TMP Worldwide Hires Bonnie Pease Keeler, M.D. as a Partner in the Company's Global Health Care Practices

Russell Reynolds Associates Partner Joins New York Office of TMP Worldwide Executive Search; Specializes in Recruitment of Senior Health Care Executives

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 22, 2000--TMP Worldwide Inc. (NASDAQ: TMPW; ASX: TMP), the leading provider of global recruitment solutions, including the dominant Internet career portal, Monster(R).com, today announced the appointment of Bonnie Pease Keeler, M.D. as a Health Care Partner with TMP Worldwide Executive Search in New York.

Dr. Keeler comes to TMP Worldwide from Russell Reynolds Associates in New York, where she was a Partner in their health care practice.

Steven B. Potter, CEO of TMP Worldwide Executive Search, said: "Dr. Keeler is one of the most accomplished individuals I know. She is an exceptional senior-level health care recruiter, an entrepreneur, a trained surgeon, and has worked in the commercial banking and publishing industries. She is exactly the type of individual we seek at TMP Worldwide Executive Search, and is critically-important to growing our global health care practice, which is one of our primary areas of focus."

Neal Maslan, who heads TMP Worldwide's Global Health Care Sector, added, "Dr. Keeler brings to us not only her expertise as a health care recruiter, but also her first hand knowledge of the medical profession and the leadership needs of businesses today. Her clients benefit tremendously from the depth of her experience, and so will we as we build our global health care practice and conduct more cross-border health care searches."

At Russell Reynolds Associates, which she joined in 1997, Dr. Keeler specialized in the recruitment of senior management and physician executives for health care service organizations and life sciences companies. She has placed numerous CEOs, COOs, board members, SVPs of Marketing and Human Resources, as a well as a host of medical department heads.

Dr. Keeler holds an M.D. from Cornell University Medical College and is a diplomate of the National Board of Medical Examiners. She trained in surgery at The Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston where she held an appointment as a Clinical Fellow in Surgery at the Harvard Medical School.

Prior to joining Russell Reynolds Associates, Dr. Keeler spent several years in the commercial banking industry at Chemical Bank, New York. She also has considerable experience in the food and publishing businesses, first as a small business owner, then as a writer and editor at Gourmet Magazine, and later at Cuisinarts, Inc., where she was the Food Editor of The Pleasures of Cooking. She earned her B.S. from the University of Delaware and completed her pre-medical studies at Columbia University.

About TMP Worldwide

Founded in 1967, TMP Worldwide, now with more than 8,200 employees in 29 countries, is the on-line recruitment leader, the world's largest Recruitment Advertising agency network, and one of the world's largest Executive Search & 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 480 of the fortune 500 companies. More information about TMP Worldwide is available at www.tmp.com.

Monster.com (www.monster.com), headquartered in Maynard, Mass, the flagship product of the Interactive Division of TMP Worldwide, is the leading global career portal on the web which recorded over 15.3 million unique visits during the month of July 2000 according to independent research conducted by I/PRO. 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, France, Singapore, Hong Kong, Germany, Ireland, and Spain. More information about Monster.com is available at www.monster.com or by calling 1-800-MONSTER.

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.

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