Monster.Com Reaches Out To Information Technology And Telecommunications Professionals

MAYNARD, Mass. – April 20, 1999 – Monster.com, part of the Interactive Division of TMP Worldwide (NASDAQ: "TMPW"; ASX: "TMP"), today announced that the company has enhanced exposure of its online career services among IT and telecommunications professionals. Through new strategic alliances with telezoo.com (www.telezoo.com), the WebTrends Network (www.webtrends.net) and Windows NT Magazine Online (www.winntmag.com), Monster.com will reach new communities of job seekers with IT and telecommunications backgrounds.

"In today's job economy, where information technology and telecommunications expertise is at a premium, employers must aggressively reach out to trained professionals via the mediums and places they frequent," said Jeff Taylor, chief executive officer of Monster.com. "The addition of the telezoo.com, the WebTrends Network and Windows NT Magazine Online communities to Monster.com will bring together qualified professionals with the tens of thousands of specialized jobs Monster.com offers in the IT and telecommunications industries." telezoo.com (www.telezoo.com) serves as a sales, marketing and information distribution channel for telecommunications vendors and is designed to integrate telecommunications resources under "one virtual roof." telezoo.com facilitates telecommunications managers' responsibility of identifying the right products and services for their business needs. As a result of the agreement with Monster.com, visitors to telezoo.com will be able to use Monster.com to search for career opportunities and build and post resumes in Monster.com's resume database.

The WebTrends Network (www.webtrends.net), scheduled to launch in May 1999, is the industry's first comprehensive portal site for Internet professionals. The site will provide services such as products, industry news and discussion groups to help Internet professionals, Webmasters, E-marketing managers and E-Business managers in their everyday work. Through the agreement with Monster.com, visitors to the WebTrends Network will be able to search and apply for relevant job opportunities and build and post online resumes.

Windows NT Magazine Online (www.winntmag.com) is geared toward professionals building and maintaining enterprise Windows NT networks. The site provides technical support for deploying and maintaining business-critical applications that run on the Windows NT platform. Under the agreement with Monster.com, IT professionals can now find up-to-date career information by accessing the Windows NT Magazine Web site. The agreement gives site visitors free and instant access to Monster.com's tens of thousands of IT job listings and resume-building and -storing capabilities.

About Monster.com

Monster.com (www.monster.com), headquartered in Maynard, Mass., and Indianapolis, Ind., is the leading, global online network for careers, connecting the most progressive companies with the most qualified career-minded individuals. Monster.com is committed to leading the market by offering innovative technology and superior services that give consumers and businesses more control over the recruiting process. Monster.com offers more than 180,000 job opportunities from thousands of companies, a resume database containing more than 1.1 million resumes, and receives nearly 6 million unique visits per month. The Monster.com network consists of local content and language sites in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada (in French and English), Australia, the Netherlands (in Dutch) and Belgium (in Dutch, French and Flemish) and has imminent launch plans in France, Germany and Singapore.

Monster.com is the flagship product of the Interactive Division of TMP Worldwide (NASDAQ: "TMPW"; ASX: "TMP"). Founded in 1967, TMP Worldwide, now with more than 4,750 employees in 21 countries, is the online recruitment leader and one of the world's largest recruitment advertising agency networks, and now one of the world's largest search and selection agencies. TMP Worldwide, headquartered in New York City, is also the world's largest yellow page advertising agency and a provider of direct marketing services. The company's clients include more than 70 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.