ADVISORY/New Public-Private Partnership to Address Looming Crisis in Federal Hiring: Monster and Partnership for Public Service to Launch Unique Effort

Business Wire, Sept 16, 2002

Business/Technology Editors

ADVISORY for...Wednesday (Sept. 18)

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Panel Discussion on Government Service in the New Era: Pollster Peter Hart, E.J. Dionne, U.S. Senator Susan Collins (R-ME), Monster Founder and Chairman Jeff Taylor, and Partnership President and CEO Max Stier

On Wednesday, September 18th, the Partnership for Public Service (www.ourpublicservice.org) and Monster(R), the leading global online careers property (www.monster.com), will announce details of a new collaboration designed to encourage talented young people to work for the federal government.

After the announcement, E.J. Dionne, columnist for the Washington Post and a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, will lead a roundtable of national leaders in business, government and the non-profit sector as they discuss the recruitment challenges facing government, especially the new Department of Homeland Security, and the importance of empowering a new generation of job seekers to consider employment in the public sector.

Entitled "Recruiting Top Talent for the New Department of Homeland Security: A Blueprint for Government," the event will be held Wednesday, September 18th at 10:30 a.m. in Washington, D.C. Details follow.

         EVENT:            Press Conference and Roundtable Discussion

         TIME:             10:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. EDT (press
                            conference to announce new collaboration)
                           10:45 a.m. - 12 noon EDT (roundtable
                            discussion)

         DATE:             Wednesday, September 18

         PLACE:            Continental Room-B
                           Ronald Reagan Building and International
                            Trade Center
                           1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington, DC
                           (Federal Triangle Metro - Blue and Orange
                            line)

         PARTICIPANTS:     Max Stier, president and CEO, Partnership
                            for Public Service
                           Jeff Taylor, founder and chairman, Monster
                           U.S. Senator Susan Collins (R-ME)
                           Peter Hart, CEO, Peter D. Hart Research
                            Associates
                           E.J. Dionne, columnist, Washington Post and
                            senior fellow, Brookings

         RSVP/Questions:   rsvp@monster.com or 202/775-9111, ext. 27