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WESTBROOK, Maine, Aug. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- JobsInTheUS.com released JobsInVT.com's Employment Index for the second quarter of 2007, revealing a 19 percent increase in job postings over the same time period in 2006. Healthcare continues to be the leading industry for job postings on the site with an increase of 38 percent from this time last year. 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 Background: JobsInVT.com is the largest internet job site in the state. With 3,600 jobs posted this quarter and more than 160,000 searches being done, the Company is in a unique position to monitor and report on the employment trends within the state. The JobsInVT.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 Vermont. Job Trends: The following are the significant trends for Second Quarter 2007: -- The number of job openings posted (3,327) is up 23 percent from second quarter 2006. -- A majority of the new jobs posted this quarter were in Chittenden County (32.0 percent of all job openings), Washington County (9.0 percent), and Rutland County (8.7 percent). -- Job openings activity covered a number of job types and reflects significant changes from last quarter. Job openings by category include: - Healthcare, 18.3% - Customer Support, 8.6% - Non-Profit, 4.2% - Manufacturing, 4.8% - Sales, 4.7% -- Companies with < 50 employees posted 32.1 percent of job openings -- Companies with 101-250 employees posted 24.2 percent of job openings. -- Companies with 251-499 employees posted 17.1 percent of the month's jobs. -- Full-time positions made up 72.7 percent of the quarter's jobs posted -- Part-time jobs made up 22.7% -- Contract or per diem were 4.6% Job Search Trends: The following are the significant trends for Second Quarter 2007: -- The total number of qualified (job seeker used specific parameters to search for a position) searches this quarter was 168,477. -- The top job categories searched by job seekers were: - Healthcare, 8.8% of qualified searches - Accounting, 6.3% - Clerical, 4.9% - IT/Computers, 4.9% - Advertising/Marketing, 3.8% -- The qualified searches revealed 17.5 percent contained a geographic preference. - Chittenden County 36.2% of qualified searches - Washington County 11.8% - Windsor County 10.6% -- 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 45.4% - 31-40 miles 24.3% - > 40 miles 30.3% Web Site Trends: JobsInVT.com had more than 457,311 visits for the quarter, up 18% from second quarter 2006. The average time per visit of 8 minutes 5 seconds is well above industry averages. During an average visit, a job seeker will download 5.7 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) 957-1297. 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: JobsInVT.com CONTACT: Angie Helton of Northeast Media Associates, for JobsInTheUS.com, +1-207-653-0365, Web site: http://www.jobsinvt.com/ http://www.jobsintheus.com/ http://www.journalregister.com/

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