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Pro2Net, Advantage Hiring Team Up to Help HR Professionals Cope with Explosion in Online Recruiting.


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SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 25, 2000

Pro2Net Web Site Will Deliver Innovative Services to Help

Companies Find the Best and Brightest Candidates

in a Sea of Applications

Pro2Net Corporation (www.pro2net.com) and Advantage Hiring, Inc. have announced a partnership to help human resources professionals meet the challenges of online recruiting.

Under the arrangement, Pro2Net's Marketplace e-commerce site is featuring a range of Advantage Hiring products and services to help companies screen online applicants, develop effective interview guides and create their own employment Web sites.

"Online recruiting has exploded in the last few years," said John Fitzpatrick, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board.  of Seattle-based Pro2Net, which delivers comprehensive online resources to professionals in accounting, finance, human resources, insurance and law. "The Internet has emerged as a critical recruiting tool, but today's HR professionals are swamped by the sheer number of online applicants. By teaming up with Advantage Hiring, we can help our audience use the Internet to find top-quality applicants, quickly and cost-effectively."

Going online is popular with job seekers and employers alike. More than 5 million resumes are on the Internet. According to a 1998 survey by J. Walter Thompson, 70 percent of HR professionals used the Internet for recruiting, compared to 21 percent in a 1996 survey.

"Pro2Net represents the ideal audience for our services," said Dave Patrick, Advantage Hiring's vice president of business development. "We'll reach hiring managers and other HR professionals who directly benefit from our solutions to the needle-in-a-haystack problem of online recruiting."

About Pro2Net Corporation

Pro2Net (www.pro2net.com), recently named one of InfoWorld's "90 e-businesses to watch in 2001", delivers comprehensive, have-to-have resources for professionals in accounting, finance, human resources, insurance and law. These online, business-critical resources help professionals meet the daily demands of their work in a faster, more effective manner by focusing on quick, concise solutions to business challenges. Pro2Net's Web sites are structured in a way that frees professionals from having to dig through a mountain of nonessential information.

Pro2Net has assembled the Internet's largest multidiscipline team of experts -- editors, publishers, educators and writers. Together they provide daily news and analysis, commentary, research materials, solutions articles, online education and products. Some of Pro2Net's many alliances with industry leaders include: Automatic Data Processing Same as data processing. , Inc. (NYSE NYSE

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Pro2Net is headquartered at 1730 Minor Avenue, Suite 1900, Seattle, WA 98101, and can be reached by phone at 888/522-Pro2.

About Advantage Hiring

Advantage Hiring Inc. (AHI) is an Internet company that understands that the responsibility of hiring new employees is often challenging, time-consuming and expensive. AHI provides information and applications for hiring managers, human resources professionals and recruiters. Content on their site includes daily hiring tips, HR news, trends and research and software tools to help decision-makers hire better people faster. AHI Inc. is affiliated with Development Dimensions International (DDI ddI and ddC: see AZT. ), the world's leader in hiring and selection technology.

Advantage Hiring is headquartered at 1225 Washington Pike, Pittsburgh, PA 15017-2838, and can be reached by phone at 800/726-7136. The company's Web site is at www.advantagehiring.com.
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