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WESTBROOK, Maine, Aug. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- JobsInTheUS.com (JIUS) Employment Index for Rhode Island (JobsInRI) for the second quarter 2007 showed online recruitment activity increased 26 percent and Web site visits significantly increased 52 percent as compared to the second quarter of 2006. Healthcare continued to lead all industries with an increase of 46 percent for jobs posted over the second quarter of 2006. Non-profit recruitment paced higher than last year with a 78 percent increase. Journal Register Company (NYSE:JRC), parent company of JobsInTheUS.com owns and operates 19 JIUS Web sites including JobsInMS.com (Mississippi), JobsInAL.com (Alabama), JobsInME.com (Maine), JobsInNH.com (New Hampshire), JobsInVT.com (Vermont), JobsInRI.com (Rhode Island) and more. Second Quarter 2007 Summary JobsInRI.com is one of the fastest growing Internet job sites in the state. With 3,249 jobs posted this quarter, and over 130,000 searches being done, the Company is in a unique position to monitor and report on the employment trends within the state. The JobsInRI.com Jobs Index is a statistical summary of the data compiled for the quarter by month. The Index identifies key trends based on job openings posted, searches performed by job seekers and key metrics from the Web site. Taken together they offer a unique perspective into the key trends for employment in Rhode Island. Job Trends: The following are the significant trends for Second Quarter 2007: -- The number of jobs posted this quarter (3,249) is up 26 percent from second quarter 2006. There is also general strength in many areas of the state and across many industries. -- A majority of the new job openings were in Providence County with 43.3 percent of all job openings, Kent County at 14.2 percent and Newport County at 19.1 percent. -- Job openings activity covered a number of job types: - Health Care, 15.5% of all job openings - Customer Support, 6.8% - Nonprofit, 6.0% - Sales, 5.5% - Clerical, 4.3% -- Companies with less than 50 employees had 43.2 percent of all job openings. -- Companies with 101-250 employees accounted for 19.7 percent of the total. -- Companies with 51-100 employees accounted for 8.2 percent of the total. -- Job openings for full-time positions were 62.8% for the quarter. -- Part-time positions made up 34.2% of jobs -- Contract or per diem was 3.0% Job Search Trends: The following are the significant trends for Second Quarter 2007: -- The number of qualified (job seeker used specific parameters to search for a position) searches this quarter was 130,728. -- The top job categories searched by job seekers were: - Health Care, 10.7% of all qualified searches - Clerical, 7.5% - Customer Service, 4.1% - Accounting, 3.8% - Banking/Finance, 3.3% -- The qualified searches revealed 23.2 percent contained a geographic preference. - Providence County was 56.1% of qualified searches - Kent County, 19.6% - Washington County, 10.5% -- A majority of the job seekers prefer to look for positions within close proximity to their home. The commuting preference for job seekers was: - 1-30 miles 61.3% - 31-40 miles 16.6% - > 40 miles 22.1% Web Site Trends: JobsInRI.com had a total of 541,590 visits for the quarter, up 52 percent from the second quarter 2006 figure. Average time spent per visit is 9 minutes, 8 seconds, well above industry averages. During an average visit, a job seeker will download 6.3 pages. * New Web stats package, Omniture, implemented April 2007. * New link added to the site "Browse by Category/City" to optimize job seeker experience (may cause a decrease in the number of site search counts per month). * More information available upon request, (800) 957-1295. About JobsInTheUS Founded in 1999, JobsInTheUS is one of the fastest-growing local job Internet sites -- both in terms of unique visits to the Web sites and jobs posted. Headquartered in Westbrook, Maine, the company specializes in state- specific job Internet sites where qualified candidates who want to work in a particular state find a match with local employers at a lower cost for employers than other recruiting methods. JobsInTheUS operates JobsInME.com, JobsInNH.com, JobsInVT.com, JobsInRI.com, JobsInMA.com, JobsInCT.com, JobsInPA.com, JobsInNewYork.com, JobsInNJ.com, JobsInDE.com, JobsInAL.com, JobsInLouisiana.com, JobsInMS.com, JobsInKS.com, JobsInMD.com, JobsInDC.com, JobsInVA.com, JobsInWV.com, and JobsInAK.com. About Journal Register Company Journal Register Company is a leading U.S. media company. Journal Register Company owns 22 daily newspapers and 346 non-daily publications. Journal Register Company currently operates 226 individual Web sites that are affiliated with the Company's daily newspapers, non-daily publications and its network of employment Web sites. These Web sites can be accessed at http://www.journalregister.com/. All of the Company's operations are strategically clustered in six geographic areas: Greater Philadelphia; Michigan; Connecticut; Greater Cleveland; and the Capital-Saratoga and Mid-Hudson regions of New York. The Company owns JobsInTheUS, a network of 19 premier employment Web sites. Safe-Harbor This release contains forward-looking information about Journal Register Company that is intended to be covered by the safe harbor for forward-looking statements provided by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements are statements that are not historical facts. These statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "believe," "expect," "may," "will," "should," "project," "plan," "seek," "intend," or "anticipate" or the negative thereof or comparable terminology, and include discussions of strategy, financial projections and estimates and their underlying assumptions, the extent or timing of cost savings, charges, the extent of employees impacted, and statements about the future performance, operations, products and services of the Company. These forward-looking statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ materially. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the success of the Company's acquisition strategy, dispositions, the ability of the Company to achieve cost reductions and integrate acquisitions, competitive pressures including competition from non- newspaper forms of media , general or regional economic conditions and advertising trends, the unavailability or a material increase in the price of newsprint and increases in interest rates, changes in performance that affect financial covenant compliance or funds available for borrowing, technological changes, the adoption of new accounting standards or changes in accounting standards. These and additional risk factors are outlined in the Company's most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise. DATASOURCE: JobsInRI.com CONTACT: Angie Helton, Northeast Media Associates, +1-207-653-0365, Web site: http://jobsinri.com/ http://www.jobsintheus.com/ http://www.journalregister.com/

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