PeopleJar.com: a Clean, User-Friendly Alternative to Social Networking

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--PeopleJar.com, the free, user-generated people search and connection tool that launched in September is, this month, highlighting the recreational, social and professional networks that enable college students to meet and connect with other users to fulfill specific goals. An easy-to-navigate, clutter-free zone, the site allows users to create photo-specific profiles, participate in network discussions and even provide links to examples of their professional accomplishments (videos, resumes, etc. For a video introduction to the site, visit http://peoplejar.com/welcome.)

“When I created PeopleJar, I wanted to include networks that would benefit college students in their everyday lives. That’s exactly what networks such as Tutoring, Roommate Finder and Fraternities and Sororities do,” says Alexander A. Alexandrov, 26, founder & CEO of PeopleJar.com. “I wish a site like this had been around when I was an international student trying to make personal and professional connections in the United States.”

Unlike social networking sites, PeopleJar.com provides an aggregate platform for users who need to meet people in more than one area of their lives. It’s through a compilation of numerous, interest-specific sites, in a single location, that PeopleJar.com offers users a convenience that didn’t previously exist online: one-stop people searching. In fact, the site’s multitude of category-driven networks allows users to do everything from locate a job or a new cheerleading team member to find a date or even a fantasy baseball partner. (For a look at PeopleJar’s many networks, go to http://peoplejar.com/networks.)

“People around the world are so busy today and they have so many needs that send them online. I wanted to give them a single tool - in one location - to fulfill them,” says Alexandrov.

Because PeopleJar is at its core a search and connection tool with a highly-customizable search feature, it isn’t solely an internet hangout for established friends. Instead, it’s the destination for people who don’t already know one another but who wish to connect over common interests, needs and goals. And with guided (http://peoplejar.com/search) or custom (http://peoplejar.com/custom_search) searches, users can find one another for any reason and based on a number of different attributes. Additionally, PeopleJar’s Contribute! feature allows users to suggest networks and attributes that don’t already exist on the site.

ABOUT PEOPLEJAR.COM

Based in Beverly Hills, CA., PeopleJar.com is the brainchild of Alexander A. Alexandrov. A Russian national and 2003 magna cum laude graduate of historically black Alcorn State University, Alexandrov was a teenager when he realized the internet had a missing link: a targeted, attribute-driven search capability. He noticed that void throughout college and after graduation. So, a software developer by trade, he decided to build the tool the world was missing. The result is PeopleJar.com, a customizable, global people search and connection tool.