Although the core development team still isn't really sure that it's over. We work on the Electronic Recruiting Index year round. The completion of each annual project leaves a crew of shell-shocked survivors (and a list of those who didn't). The ambitious project always seems to shed new light on the industry and its direction.

Over the last couple of days, we've been parsing the database that makes up Volume 2. Once again the data is published as a CD with an astonishing series of reports. Designed so that media planners can do their thing, business analysts can analyze, owners/managers can strategize, HR and Recruiters will finalize their planning the database contains over 50 fields of analytical and functional information on the top 325 companies in the industry.

Here are some of the key pieces of the database for the 225 companies we covered:

• Full Contact Information
• Key URLs in the Website
• Business Model Description
• Viability Analysis
• Traffic Ranking
• Pricing/Rate Card
• Strengths
• Weaknesses
• Partnerships
• Alliance Network
• Website Usability Analysis
• Sales Approach
• Web Strategy
• Forward Business Case
• Tag line
• Mission Statement
• Branding Strategy
• Positioning
• Over 30 others

Today closes out our pre-order period (discount included) and the last chance to get your order in for the first shipment. If you are one of the few who hasn't ordered the 2002 ERI contact us today.

- John Sumser