Career Information Now More Easily Accessible To GEN-X Communities Online

The Monster Board's New Alliances With theWhiz.com, strivemag.com and Career Experience Bring Superior Career Management Tools to Recent Grads and Career Starters

MAYNARD, Mass. – November 11, 1998 – The Monster Board, part of the Interactive Division of TMP Worldwide, today announced that the company is making its Internet career services more easily accessible to job seekers through new Gen-X Internet communities.

The Monster Board's new strategic alliances with theWhiz.com, strivemag.com and the soon-to-be-opened Career Experience provide visitors to the sites with instant access to The Monster Board's job listings and career management tools. The new alliances underscore The Monster Board's commitment to be the "career site for life," offering career information and appropriate job opportunities for everyone from intern to CEO.

"The Monster Board is continuing to expand its reach to make its career information more accessible to job seekers at all stages of their career progressions," said Jeff Taylor, CEO of TMP Interactive and founder of The Monster Board. "By aligning with theWhiz.com, strivemag.com and Career Experience, we are building stronger relationships with important communities of career starters and recent graduates who may be looking for their first jobs or internships."

theWhiz.com is the premier lifestyle community cybermagazine on the Internet that focuses on helping college students, recent graduates and 20-somethings learn how to save money on the products they buy and discover ways to form their own financial habits. Launched in May 1998, the mission of the Web site is to set trends with original content written by young, independent journalists and keep visitors connected with cutting-edge features such as live Web cameras, interactive surveys, message boards and nightly chats. Under the agreement with The Monster Board, visitors to the career area on theWhiz.com will have instant access to The Monster Board's more than 50,000 job listings and resume-building and posting capabilities.

Through the agreement with strivemag.com, The Monster Board will be the exclusive provider of tens of thousands of job listings, and resume-building and posting capabilities. Strivemag.com is a career content site geared to college students, recent graduates and other early-level job seekers. It offers articles about work life, and now, connects visitors to up-to-date career opportunities. The alliance with The Monster Board also enables strivemag.com visitors to have the opportunity to research prospective employers and register with a Personal Job Search Agent. Moreover, employers visiting strivemag.com can submit an online request to The Monster Board to explore job posting opportunities. CareerExperience (www.careerexperience.com) is a soon-to-be-launched online career development Web site. CareerExperience will augment job searching with career exploration, career planning workshops and forums, skills training, networking and contact building tools, access to peer mentors, career development products and more.

From day-one of the site's existence, The Monster Board will provide CareerExperience visitors with free and instant access to its over 50,000 job listings, resume-building and posting capabilities and Personal Job Search Agents.

The Monster Board (www.monster.com) is the most successful career center on the World Wide Web, connecting top employers with job seekers online. The site receives more than 2.5 million visits per month by people accessing the site to look for job opportunities and gather information on furthering their careers, and by hiring managers seeking qualified candidates. With positions ranging from intern to CEO, The Monster Board aims to be the "career site for life," helping people manage their career progression. Media Metrix/PC Meter's and Relevant Knowledge's October ratings reported that The Monster Board continues to remain the Web's top ranked career site.

The Monster Board is the flagship product of the Interactive Division of TMP Worldwide (NASDAQ: "TMPW"), the most comprehensive provider of traditional and online career solutions and the world's largest yellow page advertising agency. More information about The Monster Board is available at www.monster.com or by calling 1-800-MONSTER.

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The Monster Board is a registered trademark of TMP Worldwide.
CareerExperience is a registered trademark of Career Experience Corporation.