UC Berkeley's Haas Alumni Network of New England and the London Business School Alumni Association of New England to Host a Panel Discussion:

Business Wire, Nov 28, 2001

Business Editors

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 28, 2001

"A Corporate Perspective: Recruiting in the Post New Economy"

Sponsored by Battery Ventures and Porter Novelli

Corporate HR executives and other influential recruiting executives from Genzyme, Fleet Bank, Battery Ventures, Gordon Brothers, RSA Security and Hire.com will discuss recruiting and hiring practices in today's post new economy

Alumni and friends of the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley and London Business School, as well as students and alumni from other top U.S. and European business schools are invited to participate in a very timely panel discussion about how the downturn in the economy has impacted current recruiting practices.

The panel discussion, "A Corporate Perspective: Recruiting in the Post New Economy" features recruiting experts from diverse industries including biotechnology, financial services, Internet, technology, and venture capital. Panelists will address short and long term perspective on recruiting and retention, and share their insights and suggestions for job seekers on how best to work with recruiting professionals and how to persevere through current economic times. Professor Jenny Chatman, Harold Furst Professor of Management, Philosophy and Values, Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley and currently visiting at Harvard Business School, will moderate the panel discussion.

The discussion will take place on Tuesday, December 4th, from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm at the Harvard Club in Boston (1 Federal Street). The panel discussion is open to alumni and friends of various business schools in Boston at a cost of $30 per person. For more information, please contact Stevie Park: steviepark@earthlink.net, John Howard: john.howard@pnicg.com or Lynne Levesque: LCLevesque@compuserve.com.

Battery Ventures, one of the world's leading venture capital firms, and the Boston office of Porter Novelli, a global public relations agency with expertise in technology, health care, consumer and social marketing, have signed on to sponsor this event.

The complete lineup of companies participating in the panel discussion are:

-- Battery Ventures

-- Fleet Bank

-- Genzyme

-- Gordon Brothers

-- Hire.com

-- RSA Security

NOTE: Representatives from the media wishing to attend can do so free of charge and should send an RSVP to John Howard prior to the event.

About Haas Business School, University of California, Berkeley

The Haas School of Business is one of the world's leading producers of new ideas and knowledge for all areas of business, as well as a premier center for management teaching and learning. The Haas School is a top-ranked business school, shaped by interdisciplinary research and teaching with faculty from throughout the University of California, Berkeley, one of the world's great research universities. Located in San Francisco's Bay Area, Haas is influenced by its strong connections with business in nearby Silicon Valley, the world's foremost center of business creation and technological innovation. Founded in 1898, the Haas School of Business today teaches 1,500 students in five degree programs: Full-time MBA, Evening & Weekend MBA, Master's in Financial Engineering, Ph.D., and Undergraduate. The school's newest program, the Berkeley-Columbia Executive MBA program, will start classes in June 2002.

About London Business School

London Business School is the graduate school of business at London University. Founded in 1965, the School this year graduated 600 MBAs, MScs, Masters in Finance and PhDs from 57 countries. With 80% of the students and 70% of the faculty being non-British, London Business School is the most international institution of higher education in the United Kingdom. In 2001, London Business School served 5,000 executives on short programmes; the School ranks as the eighth business school in the world in executive education and number one in Europe for open programmes. In addition, The Financial Times ranked London Business School eighth in the world for the past three years in its Business Education Survey. You can find out more about London Business School from our website www.london.edu.

About Battery Ventures

Battery Ventures is a leading venture capital firm largely focused on technology investments. With a team of more than 60 professionals and nearly two decades of success, Battery has the people, experience and capital to guide emerging technology companies to category dominance. Since 1983, the firm has invested worldwide in over 130 companies across the communications, software and Internet/eCommerce industries. From its offices in Wellesley, MA and San Mateo, CA, the partnership manages over $1.8 billion in committed capital. For more information or to submit a business plan, visit http://www.battery.com.

About Porter Novelli

With an approach to public relations grounded in the marketing discipline, Porter Novelli (http://www.porternovelli.com) serves clients through its 97 offices in 58 countries, and is one of the world's top ten public relations firms. Porter Novelli is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Omnicom Group (NYSE: OMC - news).