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TonyLee - who has written 1 posts on Cheezhead Recruiting News and Opinion.

Tony Lee is Chief Alliance Officer and Executive Vice President of Adicio, the Internet’s leading developer of Web-based classified-advertising solutions, as well Publisher of CareerCast.com and JobsRated.com, two leading websites for job hunters. Lee oversees Adicio’s Network Operations, which includes the Adicio National and Regional Networks and Cross-Posting Network, and Adicio’s alliance with Monster.com. He’s also responsible for managing Adicio’s marketing and strategic consulting efforts and its Best Practices workshops. Lee also focuses on identifying and establishing relationships with providers of services, advertising and content that can be leveraged to help Adicio clients enhance their product offerings and boost revenue generation. Lee is the founder and former publisher of The Wall Street Journal Online Vertical Network and all of the sites within that network, including CareerJournal.com, OpinionJournal.com, StartupJournal.com, RealEstateJournal.com, CollegeJournal.com and “Political Diary,” a paid email newsletter about politics. Under his leadership, those sites won a range of awards and accolades, including a Webby, an EPpy, a Codie and multiple WebAwards. Combined, the Network sites attracted an average of 2.5 million unique visitors and 20 million page views each month. Lee also was one of two finalists for the Newspaper Association of America’s annual Online Innovator Award. Prior to moving online in 1997, Lee was editor in chief of the National Business Employment Weekly and of Managing Your Career, both published by Dow Jones & Co. Lee is co-author of “The Jobs Rated Almanac” (2002, Barricade), and “Career Choice, Change and Challenge” (2000, JIST Pub.). He is a board member of the Association of Career Professionals, an adviser to Staffing.org and the International Association of Employment Websites, and a columnist for RecruitingTrends.com. Lee is a frequent conference speaker in the U.S. and internationally, and has appeared as a career guidance authority on television and radio programs produced by NBC, FOX, CNBC, ABC, CNN, NPR, WCBS and The Wall Street Journal, including “The Today Show” and “Good Morning America.” He has written The Wall Street Journal's “Managing Your Career” column, and his articles have appeared in hundreds of newspapers and magazines. He earned an M.S. in journalism at Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill., and a B.A. in global issues and communications at Regis University in Denver. He, his wife and two daughters live in Mercer County, N.J.

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craigslist as a poor recruiting tool

Monday, April 13, 2009

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By Tony Lee - Craigslist has built a reputation as a great resource of free and low-cost classifieds online, especially among company recruiters operating with limited budgets. But as the years pass, it has become clear that relying on Craigslist to fill local job openings may require more time and money than its reputation suggests. In fact, in many cases, using a traditional job board is a more cost and time-effective strategy than posting on Craigslist.

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