EmploymentCrossing Launches Job Site IntellectualPropertyCrossing for Intellectual Property Professionals

June 11, 2008

EmploymentCrossing, one of the world’s largest job-search sites, recently launched an exclusive job-search site for legal professionals specializing in intellectual property matters called IntellectualPropertyCrossing. The site aims to locate every active intellectual property and patent job and list all of the jobs it locates in its database. IntellectualPropertyCrossing’s more than 500 trained researchers collect intellectual property job openings from various job boards and employer websites, including those of Fortune 500 companies.

Pasadena, CA — Competition to get into the best law schools is intense, and searching for intellectual property legal jobs can be even tougher. That’s why EmploymentCrossing recently launched IntellectualPropertyCrossing (www.intellectualpropertycrossing.com), a job-search site exclusively for attorneys and other legal professionals seeking jobs in the practice area of intellectual property.

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, employment of lawyers is predicted to increase by 11% over the 2006-2016 decade. The bureau further predicts that there will be increasing demand for lawyers who can deal with intellectual property issues. Even paralegals and legal assistants with intellectual property expertise will be in great demand, as their employment is expected to increase by around 22%.

Harrison Barnes, founder and CEO of IntellectualPropertyCrossing, says, ''In this market it is extremely hard to get a job with a recruiter, and recruiters typically work with very few companies. Job openings that are not widely known or publicized are the easiest jobs to get.''

''IntellectualPropertyCrossing is a research company, and our job is to find every intellectual property job out there for people in the legal industry,'' Barnes adds. ''We do not charge employers to post jobs with us, and we aggressively monitor the hiring needs of every intellectual property employer we can find. IntellectualPropertyCrossing is a service that I believe will change the legal industry and how people find jobs forever.''

According to Barnes, the most popular searches on the site thus far have been:

• intellectual property jobs
• intellectual property law jobs
• intellectual property job fair
• legal jobs
• patent jobs
• patent agent jobs

IntellectualPropertyCrossing charges $29.95 a month to view its intellectual property job-opening research. As part of the site’s launch special, however, IntellectualPropertyCrossing is offering a free, seven-day trial to allow job seekers to familiarize themselves with the service.

For more information about IntellectualPropertyCrossing, please visit www.intellectualpropertycrossing.com.

Contact:
Mary Waldron
IntellectualPropertyCrossing
626-243-1821
maryw@employmentcrossing.com

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