.jobs
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| country: | USA |
| Manager: | Employ Media |
| Registry Provider: | Verisign |
| Date Implemented: | 2005 |
| Type: | sTLD |
| Community: | Yes |
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.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
The Society of Human Resource Management is the sponsor and representative for .jobs. The society is the world’s largest organization dedicated to human resource management, which oversees the collective interests for its 250,000+members; which are found in more than 150 countries. It has 575 affiliated chapters in the US and subsidiary offices in China and India.[2]
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.[3]
.JOBS Universe
On January 2011, Employ Media launched the .JOBS Universe. an interactive, community-driven network of 40,000 thousand of job related sites wherein more than 500 leading U.S. employers joined to enable job seekers to easily find job opportunities. Examples of websites available in the .jobs universe include boston.jobs, insurance.jobs, military.jobs, technology.jobs and many other geographical and industrial jobs.[4] One moth after the launch of the .JOBS Universe, Employ Media reported that more than half-million Americans visited the site.[5]