by Chris Cumo and P.D. Lesko

DIANN SCHINDLER-ENDER, the founder of CCollegeJobs.com, did not plan to become an on-line entrepreneur. An adjunct and then an assistant professor at Lorain County Community College in Ohio, and an administrator at community colleges in the Midwest, she rose to become president of Minneapolis Community College, in Minnesota. Then she married a man who himself wanted to become a community college president, and when he landed a post in New Jersey, Schindler-Ender decided one community college president in the family was enough. She resigned her position, but did not altogether leave academe. While helping a college conduct an executive search, she became aware of the dearth of on-line resources for community college job seekers and employers. Four friends convinced her to fill this gap by starting her own jobs page, and on May 1, 2000, she launched CCollegeJobs.com.

Visitors may search jobs for free, and the site receives about 150,000 hits per week. The total number of jobs posted is relatively small, however. As of June, 179 positions had been posted by 71 member institutions. Visitors may post their resumes for free, and currently, there are about 150 resumes posted, a number Schindler-Ender attributes to the fact that job seekers remain reluctant to post their resumes on-line. However, "user reluctance" doesn't ring true as an explanation. Millions of jobseekers have posted resumes on-line at Monster.com.

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