Alternative Resources Corporation Announces Acting Chairman and Acting Chief Executive Officer.

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BARRINGTON, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 14, 2002

Alternative Resources Corporation (ARC) (OTCBB:ALRC) today announced that Charles W. Sweet, Chairman of the Board of Director's Compensation Committee, has been named acting Chairman of the Board and that Steven Purcell, Chief Financial Officer, has been named acting Chief Executive Officer. Yesterday the Company announced the retirement of Raymond R. Hipp as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Hipp had been working with the board on a succession plan and a successor is expected to be named shortly.

About ARC

ARC is a leading provider of information technology management and staffing services. The company has developed a significant, high quality business in the IT staffing industry with an emphasis on Help Desk, Desktop Support and Technology Deployment Service offerings. The company also has a consulting practice that supports those service offerings. The company operates through 41 field offices and with approximately 80 personnel in field sales, supported by 55 recruiters and its unique organization of over 50 client support managers. The company serves Fortune 1000 and mid-sized clients throughout the US and Canada.

Except for historical information, all of the statements, expectations and assumptions contained in the foregoing are forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual future results to differ materially from those anticipated in the forward looking statements, including, but not limited to attract and retain qualified technology professionals, to initiate and develop client relationships, to identify and respond to trends in information technology, to gain market acceptance of service offerings, to complete cost reductions and competitive influences as well as other risks described from time to time in the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Although the company has used its best efforts to be accurate in making those forward-looking statements, there can be no assurance that the assumptions made by management will materialize. In addition, the information set forth in the company's Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2001, describes certain additional risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to vary materially from the future results covered in such forward-looking statements. The company undertakes no obligation to publicly revise or update the forward looking statements to reflect new information, subsequent events or otherwise. The above statements are based exclusively on current expectations and do not include the potential impact of any business combinations or divestitures that may be completed after the date of this release.