CSB appointed exclusive partner of StepStone, Malta

Commercial Services Bureau (CSB) Ltd, has entered into an alliance with StepStone ASA to provide employers and job seekers with access to Europe's widest-reaching online recruitment service.

CSB has been established in the recruitment business in Malta for the last 16 years and is the proud operator of www.vacancycentre.-com, Malta's virtual career centre with the largest online job bank. Apart from local job opportunities, vacancycentre.com will now also be featuring jobs across various European countries.

The vacancycentre.com team has always strived to provide the best services for employers and job-seekers alike, by implementing fresh ideas and the latest innovative tools to facilitate the recruiting and job-hunting exercises respectively.

StepStone operates online job sites across 13 European countries and also provides complete online solutions for enterprise recruiters. Through its network of partnerships, such as the relationship with CSB, StepStone provides services across 24 European markets. StepStone publishes thousands of job opportunities across Europe each day, and recruiters are offered a wide range of products and services to help fill their vacancies with quality people, quickly and efficiently.

Michael J. Zammit, managing director of CSB, commented: "With Malta's confirmed entry into the European Union in May 2004, recruiters across Europe will have easier access to the Maltese labour force, and Maltese recruiters will look to target staff from other European countries. Through our relationship with StepStone we believe we will be uniquely placed to meet these growing recruitment needs."

Colin Tenwick, CEO of StepStone, said: "Our strategy is to partner with established market leaders to offer Europe-wide coverage to our customers, Through this relationship with CSB we have added yet another recognised leader to our network of online recruiters."

StepStone was founded in Norway in 1996 and pioneered the development of online recruitment in Europe. Today StepStone is Europe's leading provider of online career services and recruitment solutions. StepStone's public career sites cover 13 European countries, providing high-quality candidates to recruiters quickly and effectively through individually focused campaigns.

StepStone's recruitment solutions allow customers to operate their own private career sites, covering both external and internal candidates. Thousands of companies, including Ikea, Deutsche Bank, TNT, KLM, CMG, Cargill and KPMG, use StepStone's services to help them recruit qualified staff across Europe. For more information visit www.stepstone. com.

Commercial Services Bureau (CSB) Ltd, the company behind vacancycentre.com, has been established in the recruitment business since 1987.

Vacancycentre.com was launched in October 1999 and following its immediate success and the ever-increasing number of visitors to the site,additional innovative services such as JobM@il were introduced.

Over the years, vacancycentre.com has grown into the meeting place for candidates and employers, and is today considered Malta's virtual career centre.

CSB's portfolio of clients varies from family-run SMEs to large corporations involved in a variety of fields, from import and retail to export manufacturing and IT.

For more information visit www.vacancycentre.com.