Vancouver BC Employers Directory & Job Application Toolkit for Proactive Job Seekers in British Columbia. Free trial available.

Features and Benefits of the JobPro Directory

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Draws on an unequaled wealth of British Columbia company and contact information to get you past company "gatekeepers" and open communication channels between you and people having the power to hire you. The JobPro BC Employers Directory includes Company Name, Full Address, Phone, Fax, E-mail, Web Site, Business Category, Products/Services and more. JobPro provides you with the names, titles and contact information for key company contacts, and includes biographies for an increasing number of contacts at high technology companies.	JobPro more than pays for itself when you find better employment faster and save thousands of dollars in lost wages by minimizing time spent "between jobs".
Helps you find important Company and Contact information stored in the JobPro Directory, company and other web sites leveraging built-in Google search and internet WhoIs database integration. JobPro shows related companies within seconds by finding web sites linking to any selected company's web site. JobPro enables you to view company web sites dating back to when the company launched its first web site. JobPro searches all database fields, including 7 user-defined fields.	You save time using pre-selected, quality employer contacts and learn about employers you would otherwise not have known existed. JobPro is by far the best job search resource for job seekers proactively targeting Vancouver and area employers to take advantage of job openings within the "hidden job market".
Launches company web sites in your browser automatically or at the click of a button. Includes built-in E-mail sending and AutoDial phone support. top	You save time researching and contacting companies.
Creates personalized, template-based HTML or plain text E-mail marketing messages as well as Microsoft Word documents at the click of a button. E-mail subject line and message body may include 'custom tags' which JobPro replaces with Contact Name, Title, Company Name, Street, City, etc. to personalize your marketing material. The JobPro web service alerts you by E-mail when contacts open your Registered E-mail, enabling you to make follow-up phone calls timed for maximum effectiveness.	You can make yourself known to employers more easily and without error. You know when to call and introduce yourself - immediately after your qualifications have been viewed by company decision makers.
Maps company locations based on any searchable criteria including Street Address, City, Postal Code, Business Category, etc. using Microsoft MapPoint integration. Location mapping and all directory searches may be filtered by business category, so that for example, only Manufacturing companies within postal code 'V5L' are mapped and listed in search results. Creates simple routes from your location to any chosen company within seconds. Also creates optimized routes which include numerous stops. JobPro in addition leverages Google Hybrid Maps (satellite image with streets overlay) to map individual companies and simple routes. This feature helps you distinguish larger companies from home businesses.	You save time using optimized routes and driving directions. Knowing company locations helps you more selectively target employers, saving you time and money during your job search and also later when you are working.
Program administrators may hide and disable company and contact editing and E-mail functionality at the click of a button. JobPro is self-updating via the internet, enabling you to take advantage of program and directory enhancements as they become available.	Using JobPro becomes even easier while Company and Contact information is protected from unwanted modification. Organizations offering JobPro in their Employment Resource Centres will find this "read only" mode invaluable.

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Purchase JobPro or download a free trial copy.

Make Your "Cold Calls" Warmer

Need to know more about Vancouver, BC and area companies and their key contacts to make your "cold calls" warmer and gain a stronger competitve edge? Then the JobPro Directory is for you. Contact biographies and descriptions of their responsibilities are in many cases included, especially for key people running technology companies in the biotechnology, pharmaceutical, engineering, software development and web design sectors.

Need to do industry research which builds on available Directory information? Then leverage JobPro's web browser/Google search integration, and its British Columbia, Canada associations and societies listings containing over 220 organizations to gain access to their up-to-date membership lists. JobPro even enables you to view archived company web sites and all linked web sites at the click of a button.

Save Time Qualifying Employment Leads by Focusing on Hotter Prospects
JobPro helps you focus on hotter job prospects and avoid home-based businesses unable to take advantage of your services by providing you with zoomable satellite imagery together with a streets overlay of company locations, showing you whether your prospects are in residential neighbourhoods or industrial and commercial areas.

The JobPro Directory is a proven job search aid guaranteed to help you find better work faster by reducing the number of hours you spend looking for information relevant to your BC job search. Simply put, an investment in JobPro more than pays for itself when you save thousands of dollars in lost wages by minimizing your time spent "between jobs."

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Organizations Assisting Job Seekers / Career Development Practitioners
The JobPro Directory:

* Provides your clients with useful, up-to-date employer and

contact information for thousands of BC employers. JobPro provides career development practitioners with an extensive, BC-specific, user-updatable information resource base that enables your clients to easily find valuable employer and contact information.

What happens when you (typically your centre's Career Resource Advisor) add your own companies and contacts? The answer is that any Companies and Contacts you add to your copy of the JobPro Directory may be easily shared with Directory maintainers for inclusion in future Directory updates.

* Strengthens your Client Resource Centre by complementing existing resources.

