By Alisa Schneider

REXBURG — “I’m looking for a job. Anyone know local places hiring?”

One quick scroll through any Facebook job page these days will have at least a dozen posts similar to this. And while there are plenty of online resources for job hunters, sometimes the job posts listed there end up being fake or scams. Luckily, there’s a new, locally operated website just for Eastern Idaho residents.

HireEastIdaho.com is run through Riverbend Communications, the largest broadcasting company in Eastern Idaho. In their words, they created the website last year “due to an unprecedented need to fill local jobs. …We have experienced a surge in population the past few years that is showing no sign of slowing in the future. …Traditional methods of recruitment such as career fairs, classified ads and national recruitment websites have failed to produce adequate results for local businesses in our area.”

Hire East Idaho is a valuable resource to both job seekers, and local businesses looking for new employees.

Instead of jumping from one global website to another, or scrolling through various Facebook job pages, local job seekers can browse a collection of job posts all in one place. Another benefit is that all of these jobs are from known local businesses, so there’s no worrying about whether a job is legitimate or not. 

Local businesses also benefit from this new website. Unlike other sites that require payment from businesses to post, Hire East Idaho allows businesses to post for free. A business owner just needs to fill out a form here, including a link to their company webpage, and they’re all set. Employers can save time and money posting here rather than paying for online ads that may or may not reach the target audience.

Plenty of other local companies are already using Hire East Idaho to fill their open positions. Join companies like Melaleuca, Idahoan Foods, Bish’s RV, Amy’s Kitchen, and more in finding the perfect candidate at HireEastIdaho.com today.