RecruitUSA Inc. Announces Alliance with New York Times Digital; The RecruitUSA Network Now Includes NYTimes.com and Boston.com

Business Wire, July 31, 2001

Business Editors & Technology Writers

MINNEAPOLIS & NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 31, 2001

RecruitUSA Inc. (www.recruitusa.com) -- the industry leader in Internet Recruitment Optimization(TM) -- today announced its alliance with New York Times Digital, the Internet division of The New York Times Company. This alliance will enable RecruitUSA's clients and partners to post listings directly to Job Market (www.nytimes.com/jobmarket) and BostonWorks (www.bostonworks.com), the employment classified sections of NYTimes.com and Boston.com.

"Our customers have a great need for strong regional boards to focus their sourcing efforts. New York and Boston offer outstanding Web penetration and major market size. Through this alliance with NYTimes.com and Boston.com, we will now be able to open up these markets for our clients so their local sourcing dollars will be maximized," states Terri Whitesel, SVP of Interactive Services for RecruitUSA.

Using the proprietary RecruitUSA jobs distribution system, customers will be able to write single announcements for open positions and then distribute them across a network of more than 3,000 Internet destinations and a selection of well-known job boards. RecruitUSA is also fully integrated with many of the leading candidate management/applicant tracking systems including BrassRing, Lawson, PeopleSoft (NASDAQ:PSFT), RecruitSoft and VCG.

"Boston.com and NYTimes.com are local market leaders that have significant regional and national reach as well," said Jeff Moriarty, director of classifieds operations for NYTimes.com. "Our alliance with RecruitUSA will allow their clients to reach the high-quality candidates across our Job Market and BostonWorks sites with one click."

About New York Times Digital

New York Times Digital (NYTD) is a premier news and information network for individuals who want a unique perspective on their world. By bringing together the industry's most trusted editorial content, a high-quality, knowledge-hungry audience, and proprietary filtering technology, NYTD and its properties comprise one of the world's most powerful environments for news, information and interaction. By leveraging the vast and legendary resources of The New York Times Company, NYTD aims to redefine traditional notions of media and marketing by using digital channels to transform content into experience. New York Times Digital is comprised of NYTimes.com, Boston.com, and a Digital Archive Distribution business. NYTD is a division of The New York Times Company (NYSE:NYT).

About RecruitUSA, Inc.

RecruitUSA is the industry leader in Internet Recruitment Optimization(TM). From media planning and single-point customer care to multiple job board access and consolidated billing, RecruitUSA provides the tools and services that optimize online recruiting efforts and maximize results. RecruitUSA integrates with HRIS systems, job boards, human resource portals and B2B services to seamlessly automate recruiting workflow. As the recruitment industry's only integrated technology and business services platform, RecruitUSA delivers on the promise of the Web: Less work, more results.

Based in Minneapolis, Minnesota and located at www.recruitusa.com, RecruitUSA designs, deploys, manages and optimizes customized recruiting programs for leading staffing companies and a customer base that includes Born, Boston Scientific, Reader's Digest, Sears, and Sutter Health.