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Office superstore Staples has launched a new career site today which they are calling a “career stimulus program”. The site combines information from the Staples website, CareerBuilder information and paper information from paper manufacturer Southworth Paper.

The website is very basic in content. It looks like the big feature on the career site is the ability for people to receive free resume and business card printing. From today through mid-June, they are offering 20 free resume copies and 40 business cards. If you live in a city with multiple Staples locations, you could easily get a couple hundred business cards – here in NYC, a short walk would be all it takes.

I’ve marketed paper for years and this looks like a great program to get people to try a higher-end paper than they most likely use on a regular basis. Resumes should always be printed on high-quality watermarked bond. Same goes for thank you letters and the envelopes you mail the letters in!
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CareerBuilder relaunched their contractor/freelancer web site today. Sologig helps freelancers find positions. It is free to post a profile and they also list "gig" type positions on the site.

From Sologig, "Sologig.com connects job seekers who are not seeking full-time employment with project-based employment, using CareerBuilder.com's best-of-breed technology. More than 1.9 million freelance job seekers visit Sologig.com each year to search for job postings by city, state and keyword, or post their resume online."

Ben Jablow, Senior Business Development Director for Sologig.com noted about the relaunch, "The Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that more than 10 million workers in the U.S. are independent contractors. Companies rely on this critical segment to dial up or dial down their workforce as determined by demand and seasonality. Sologig.com makes the recruitment process easier by providing fast access to quality freelance job seekers in a wide variety of industries, from writing to Web design."

For more job boards news, check out my "State of the Web: Jobs" post from last week.