Monster.Com Launches In Singapore

Singapore Serves as Springboard to Eastern Asia

MAYNARD, Mass -- Oct. 27, 1999 --Monster.com, the leading global online career site, has announced the launch of Monster.com.sg - Monster.com for Singapore (http://www.Monster.com.sg) -- which marks the start of Monster.com's online expansion in the Asian region.

``Singapore is leading the technology revolution in Asia, and we're excited to add Monster.com.sg to our growing international careers network,'' said Jeff Taylor, CEO of Monster.com.

The Monster.com.sg site offers job seekers access to a large number of employers in Singapore through Monster.com's jobs database to find career opportunities locally. Monster.com.sg also offers information about the current employment trends in Singapore, and offers job seekers a number of career management services, including newsletters, job agents that alert job seekers via email of postings that match criteria they've selected, resume posting and more. Monster.com.sg also provides links to the U.S. Monster.com site. All services are free to job seekers.

For employers, Monster.com.sg offers job-posting in real-time, tools to manage the local recruiting process, chat rooms, message boards and more.

Currently, 17 percent of the population is online in Singapore. The Singapore Department of Commerce predicts that by the year 2000, 30 percent of households (1.2 million of the anticipated 4 million residents) of Singapore will have Internet access in their homes. Today, Singapore is rapidly developing the infrastructure for broadband and home-grown e-commerce capabilities, supported in part by the Singapore governmental organization National Computer Board (NCB).

The Monster Career Network consists of local content and language sites in the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, the Netherlands, Belgium, New Zealand, France and Singapore.

About Monster.com

Monster.com, headquartered in Maynard, Mass, is the leading global careers Web site with 9.6 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.

Monster.com is the flagship brand of the Interactive Division of TMP Worldwide (NASDAQ: ``TMPW''; ASX: ``TMP''). Founded in 1967, TMP Worldwide, now with more than 6,100 employees in 25 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, headquartered in New York, is also the world's largest yellow page advertising agency and a provider of direct marketing services. The company's clients include more than 80 of the Fortune 100 and more than 400 of the Fortune 500 companies. More information about Monster.com is available at www.monster.com or by calling 1-800-MONSTER.