TMP Worldwide Recruits Board Director At UnionBanCal

New York, March 7, 2002--TMP Worldwide Inc. (NASDAQ: TMPW), the world's leading supplier of human capital solutions, including the pre-eminent Internet career portal Monster®, today announced the successful placement of a Board Director at UnionBanCal Corporation and its primary subsidiary Union Bank of California, N.A.

Robert Rollo, Global Board of Directors Practice Leader and Managing Partner for the Los Angeles Executive Search Office of TMP Worldwide, has placed Charles R. Rinehart as a Board Director at the San Francisco, CA-based company.

Rinehart, a 32-year veteran of the financial services and insurance industries, is former chairman and chief executive officer of HF Ahmanson & Co. and its principal subsidiary, Home Savings of America. He joined the company in 1989 and shortly thereafter was named president and chief operating officer. Rinehart was named chief executive officer in 1993, became chairman in 1995 and retired in 1998. Prior to Ahmanson, Rinehart served as president and chief executive officer of Avco Financial Services, a multinational consumer finance, life insurance and property casualty insurance company. Before Avco, Rinehart was an executive vice president at Fireman's Fund Insurance Co.

About TMP Worldwide Founded in 1967, TMP Worldwide Inc., with more than 11,000 employees in 32 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 parent company of Monster, the leading global careers website, 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. In June 2001, TMP Worldwide was added to the S&P 500 Index. More information about TMP Worldwide is available at www.tmp.com.

About UnionBanCal Based in San Francisco, UnionBanCal Corporation is a bank holding company with assets of $36.0 billion at December 31, 2001. Its primary subsidiary is Union Bank of California, N.A., the third largest commercial bank in California. Union Bank of California, N.A., has 245 banking offices in California, 6 banking offices in Oregon and Washington and 15 international facilities. The company's Web site is located at www.uboc.com.

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CONTACT: Caroline Lomot (212) 351-7247 caroline.lomot@tmp.com Robert Rollo (310) 321-3220 robert.rollo@tmp.com