William J. Sullivan Joins Monster Government Solutions as Vice President of North America Public Sector Sales

ALEXANDRIA, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 25, 2004-- Monster Government Solutions, a division of Monster Worldwide (NASDAQ: MNST), announced today that William J. Sullivan has joined the company as vice president of North America Public Sector sales. In his new role, Sullivan will be responsible for managing the Monster Government Solutions sales force and driving the company's efforts to provide human capital solutions across the North American government market.

Sullivan's career spans more than 15 years serving the Public Sector. He comes to Monster Government Solutions from PeopleSoft where he was the vice president for North American state and local government.

"Bill is a dynamic leader with the ideal set of experiences and personal values needed to lead Monster Government Solutions' ongoing sales push into the Federal market, and drive our expansion into the state and local government market," said Brent Pearson, SVP and General Manager of Monster Government Solutions. "He has an outstanding track record of performance, and his experience will add strength and depth to our senior management team."

Prior to PeopleSoft, Sullivan was with Tivoli Systems, Inc./IBM where he established a new group to serve state and local government customers nationwide. Earlier in his career, Sullivan held the position of director of public services for Sybase. He holds a bachelor of science in psychology from the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Va.

"My work with top-tier technology companies serving the public sector has prepared me well for this opportunity," said Sullivan. "Governments at all levels face a 'triple threat' resulting from increasing retirement, a competitive employment pool in varied locations and greater constituent demands for services. Monster Government Solutions offers a totally unique approach to solving the human capital challenges facing government through its Performance Continuum and I will be acutely focused on teaming with our customers to solve their challenges."

Monster Government Solutions' approach to solving the human capital challenges is centered around its Performance Continuum(TM), an integrated framework focusing on the inter-relationship of all hiring functions. Through its Continuum, Monster Government Solutions offers solutions to help government agencies plan, attract, assess, hire and ultimately perform at new levels mission effectiveness.

About Monster Government Solutions

A wholly owned subsidiary of Monster Worldwide, Inc., Monster Government Solutions applies the proven expertise essential to solving the human capital challenges facing government agencies. Through our Performance Continuum(TM), we offer a host of solutions from planning and recruitment to assessment, staffing and hiring, including QuickHire, our Web-based hiring management system. Monster Government Solutions serves more than 100 government agencies and has offices in the Washington, D.C. and Boston metropolitan areas. More information about Monster Government Solutions is available at www.govsolutions.monster.com.

About Monster Worldwide

Founded in 1967, Monster Worldwide, Inc. is the parent company of Monster(R), the leading global online careers property. The company also owns TMP Worldwide, the world's largest Yellow Pages advertising agency and one of the world's largest Recruitment Advertising agency networks. TMP Worldwide is also a provider of direct marketing services. Headquartered in New York with approximately 5,000 employees in 26 countries, Monster Worldwide (NASDAQ: MNST) is a member of the S&P 500 Index. More information about Monster Worldwide is available at www.monsterworldwide.com.

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CONTACT: Monster Government Solutions
Renee Henrich, 703-518-5288
renee.henrich@monster.com

SOURCE: Monster Worldwide, Inc.