* Empowers community practitioners to provide job placement assistance more efficiently and effectively, and is designed to be among your organization's most useful employer information resources.

* Assists skilled immigrants and others to integrate into the BC labour market in ways most relevant to their competence, education and experience.

* Is an investment that helps improve client service.

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Why Choose the JobPro Directory?

An investment in the JobPro Directory provides you with the most up to date and complete company and contact information at the lowest cost. JobPro enables you to easily initiate and maintain contact with prospective employers using personalized, template-based registered email and cover letters which open in Microsoft Word at the click of a button.

JobPro makes your cold calls warmer by providing you with valuable company and contact information and enables you to easily record your phoning and emailing results to further target both companies and contacts for follow-up phoning, emailing and personalized template-based job search correspondence.

The result? You find better employment faster and save thousands of dollars in lost wages using JobPro to find and qualify potential employers faster. JobPro more than pays for itself.

Compare JobPro to the BC Manufacturers Directory, a quality competing product published by BC Stats:

	The JobPro Directory	BC Manufacturers' Directory (electronic version)
Size	43 MB	3.5 MB
Number of Companies	8,265 and growing (as of November 8, 2007)	4,300
Number of Key Contacts	14,087 (as of November 8, 2007)	8,000 (estimated, based on fewer than 2 contacts per company average)
Regularly Updated?	yes	yes
Data Format	relational database	CSV (text) file
Data Included	Company postal address, phone number and product or service description - often with many details. Many company listings offer extensive information. Several key decision maker names and their contact information. May also include their biographies and responsibilities.	Company postal address, phone number and a very brief description of product or service. One or two key decision maker names and their contact information.
Contact Export Functionality top	A business version of JobPro named the BC Contacts Directory exports contact data in standard format used by Maximizer, ACT!, Goldmine, Outlook, FileMaker and other contact management and customer relationship management (CRM) programs.	Contact data may be imported into Maximizer, ACT!, Goldmine, Outlook, FileMaker and other contact management and customer relationship management (CRM) programs.
Google Search Integration to Help Me with Company and Contact Research?	JobPro enables you to find additional company and contact information using its Google Search integration.	no
Software Included?	JobPro software for Windows (click for sample)	no - opens in Excel or text editor (click for sample)
Easily Searchable?	yes	no
Microsoft Word Integration?	yes - Creates personalized, template-based cover letters in a single click. Similar to mail merge - all you have to do is create one document that contains the information that is the same in each copy, and add some placeholders for the information that is unique to each copy. JobPro takes care of the rest.	no
E-mail Integration?	yes - Creates personalized, template-based e-mail in a single click. Similar to mail merge in Word - all you have to do is create one document that contains the information that is the same in each copy, and add some placeholders for the information that is unique to each copy. JobPro takes care of the rest, and includes sample e-mail templates so you can easily make use of this feature.	no
Mapping Software Integration?	yes - Maps companies and routes using Google, Yahoo and MapPoint maps. Satellite imagery enables you to distinguish between home-based businesses and larger companies.	no
Product Support	JobPro software includes How-to Video Tutorials, and we offer free phone and email support to JobPro Directory clients. Program updates are free and delivered to your desktop as they become available.	none
Directory Updates top	We can provide you with regular directory updates through our optional, reasonably priced subscription service.	yes - at full cost
Free Trial Available?	yes - Fully functional trial software offers you the opportunity to experience the features and functionality of JobPro for 7 days. JobPro remains fully functional once the trial expires, but limits search results to 5. Paid product activation removes this limitation. Try JobPro	no
Pricing	Individual Job Seekers $99 At this price JobPro more than pays for itself even if you find work only 1 day faster than without it! Organizations $399 per installation for 1 - 3 computers for an investment that helps improve client service without increasing staffing. $299 per installation for 4 - 20 computers	$350 + tax

Engineered for job seekers actively targeting employers, JobPro enables you to find better quality job leads, get interviews and better jobs faster by helping you become known to decision makers while bypassing HR departments and recruiters.

Need more industry information? Then turn to JobPro's Associations and Societies category or select Online Directories for industry membership lists.

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System Requirements

Operating System:	Windows XP or Windows 2000
Memory:	128 MB RAM (256 MB when used with MapPoint)
Processor:	Pentium II @ 400 MHz
Video:	1024 X 768 or higher resolution
Optional Hardware:	any dial-up modem (for dialing phone numbers)
Data Backup Space:	600 MB on hard drive
Optional Software:	Microsoft MapPoint 2006 or 2004 for full mapping functionality and Microsoft Word (all versions) for template-based cover letter creation.
Additional Information:	Internet connection required for E-mail, web browsing, WhoIs lookup and web site/internet search functionality. Periodic program and database updates also require an internet connection.

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Features and Benefits

Features and Benefits of the JobPro Directory

Industry Categories

Make Your "Cold Calls" Warmer

Why Choose the JobPro Directory?

System Requirements