Monster Expands HR Alliance Program with Seven New Members

LAS VEGAS & MAYNARD, Mass.--(EON:Enhanced Online News)--Monster® today announced the continued expansion of its HR Alliance Program at the 2007 Annual SHRM Conference – new Certified members BrightMove, Inc., Main Sequence, PEG Consulting, Relational Systems Inc., SilkRoad Technologies, TITAN Technology Partners, and WorkForce OS bring the program’s total membership to 23 organizations and drive continued growth of the three-year old initiative. Monster® is the leading global online careers and recruitment resource and flagship brand of Monster Worldwide, Inc. (NASDAQ: MNST).

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Monster also announced the launch of another point of integration for Premier partners – the Monster Performance Assessment solution. Current Premier member APS – SmartSearch Online becomes the first to integrate the online behavioral screening application that helps companies streamline their recruiting process, and dramatically improve the efficiency and effectiveness of their hiring decisions. In addition, current Certified member Peopleclick has added a second point of integration, Shared Apply.

Furthermore, Monster revealed that Premier applicant tracking system (ATS) members APS – SmartSearch Online and HRsmart have attained full product integration and availability. Premier members receive the highest level of integration with Monster’s core solutions to help customers minimize the time required to post jobs, increase the number of qualified applicants and more efficiently identify and upload candidates from Monster’s database of more than 75 million resumes.

“The Monster HR Alliance Program provides customers with higher job application completion rates and greater recruiter efficiencies,” said Neal Bruce, vice president of alliances, Monster. “By working with leading HR vendors, we now have more than 1,000 customers leveraging these integrated solutions, and the addition of these new members will allow us to greatly expand that number.”

“The integrated solution provided by the Monster HR Alliance Program is integral to our internal efficiency,” said Rodney Moses, vice president, global talent acquisition, Invitrogen. “The solution saves us a significant amount of time and money by reducing back office costs, improving the quality of our hires and being able to recruit and onboard employees more effectively than ever before.”

Monster’s HR Alliance Program and New Members

The Monster HR Alliance Program was designed to foster the integration of Monster’s industry-leading products with Alliance members’ solutions to offer customers the most powerful set of tools for managing the entire hiring and apply cycle. Since establishing the program in 2004, more than 1,000 employers have benefited from the added value afforded by the initiative. Monster’s HR Alliance Program offers two levels of participation: Premier and Certified. For more information on current Monster HR Alliance members please visit http://info.monster.com/alliances/hrvendor.asp

Below are the newest members of the Monster HR Alliance Program.

• New Certified Alliance Members

ATS Vendors

BrightMove, Inc. (www.brightmove.com) is the maker of BrightMove ATS, a web-based human resources software package, designed by recruiters for recruiters. BrightMove is specifically used for managing and tracking communications with potential employees and hiring managers. The strategic goal of BrightMove is to create tools that make the everyday lives of HR and Staffing professionals easier, and to help their client organizations find the right candidates more efficiently and effectively.

Main Sequence Technologies (www.pcrecruiter.com) creates talent acquisition technology solutions used wherever and however organizations are built. Marketed as PCRecruiter, Main Sequence Technologies’ solutions are the technology of choice for thousands of third party recruitment, corporate hiring, and outsourced staffing teams, offering customizable, converged CRM and ATS functionality with outstanding ROI.

Relational Systems, Inc. (www.winsearch.com) is a leading developer of software solutions for the independent recruiting and staffing industry. The company, which is based in Westlake, Ohio, offers their WinSearch software in both a Client Server and ASP (Application Service Provider) version. Today, nearly 20,000 professionals in over 2,000 staffing firms worldwide use WinSearch software.

SilkRoad Technologies (www.silkroadtech.com) specializes in talent management solutions that offer a unique blend of systems and services that enable companies to gain competitive advantage through optimum alignment of employee performance with organizational goals. The company aims to deliver a solution that enables companies to manage the entire career cycle of employees with a suite of applications including recruiting management, onboarding, performance management, compensation management and self-service intranets and portals.

WorkForce OS (www.workforce-os.com) provides a technology platform that inventories the talent within a workforce, allowing a knowledge base to be created for all business decisions from project management to succession planning. Focusing on and understanding the individual’s skills-experience-education-goals and competencies permits companies to better match the needs of the business to the abilities and motivators of the talent. Managers are given a more complete picture of their workers, and therefore the ability to manage the full employee life cycle - from recruiting, to retention, to reserve talent.

Oracle Consultants

PEG Consulting (www.pegconsultant.com) is a leading provider of Oracle HRMS solutions. The PEG executive team brings over 20 years of Oracle HRMS knowledge. The PEG family of consultants includes only the top resources in the industry, setting the standard for excellence with successful, timely, and cost-effective solutions. PEG has already successfully implemented one client with real-time job postings under the Certified Applicant Tracking Service (ATS) Partnership and is continuously working to streamline recruiting solutions.

TITAN Technology Partners (www.s2v.com) provides hosted and managed industry solutions to mid market firms as well as strategic planning, educational services, and complete IT outsourcing solutions. TITAN was named “2006 Top Growth Company of the Year” by the North Carolina Technology Association. TITAN maintains consistent, stable, and secure environments for hosting and managing customers’ enterprise applications as independently certified via a SAS 70 Type II Audit to assure TITAN's clientele it satisfies federal regulations including Gramm-Leach-Bliley, Sarbanes-Oxley, and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).

For more information about the Monster HR Alliance Program, please call 1-800-MONSTER or visit http://info.monster.com/alliances/hrvendor.asp.

About Monster Worldwide

Monster Worldwide, Inc. (NASDAQ: MNST), parent company of Monster(R), the premier global online employment solution for more than a decade, strives to bring people together to advance their lives. With a local presence in key markets in North America, Europe, and Asia, Monster works for everyone by connecting employers with quality job seekers at all levels and by providing personalized career advice to consumers globally. Through online media sites and services, Monster delivers vast, highly targeted audiences to advertisers. Monster Worldwide is a member of the S&P 500 Index and the NASDAQ 100. To learn more about Monster's industry-leading products and services, visit www.monster.com. More information about Monster Worldwide is available at www.monsterworldwide.com.

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