America Online and Monster.com Announce Exclusive Four-Year, $100 Million Career-Search Relationship.DULLES, Va., and MAYNARD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 2, 1999-- Monster.com to Access Cyberspace's Largest Consumer Audience Across Seven AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. Brands America Online See AOL. , Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :AOL), the world's leading interactive services company, and Monster.com, the leading global careers network and the flagship brand of TMP TMP (thymidine monophosphate): see thymine. Worldwide Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :TMPW), today announced a four-year, exclusive $100-million relationship to bring Monster.com's career management resources directly to cyberspace's largest consumer audience across seven America Online brands. Under this new agreement, Monster.com (AOL Keyword: Monster) will become the exclusive career-search across AOL, AOL Canada, AOL.COM, CompuServe, ICQ ("I Seek You") A conferencing program for the Internet from Mirabilis, Tel Aviv, Israel (www.icq.com). It provides interactive chat, e-mail and file transfer and can alert you when someone on your predefined list has also come online. , Netscape Netcenter and Digital City, offering instant access to Monster.com's global jobs database of over 260,000 opportunities, its industry-leading resume builder and 700-plus pages of career content. With 19 million members, AOL is the world's leading Internet online service, and its Web brands serve tens of millions of other Internet consumers. Advice and services from Monster.com will be featured daily on the AOL properties, including the heavily trafficked main screen of the WorkPlace Channel (AOL Keyword: WorkPlace). Content from Monster.com also will be featured in the Channel's industry areas, where professionals in a variety of fields meet, trade and conduct research online. The two companies will create co-branded sites, enabling members and visitors to AOL's Web-based properties to: search for jobs; utilize job search agents, and, in many cases, apply online; submit resumes online; personalize the area to help with their job search; and research companies offering jobs. Monster.com also will make available exclusive offerings to AOL users, such as job fairs and live chats with career consultants. In addition, recruiters can use these co-branded sites to post available jobs, search Monster.com's pool of over 2 million resumes, pre-screen candidates, and maintain private and confidential lists of top candidates. They can register to be e-mailed when a matching resume is posted to the area and candidates can apply for their positions online. Bob Pittman, President and Chief Operating Officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. of America Online, said: "Monster.com is the clear leader in the online careers category. With more and more people finding jobs online, the interactive medium is becoming an essential part of a successful job search. Monster.com will provide our members and other Internet consumers with outstanding career-search services and easy-to-use tools to augment all the resources already available on our brands." Jeff Taylor For the U.S. Attorney, see . For the wrestler, see . Jeff Taylor is a founder of the online jobs site Monster.com. He attended UMass Amherst and joined the Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity. He worked as a DJ before working on the startup in the mid 90s. , Chief Executive Officer of Monster.com, said: "Our relationship with America Online will bring our career expertise to the largest 'Net audience - and will give millions more career opportunists and recruiters access to the information and tools to find dream jobs and dream candidates." The companies plan to launch the new co-branded sites in the coming months, and will engage in significant cross-promotion both on-line and off-line. About America Online, Inc. Founded in 1985, America Online, Inc., based in Dulles, Virginia Dulles, Virginia is an unincorporated census-designated place located in Loudoun County, Virginia, part of the Washington Metropolitan Area. The headquarters of AOL, Orbital Sciences Corporation and ODIN technologies and the former headquarters of MCI Inc. are located in Dulles. , is the world's leader in interactive services, web brands, Internet technologies and e-commerce services. America Online, Inc. operates: two worldwide Internet services, America Online, with more than 19 million members, and CompuServe, with more than 2 million members; several leading Internet brands including ICQ, AOL Instant Messenger See AIM. , Digital City Inc.; Netscape Netcenter, AOL.COM portals; Netscape Navigator An earlier Web browser for Windows, Macintosh and X Windows from Netscape that provided secure transmission over the Internet. Soon after its introduction in 1994, Navigator, or just "Netscape," as it was commonly called, quickly became the leading browser on the Web. and Communicator browsers; AOL MovieFone, Spinner Networks and NullSoft, Inc. Through its strategic alliance with Sun Microsystems, the company develops and offers easy-to-deploy, end-to-end e-commerce and enterprise solutions for companies operating in the Net Economy. About Monster.com Monster.com, headquartered in Maynard, Mass, is the leading global careers Web site with 10.1 million unique visits per month. 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 New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. , Singapore and France. More information about Monster.com is available at www.monster.com or by calling 1-800-MONSTER. Monster.com is the flagship brand of the Interactive Division of TMP Worldwide Inc. (NASDAQ: "TMPW"; ASX ASX See: Australian Stock Exchange : "TMP"). About TMP Worldwide Founded in 1967, TMP Worldwide Inc., now with more than 6,400 employees in 25 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 New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , is also the world's largest yellow page advertising agency and a provider of direct marketing services. The company's clients include more than 80 of the Fortune 100 and more than 400 of the Fortune 500 companies. |
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