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Doostang Seals Partnership With The Johnson School of Management at Cornell University

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Mon Apr 6, 2009 10:13am EDT

  NEW YORK, NY, Apr 06 (MARKET WIRE) -- 
Doostang, an exclusive online career community targeting elite young
professionals, today confirmed that The Johnson School of Management at
Cornell University has become the latest elite business school to partner
with them.

    "We searched for a resource that would effectively help the careers of our
graduating students and those looking for internships," said Karin Ash,
Assistant Director at the Career Management Center, The Johnson School of
Management. "Doostang proved to us that, even in this economy, they are
able to put over 10,000 high quality jobs and internships in front of our
students, dramatically increasing the number of relevant career
opportunities available to them."

    Starting today, students at The Johnson School of Management will have
access to 10,000 more exclusive jobs which include hundreds of positions
at the leading investment banks, hedge funds and private equity firms, as
well as thousands of positions at consulting firms, media companies and
technology startups.

    Aside from having more career opportunities targeting elite young
professionals than any other website, Doostang also provides its members
with other services to help them get hired. These include the ability to
apply directly to the hiring manager, and bypass the "black hole" of
online applications as well as the ability to connect with other Doostang
members who currently work at the hiring company to help them through the
application process.

    "Partnering with yet another highly respected business school just gives
us further validation that there is great demand for our products," said
Mareza Larizadeh, Founder of Doostang. "Our internal focus now is to
continue to build relationships with leading companies in major US
metropolitan areas in order to bring their career opportunities to our
members."

    About The Johnson School of Management:

    The Johnson School of Management at Cornell University, is one of six Ivy
League business schools, and is considered as one of the world's leading
business schools. With over 50 talented faculty members and a world class
research center, the school sits among top-ranked U.S. business schools.
Today, the school has over 750 enrolled students as well as over 10,000
active alumni.

    About Doostang:

    Doostang is an exclusive online career advancement network that connects
elite professionals with the most prestigious jobs. Founded in 2005,
Doostang has quickly become home to the nation's most talented and
ambitious professionals and, in turn, attracted the attention of leading
employers. Today more than half a million professionals from top
universities and business schools are members of Doostang. Companies
currently using Doostang to recruit talent include top-tier employers
Goldman Sachs, McKinsey & Company, Kohlberg Kravis & Roberts, Summit
Partners, Google, Time Warner and Facebook.

    Doostang.com is a privately held company, backed by Shasta Ventures and
some of Silicon Valley's luminaries including Andy Rachleff, Co-founder of
Benchmark Capital. Doostang is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA. For more
information, please visit www.doostang.com.

    



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