TMP Worldwide Takes Home Gold At Annual Admissions Advertising Awards; TMP Triumphs With Eight Awards

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 25, 2001--TMP Worldwide Inc. (NASDAQ: TMPW) announced today that it received top industry accolades at this year's 16th Annual Admissions Advertising Awards. The Educational Marketing Group of TMP Worldwide's Advertising & Communications division received a total of eight creative excellence awards that included two "Gold," two "Silver," one "Bronze," and three "Merit" awards. TMP Worldwide, the world's leading supplier of human capital solutions, including the pre-eminent Internet career portal Monster.com(R), and the world's largest Yellow Pages advertising agency, took home awards that reflect the company's strengths in admissions marketing and advertising.

The Admissions Advertising Awards is sponsored by the Admissions Marketing Report, which presents these awards to educational institutions and advertising and marketing agencies that demonstrate creative ingenuity in their admissions and educational programs and strategies.

TMP Worldwide won both gold and merit awards in the category of "Newspaper Advertisements/Series for the New York Taylor Business School and the Fordham University Graduate School, respectively. In the category of "Outdoor Transit/Billboard," TMP won a silver for the "Faster Than the Express" campaign also developed for New York's Taylor Business Institute. TMP Worldwide also won additional awards in other categories for its work with the Taylor Business Institute and the Wayne Huizenga Graduate School of Business.

"Our continued success is a reflection of the powerful combination of creative, account and interactive team members who produce such high-quality work for the education marketplace," said John Meagle, Vice President of Educational Marketing for the Advertising & Communications division of TMP Worldwide. "These awards reflect our commitment to providing our clients with creative, strategic solutions on the education front." About TMP Worldwide

Founded in 1967, TMP Worldwide Inc., with more than 9,500 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 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, headquartered in Maynard, Mass., the flagship brand of the Interactive Division of TMP Worldwide, is the leading global career portal on the Web, and recorded over 23.6 million unique visits during the month of February 2001 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, Singapore, Hong Kong, France, Germany, Ireland, Spain, India, Italy, and Luxembourg. 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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