing and customer support to .jobs.<ref>[http://verisigninc.com/en_US/products-and-services/domain-name-services/registry-services/jobs-domain-names/index.xhtml Verisigninc.com]</ref> | The technical registry operations for the .jobs TLD is provided by VeriSign Naming and Directory Services, a division of [[VeriSign]] which is proven as an industry leader and world class provider of registry operations and maintenance. It also provides resolution, billing and customer support to .jobs.<ref>[http://verisigninc.com/en_US/products-and-services/domain-name-services/registry-services/jobs-domain-names/index.xhtml Verisigninc.com]</ref> | ||
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| Industry: | Internet, TLD |
| Founded: | 2005 |
| Headquarters: | 3029 Prospect Ave. Cleveland, Ohio 44115 |
| Country: | USA |
| Website: | www.goto.jobs |
| Key People | |
| Tom Embrecia, Chairman & CEO | |
.jobs is a sponsored top-level domain managed and operated by its parent company Employ Media. It is considered the largest global e-recruitment network with more than 400,000 sites registered in the domain system.
The .jobs domain system was approved by ICANN on April 8, 2005. Registration in the domain system is exclusively intended for companies and organizations seeking to develop, and enhance their job related sites. It is unique domain as it acts as a supplement to a company's traditional site, which allows a corporation to register their company name followed by the suffix .jobs; This URL allows job seekers using the internet to go to the job page and connect with the human resources department of a given company faster and easier.
Every company applying for a .jobs domain is screened to ensure that they are legitimate and they are doing business under the name they represent. Registration for a .jobs domain costs approximately $125 annually, plus $35 for the initial set up fee through a network of accredited registrars.[1]
Sponsor[edit | edit source]
The Society of Human Resource Management(SHRM) is the sponsor and representative for .jobs. The society is the world’s largest organization dedicated to human resource management, which oversees the interests (hiring people, providing appropriate training and facilitating rewards and opportunities for individual advancement and achievement) for its hundreds of thousands of individual members (approximately 250,000) in more than 150 other countries around the world and it has 575 affiliated chapters in the US and subsidiary offices in China and India.[2]
Technical Support[edit | edit source]
The technical registry operations for the .jobs TLD is provided by VeriSign Naming and Directory Services, a division of VeriSign which is proven as an industry leader and world class provider of registry operations and maintenance. It also provides resolution, billing and customer support to .jobs.[3]