MedCareers News
MEDCAREERS TEAMS WITH HELLER FINANCIAL AND THE TRAVEL OUTLET TO EXPAND SITE OFFERINGS
Comprehensive Healthcare Career Site Adds More
Tools for Job Seekers and Employers
ATLANTA (June 26, 2000) – Healthcare career network MedCAREERS (www.medcareers.com) today announced partnerships with Heller Financial, a leading provider of financial products and services, and The Travel Outlet, a company specializing in discount travel. The new relationships allow MedCAREERS to expand its suite of career resources for healthcare professionals.
“Through partnerships with companies like Heller Financial and The Travel Outlet, MedCAREERS can offer job seekers and employers relevant tools and services directly on the site,” said Will Goldstein, president and CEO of MedCAREERS. “Our goal is to help users accomplish all of their career-related tasks on the site, from booking trips to researching loans.”
With the information provided by Heller’s Healthcare Finance division, visitors to the MedCAREERS site can actually begin the loan process for one of several healthcare financial products online. Potential borrowers can also access the Loan Qualifier, a feature that helps determine financing options, along with industry information and tips on healthcare financing.
“Partnering with MedCAREERS allows Heller to reach healthcare professionals who may be looking for assistance with their hospital or practice financing,” said Robert Radway, group president at Heller Healthcare Finance. “MedCAREERS is a great partner for our Healthcare Financing Division because we both directly target the healthcare industry.”
The Travel Outlet will provide MedCAREERS users with access to online programs, allowing them to book airplane, car and hotel reservations online. Visitors will also be able to check air timetables, create personal travel profiles, and access travel tools including international weather forecasts, detailed maps and a currency converter.
“The Travel Outlet lets busy professionals research, book and confirm their travel accommodations immediately online,” said Roy Estaris, president of The Travel Outlet. “We look forward to also giving MedCAREERS users access to the lowest fares, along with our complete online travel management services.”
“Travel is often an integral part of successful recruitment, from the initial interview to possible relocation of the candidate,” added Goldstein. “Having comprehensive travel services available on MedCAREERS through The Travel Outlet helps simplify the whole hiring process.”
The resources provided by Heller Financial and The Travel Outlet can be found under “Services” on the navigational bars in the job seeker and employer pages of MedCAREERS. The “Services” section will be continually enhanced as part of MedCAREERS’ e-commerce initiative. MedCAREERS currently has more than 15,000 jobs across all healthcare professions.
About Heller Financial
Heller Financial Inc. is a worldwide commercial finance company providing a broad range of financing solutions to middle-market and small business clients. With nearly $19 billion in total assets, Heller offers equipment financing and leasing, sales finance programs, collateral- and cash flow-based financing, financing for healthcare companies and financing for commercial real estate. The company also offers trade finance, factoring, asset-based lending, leasing and vendor finance products and programs to clients in Europe, Asia and Latin America. Heller's common stock is listed as "HF" on the New York and Chicago Stock Exchanges. Heller can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.hellerfinancial.com.
About The Travel Outlet
The Travel Outlet, based in Virginia Beach, Va., specializes in discount travel for individuals and corporations. The company strives to make travel planning and purchasing as easy as possible while saving customers both time and money. The Travel Outlet is a fully appointed ARC & IATAN travel agency. For more information, visit their Website at http://www.thetraveloutlet.com.
About MedCAREERS
Based in Atlanta, MedCAREERS Inc. is a privately held corporation that manages and markets the Internet’s most comprehensive, flexible Website devoted exclusively to providing career and staffing solutions for healthcare professionals. MedCAREERS is an application service provider (ASP), offering career application services to allow job candidates and employers to post resumes and job opportunities on multiple partner sites, such as Healtheon/WebMD Corp (HLTH). ). For more information, visit the company’s Web site at www.medcareers.com
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Urcel R. Fields, MPH
Content Manager
Medcareers.com
800-307-1038
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