Hire.com Goes Global with New Customers Marconi, Alcatel, Reuters and Telecom New Zealand

Business Wire, Jan 23, 2001

Business Editors & High-Tech Writers

AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 23, 2001

Hire.com's e-Recruiter solution will be distributed globally by

new partners AsiaOnline and Haines

Hire.com, the leading e-recruiting company, today announced a series of international customers including Telecom New Zealand, global networking solutions provider Alcatel, and London-based companies Marconi and Reuters.

Hire.com also announced partnerships with AsiaOnline and Haines to sell and distribute its e-Recruiter product to power Web sites in Germany, England, New Zealand and the Asia-Pacific.

Global Customers:

"Our greatest asset is our people -- 116,000 worldwide," said Alcatel Asia-Pacific's Staffing Director, Raul Garza. "As you can imagine, we are constantly on the search for people with energy and talent. Alcatel Asia-Pacific plans to hire 1,500 new employees in 2001 to meet the strong demand for leading-edge Internet networking, data and communications solutions. "Hire.com's e-Recruiter technology will help us to proactively build a pool of candidates who are ready to join our team and implement our global vision."

Alcatel, a world leader in the high-speed access and optical transport market, conducts business in 130 countries with 116,000 employees around the globe. Headquartered in Paris, Alcatel will deploy Hire.com's e-Recruiter solution for all of its Asia-Pacific job opportunities (http://greatjobs.asiapac.alcatel.com), in addition to North America which has already been in place.

Hire.com also announced that it would power Web sites for three other major multinational organizations:

-- Telecom New Zealand, New Zealand's leading telecommunications company and
online services provider, is utilizing Hire.com technology for all of its
automated employment solutions: finding, attracting, recruiting and retaining
talent. Telecom New Zealand is New Zealand's largest employer
(www2.telecom.co.nz/careerexc hange/index.html).

-- Marconi, a global provider of advanced communications solutions, will
implement Hire.com's e-Recruiter solution to build a private talent pool and to
facilitate employee retention by serving as an internal recruiting device.
Hire.com has been chosen to power Marconi's Career-oriented Web sites in the
U.S., the United Kingdom and Germany (http://careers.marconi.com).

-- Reuters, the world's largest provider of financial information, also
headquartered in London, has selected Hire.com's e-recruiter technology for
operations in both the United States and the United Kingdom
(http://reuters.hire.com/inde x.html).

Global Distribution Partners:

Hire.com has also expanded its sales and distribution network to the global marketplace by partnering with two international firms, AsiaOnline and Haines. These established distributors will resell Hire.com's products to large corporations outside of the United States, giving Hire.com the ability to rapidly deploy its recruiting solutions anywhere in the world. AsiaOnline, through its professional services organization headquartered in Hong Kong (www.asiaonlineltd.com), will resell and distribute Hire.com's technology to companies in Australia, India, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore and the Philippines. Haines, headquartered in New Zealand (www.haines.co.nz), will resell and distribute Hire.com's solutions throughout Australia and New Zealand.

"We are pleased and excited about partnering with Hire.com to deliver their products to the world. Their insight on how the global talent war for knowledge workers effects all companies is right on target. The Hire.com technology has delivered considerable value for customers in the States and will be a gold mine for international businesses to solve one of their greatest challenges -- attracting and retaining talent," said Jonny Wyles, director at Haines.

"The shortage of talented workers is not a local problem -- it's global," said Hank Stringer, founder and president of Hire.com. "Our new partnerships will help extend the Hire.com footprint globally, and I'm equally excited that our new Hire.com powered corporate Web sites are setting the stage for a truly international workforce solution."

About Hire.com

Hire.com (www.hire.com/jobs) is a leading, global e-recruiting application service provider committed to empowering organizations to effectively win the talent war. Hire.com's e-Recruiter system offers an unparalleled automated solution for businesses to attract and retain talent through their own corporate Web site, powered by Hire.com.

Customers include: KPMG Consulting, Sprint, Eli Lilly and Company, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, Lam Research, AT&T, SBC, Reuters, EDS, MCI WorldCom, Ingersoll-Rand and The U.S. Mint. Investors include Austin Ventures, Crosspoint Ventures, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, and TL Ventures. Corporate investors include the Hearst Corporation, Pulitzer Inc., Essex Investment Company LLC and Dell Computer Corporation. More information on Austin, Texas-based Hire.com is available via the Internet at www.hire.com or by calling 1-800-953-HIRE.