THE Daily Echo is offering an exciting new way for employers and prospective employees to find each other online with a uniqueVirtual Job Fair.

Like our traditional jobs fairs of recent years, it will be sponsored by Bournemouth-based Health-on-Line, one of the fastest growing insurance companies in the UK.

The Daily Echo Virtual Job Fair will offer a way for the area’s employers, training providers and recruitment providers to ‘meet’ potential staff without having to leave the office. They can harness the rapidly growing popularity of the Daily Echo’s website, which achieved a record one million unique browsers in January.

Visitors will browse a virtual careers exhibition and stop by the stands of any company or provider that interests them.

The event will run for six weeks and offers recruiters reduced costs and an increased geographical reach compared with a traditional jobs fair.

Candidates searching for opportunities will see information about, and photos of, each advertiser and can be directed straight to the advertiser’s website.

The event will be promoted both in print, through the Daily Echo and Advertiser series, and online at bournemouthecho.co.uk, during the six-week period.

Pages and virtual ‘booths’ will be heavily branded and will drive traffic to the recruitment page of the advertiser’s own site.

There will be two levels of presence in the fair, both supported by coverage in the papers and online.

There are two levels of stand available, allowing a company to choose how much to invest in their recruitment and the level of exposure they receive.

The event will run for six weeks from March 27 and will be ideal for jobseekers locally and those browsing from other parts of the UK. Any businesses interested should call 01202 291334.

Sponsor Health-on_line was established in 2000 to sell private medical insurance.

Now part of AXA PPP healthcare, it employs more than 350 people and is still rapidly expanding, selling life nad home insurance through InsureMe-on-Line. It is recruiting for personal claims advisers and sales consultants.