First Winner Selected for Monster ASU Entrepreneurial Alumni Award; Sitewire Marketspace Solutions To Receive Award Sponsored by Monster at ASU's Annual Spirit of Enterprise Awards

MAYNARD, Mass., Sep 19, 2005 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Monster(R), the leading global online careers and recruitment resource and flagship brand of Monster Worldwide, Inc. (NASDAQ: MNST), today announced Sitewire Marketspace Solutions has been selected to receive the inaugural Monster ASU Entrepreneurial Alumni Award at the 2005 Spirit of Enterprise Awards on Tuesday, September 27.

The award recognizes innovative companies founded by ASU graduates. The first recipient, Sitewire Marketspace Solutions, handles Web site design and development in addition to providing a host of Internet marketing consulting and analytical services.

Sitewire Marketspace Solutions was founded in 1999, by Arizona State University graduates, Bret Giles and Margie Traylor, and has grown to include 26 employees. The company offers a pay-for-performance business model, where clients pay only for successful business transactions that the company brings them. Committed to giving back to the community, each year Sitewire selects not-for-profit agencies in need of its marketing or technology expertise and provides extensive pro-bono work.

"We are proud to select Sitewire as our first winner of the Monster Entrepreneurial Award. Sitewire's vision, success, attention to customer service and focus on giving back to the community made them stand out from an impressive crowd," said Brian Graham, Senior Vice President, Field Sales at Monster. "We are also excited to be a new member of the community, and to support the work of the annual Spirit of Enterprise Awards in recognizing and encouraging small business and entrepreneurial excellence."

"We are honored to have Monster join us as a sponsor of the ASU Spirit of Enterprise Awards," said Mary Lou Bessette, Director of the Center for Advancement of Small Business at Arizona State University. "It is wonderful to see leaders from the business, political and non-profit sectors coming together to recognize the importance of entrepreneurialship and small business."

Later this year, Monster will open a telesales office in Tempe to serve as a hub for the company's West coast satellite offices as well as some of its Midwest offices. The Tempe office will support various Monster divisions, and will include sales and training departments.

About Monster

Monster is the leading global online careers and recruitment resource. A division of Monster Worldwide, Monster works for everyone by connecting quality job seekers at all levels with leading employers across all industries. Founded in 1994 and headquartered in Maynard, Mass., Monster has 25 local language and content sites in 23 countries worldwide. More information is available at www.monster.com or by calling 1-800-MONSTER. To learn more about Monster's industry-leading employer products and services, please visit http://recruiter.monster.com.

About ASU Spirit of Enterprise Awards

Each year, the Center for the Advancement of Small Business presents the prestigious Spirit of Enterprise Awards(TM) to companies that demonstrate ethics, energy and excellence in entrepreneurship. In its ninth year, the awards program is acknowledged as a premiere recognition of small, emerging and family businesses.

This year's ceremony will take place on Tuesday, September 27, from 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. at the Arizona Baltimore Resort and Spa.

About Sitewire

Sitewire Marketspace Solutions, LLC is an e-marketing consulting firm focused on customer attraction, conversion and retention through strategic marketing, Web application development, loyalty marketing as well as solution support and management. Since return on investment is the bottom line, all efforts are measured to determine efficiency and effectiveness. For more information, please visit www.sitewire.net or contact Lacey French, 480.731.4884 ext. 110/lfrench@sitewire.net.

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