Cigna Teams with jobipedia.org to Offer Job-Seekers Free Advice and Answers From Actual Recruiters
Cigna Teams with jobipedia.org to Offer Job-Seekers Free Advice and Answers From Actual Recruiters
WASHINGTON & BLOOMFIELD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Global health service company Cigna (NYS: CI) announced today that it is teaming up with the website jobipedia.org to offer recent college grads personal, free and timely answers about job searches and the workplace directly from active company recruiters.
"In today's highly competitive global job market, many of today's recent college graduates could use a primer for professional skills such as how to behave in an interview or to assimilate into the workplace," said John Murabito, Cigna executive vice president, human resources. "Jobipedia.org helps these graduates and other jobseekers get a better understanding of what it really takes to find and keep a job in America."
Jobipedia.org offers information on interviewing, resumes, compensation, appropriate attire and workplace behavior. Jobipedia.org not only provides credible and reliable job-related information, but it also allows jobseekers to interact directly with experienced corporate recruiters, a unique feature for a website of this scale. Jobipedia.org was created by HR Policy Association in collaboration with Cigna and other members of the Association, which represents over 340 chief human resource officers of America's largest companies.
Since the test launch of jobipedia.org, in October 2012, professional recruiters from HR Policy member companies such as Cigna have posted more than 1,200 personalized responses to questions. Over 60 of the nation's leading colleges and universities provide links to the site from their career services websites, including Cornell, Duke, Georgia Tech, NYU, Ohio State, University of San Diego, University of Missouri-Kansas City and Tufts.
About Cigna
Cigna Corporation (NYS: CI) is a global health service company dedicated to helping people improve their health, well-being and sense of security. All products and services are provided exclusively by or through operating subsidiaries of Cigna Corporation, including Connecticut General Life Insurance Company, Cigna Health and Life Insurance Company, Life Insurance Company of North America and Cigna Life Insurance Company of New York. Such products and services include an integrated suite of health services, such as medical, dental, behavioral health, pharmacy, vision, supplemental benefits, and other related products including group life, accident and disability insurance. Cigna maintains sales capability in 30 countries and jurisdictions, and has approximately 78 million customer relationships throughout the world. To learn more about Cigna®, including links to follow us on Facebook or Twitter, visit www.cigna.com.
About HR Policy Association
HR Policy Association is the lead organization representing chief human resource officers of major employers. The Association consists of more than 340 of the largest corporations doing business in the United States and globally, and these employers are represented in the organization by their most senior human resource executive. Collectively, their companies employ more than ten million employees in the United States, nearly nine percent of the private sector workforce, and 20 million employees worldwide. They have a combined market capitalization of more than $7.5 trillion. These senior corporate officers participate in the Association because of their commitment to improving the direction of human resource policy. Their objective is to use the combined power of the membership to act as a positive influence to better public policy, the HR marketplace, and the human resource profession. For more information visit www.hrpolicy.org.
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