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Monster.com Growth Continues with 8 Million Job Seeker Accounts
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The Weber Group
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Monster.com dominates the online career space, ranked #1 according to Media Metrix
Maynard, MA – June 20, 2000 – Monster.com, the leading global online careers site and flagship brand of TMP Worldwide (NASDAQ: "TMPW"; ASX: "TMP"), announced today that it reached a milestone record of more than eight million registered job seekers. Monster.com has been experiencing unprecedented continuous growth in this regard, with over 2 million new job seekers creating accounts during the past four months alone. To date, Monster.com boasts a resume database containing more than 4 million unique resumes and 380,000 unique job opportunities from thousands of companies.
According to independent research conducted by Media Metrix for the month of May, Monster.com is the number one destination for career seekers and the 79th most visited domain overall on the Internet. Monster.com maintained its strong-hold this month, with a reach of 5.2 percent, an average 38.6 pages viewed per user, and a power ranking* of 200.7 — more than 9 times as many as its closest competitor's power ranking of 20.2. Also, Monster.com boasted over 3.9 million unique visitors.
“These numbers are evidence of Monster.com's leadership in the online career space. By continually innovating and enhancing the site, we are reaching out to an ever-larger pool of career-minded individuals – from recent grads looking for their first job to seasoned executives,” said Jeff Taylor, CEO of Monster.com. “We are experiencing phenomenal growth -- one million new job seeker accounts in just two months.”
About TMP Worldwide
Founded in 1967, TMP Worldwide Inc., now with more than 7,600 employees in 29 countries, is the online recruitment leader, the world's largest recruitment advertising agency network, and one of the world's largest search and selection agencies. TMP Worldwide Inc., 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 480 of the Fortune 500 companies.
About Monster.com
Monster.com, headquartered in Maynard, Mass., is the leading global careers Web site with over 15.2 million unique visits per month. Monster.com 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.com 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, Germany and Ireland. More information about Monster.com is available at www.monster.com or by calling 1-800-MONSTER. Monster.com is the flagship brand of the Interactive Division of TMP Worldwide Inc. (NASDAQ: "TMPW"; ASX: "TMP").
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*'Power ranking,' which equals 'reach' multiplied by 'unique pages per visitor per month,' represents aggregate job seeker activity in a given month.
Special Note: The above statements include forward-looking statements based on current management expectations.
Factors that could cause future results to differ from these expectations include the following: risks associated with
acquisitions, competition and seasonality. Additional factors are described in the company's reports filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission.
