Craigslist.com, a 13-year-old community Web site, has become a popular destination for more than just folks looking for second-hand furniture and apartment listings. The growing new crowd: Job hunters.

Jim Buckmaster, CEO of Craigslist.org, meets with WSJ's Sarah Needleman and explains how the popular classified ad site is attracting more and more job hunters throughout the United States. (July 28)

Craigslist features classifieds for more than 500 cities in over 50 countries world-wide, and these include ads for full- and part-time jobs ranging from the corner office to the entry level to babysitting gigs and bartending stints. The site posts two million new job listings every month and draws about 40 million unique visitors in that time as well, says Jim Buckmaster, Craigslist's chief executive officer since 2000.

Mr. Buckmaster, who stands a gangly 6' 7" tall, recently visited the Wall Street Journal's offices in New York on a business trip away from his 25-person firm's headquarters in San Francisco. Donning blue jeans and a button-down shirt, the small-company executive offered some perspective on Craigslist's jobs attraction.

"We find that our users tend to take advantage of several aspects of the site, but I would guess that the majority of them are looking at the job listings," he said. "Certainly we know the job ads generate more page views than any other type of listing. A job is more valuable, especially in a down economy, than a used sofa or a date for a Friday night."

Most of the job ads currently on Craigslist are for positions in the coastal regions, but the Midwest and Southwest have starting seeing an increase in postings as of late, said Mr. Buckmaster. "Cities like Phoenix and Dallas have become very, very active," he explained.

While no changes are in the works specifically for the jobs section on Craigslist, the entire site will soon be available in several foreign languages, the executive said.