Monster Continues to Lead Career Category; Leading Internet Audience Measurement Services Confirm Monster's Leadership Position

55.1 Percent of Career Eyeball Minutes Highlights Month of September

MAYNARD, Mass., Oct 17, 2002 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- With 13.4 million unique visitors during the month of September, job seekers are coming to Monster(R) in strong numbers to manage their career. Last month, Monster led the career category by a wide margin, according to comScore Media Metrix and Nielsen//NetRatings. The 13.4 million unique visitors to Monster during the month of September, according to comScore Media Metrix, tripled the closest competitor's total of 4.4 million unique visitors. Additionally, according to Nielsen//NetRatings, Monster received 12.9 million unique visitors, more than three times that of its closest competitor's 3.7 million unique visitors. Monster is the leading global online careers property and flagship brand of TMP Worldwide Inc. (NASDAQ: TMPW).

"Monster continues to grow and reach new heights within the online recruiting marketplace, distancing itself from the competition," said Jeff Taylor, founder and chairman of Monster. "The latest traffic figures illustrate our expanding audience of both employers and job seekers, as tens of millions of people are using Monster to find the professional talent they desire and to manage their careers."

Media Metrix

According to independent research conducted by comScore Media Metrix, Monster is the number one destination for career seekers and the 25th most visited property(1) overall on the Internet. Monster maintained its stronghold this month with an average of 27.8 pages viewed per user and a power ranking(2) of 295.1, more than all of its ranked competitors combined. Monthly unique visitors to Monster increased from 7.2 million during September 2001 to 13.4 million for September 2002, an increase of 86 percent. Monster further demonstrated its strength in the online careers industry with a 51.5 percent share of online career eyeball minutes(3), while its closest competitor represents only an 13.2 percent share, less than a third of Monster's percentage.

Nielsen//NetRatings

According to the Nielsen//NetRatings' MarketView report for the month of September, Monster received 12.9 million unique visitors and a power ranking of 333.9. Monster also received 55.1 percent of career eyeball minutes, with its closest competitor representing a share of only 12.2 percent, a difference of over 42 percent.

(1) 'Property' represents all Monster-owned domains.

(2) 'Power ranking,' which equals 'reach' multiplied by 'unique pages per visitor per month,' represents aggregate job seeker activity in a given month.

(3) 'Online career eyeball minutes' equals 'unique visitors' multiplied by 'the average number of minutes spent on a site per month. The percentage of online career eyeball minutes demonstrates the percentage of time spent on Monster versus other sites in the career category.'

About Monster

Monster, headquartered in Maynard, Mass., is the leading global careers website, recording over 43.4 million unique visits during the month of September 2002 according to independent research conducted by I/PRO. Monster connects the most progressive companies with the most qualified career-minded individuals, offering innovative technology and superior services that give them more control over the recruiting process. The Monster global network consists of local content and language sites in the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, the Netherlands, Belgium, New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong, France, Scotland, Germany, Ireland, Spain, Luxembourg, India, Italy, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Switzerland, and Finland. Monster is the official online career management services sponsor of the 2002 Olympic Winter Games and 2002 and 2004 U.S. Olympic Teams. More information about Monster is available at www.monster.com or by calling 1-800-MONSTER.

About TMP Worldwide

Founded in 1967, TMP Worldwide Inc., with more than 8,500 employees in 33 countries, is the online recruitment leader, the world's largest Recruitment Advertising agency network, and one of the world's largest Executive Search and Executive Selection agencies. TMP Worldwide, headquartered in New York, is also the world's largest Yellow Pages advertising agency and a provider of direct marketing services. The company's clients include more than 90 of the Fortune 100 and more than 490 of the Fortune 500 companies. In June 2001, TMP Worldwide was added to the S&P 500 Index. More information about TMP Worldwide is available at www.tmp.com.

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