TMP Worldwide's Advertising & Communications Division Selects Responsys.com to Expand Its Online Recruitment Capabilities for Clients

World-Class TMP Clients Will Benefit from Responsys(R) Solution For Online Direct Marketing Campaigns

PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 19, 2000--Responsys.com, the provider of the premier platform for online direct marketing, today announced that it has signed an agreement with TMP Worldwide Inc. (Nasdaq:TMPW; ASX:TMP), the leading provider of global recruitment solutions. TMP will integrate Responsys.com's comprehensive solution for marketing on the Internet with its online recruiting efforts on behalf of their roster of blue chip clients. The Responsys solution will be used to enhance TMP Worldwide's existing candidate recruiting efforts for its clients, enabling the company to provide an integrated online direct marketing solution that enhances talent attraction and retention efforts.

TMP plans to utilize the benefits of viral marketing with Responsys.com's Tell-a-Friend feature to allow their clients to do one-to-one relationship marketing, thus utilizing leading technology to create better efficiencies, tracking and interaction within their client's referral programs. Employee Referral Programs (ERPs) are consistently recognized as an efficient and cost-effective means of attracting high-caliber talent to an organization. TMP Worldwide has long been an advocate of integrating highly visible, creatively driven ERPs into clients' strategic hiring plans.

TMP Worldwide is the world's largest recruitment advertising agency network, the parent company of Monster(R).com, the leading global career portal on the Web, the world's largest Yellow Pages advertising agency, and one of the world's largest search and selection agencies.

"As a full-service agency, we offer our clients a full range of services: from developing employer branding campaigns to planning hiring events, from developing Web sites to designing Employee Referral Programs," said Michelle Abbey, VP, Advertising & Communications Interactive Services for TMP Worldwide. "Given that goal, we turned to Responsys.com, whose ASP solution provided the speed, control and flexibility necessary to help our clients."

"TMP Worldwide offers the largest online destination in recruitment advertising, and understands the importance of building and growing relationships with job seekers worldwide," said George Wiedemann, president and CEO of Responsys.com. "TMP Worldwide is known for offering their clients comprehensive, innovative solutions, and the Responsys platform will expand on TMP's considerable online recruiting capabilities to provide one to one marketing for their clients." About Responsys.com

Responsys.com provides the premier platform for online direct marketing that gives businesses the speed, control, flexibility and cost effectiveness to quickly optimize the lifetime value of their customers. Over 200 customers, including Avery Dennison, Chadwick's of Boston, CNNSI.com, Lands' End, MuseumCompany.com and VeriSign have deployed the Responsys(R) solution to effectively integrate permission-based email communications into their overall e-commerce strategy. Privately held, Responsys.com is based in Palo Alto, Calif., and is backed by investors including Accel Partners, Foundation Capital, Redpoint Ventures and executives from leading Internet companies. The company is TRUSTe certified. For more information, visit www.responsys.com, email info@responsys.com, or call (888) 219-7150. About TMP Worldwide

Founded in 1967, TMP Worldwide Inc., now with more than 8,750 employees in 30 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 Inc., 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 19.4 million unique visits during the month of October 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 language and content sites in the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, the Netherlands, Belgium, New Zealand, France, Singapore, Hong Kong, Germany, Spain and Ireland. More information about Monster.com is available at www.monster.com.

Note to Editors: Responsys, Responsys.com, Responsys Interact and Responsys Jumpstart are trademarks of Responsys.com. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are the properties of their respective owners.

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CONTACT: Responsys.com Shannon Atlas, 650/251-0173 satlas@responsys.com or TMP Worldwide Janine Buellesbach, 408/844-0127 janine.buellesbach@tmp.com