CareerSite Corporation Signs Agreement With Q-Hire To Offer Customers HR Assessment Services

Contact:
Melanie Rembrandt          
CareerSite Corporation
734-213-9500
mmr@careersite.com

Jenifer Rogness      
Q-Hire                 
214-891-5712              
jenifer_rogness@richards.com

ANN ARBOR, Mich. – January 8, 2001 – CareerSite Corporation, a leading e-recruiting solution provider, announced today a marketing agreement with Q-Hire, Inc. to offer customers Q-Hires human resource management (HRM) assessment tool, the HRMpredictor(TM). Now, employers and job seekers can access both the CareerSite recruitment marketplace and Q-Hires leading, online behavioral assessment marketplace from www.careersite.com.

Consisting of over 200,000 candidates and 10,000 employers, CareerSites marketplace provides a free and effective e-recruitment solution for employers and an anonymous marketing tool for job seekers. Now, CareerSite visitors can also access Q-Hires premier online employee behavioral assessments for real-time results. Use of the Q-Hire solution will help companies to hire and promote the right people, reduce employment turnover rates, decrease hiring cycle time, identify top performers, and keep the best people during downsizing.

This partnership allows us to offer our customers a complete e-recruiting solution, including an affordable and effective way to decrease turnover rates and find the right employees," said Don Dornbush, founder and president CareerSite Corporation. The combination of technology between CareerSite and Q-Hire provides a valuable service for our customers."

Q-Hires sophisticated assessment services produce accurate results that are faster and less expensive than traditional assessment services. There are no system implementation costs or administrative challenges, and reports are easy to read and understand.

Q-Hire is pleased to be aligned with CareerSite," said Mike Malone, senior vice president marketing and business development. Linking our services creates a one-stop recruitment resource that is easy, affordable and effective. Q-Hires HRMpredictor(TM) is a natural fit into the range of services CareerSite offers and will add tremendous value to clients seeking to increase retention and hire the right people fast."

About Q-Hire

Q-Hire is the leading online behavioral assessment company. Its patent-pending system increases client profits and reduces workforce turnover by identifying the right person for the right position. Q-Hire's methods are supported by the American Psychological Association and are backed by 50 years of research. The behavioral assessment tool, the HRMpredictor(TM), has been translated into 20 different languages and cultural context. Q-Hire's assessment and reporting services are customized to the client's needs, allowing the client to statistically compare potential hires to existing top performers. The in-depth reports are easy to understand and include a detailed section to professionally guide the company through the interview. All of Q-Hire's reports are delivered instantly to client companies online. For more information, visit www.qhire.com or call 512-733-5701.

About CareerSite Corporation

CareerSite Corporation is a leading e-recruitment infrastructure solution provider and currently powers 60 e-recruiting sites comprising over 20,000 registered recruiters of its powerful Recruiter Desktop solution. CareerSites scalable Affiliate Solution enables newspapers, magazines, publishers, associations, and vertical communities to quickly add a full-featured Career Center to their Web site, offering a cost-effective way to increase content value, traffic, and revenue. CareerSite provides affiliates with everything they need to build, grow, and maintain a successful Career Center and capture their share of the billion dollar e-recruiting market. This not only includes software and hosting services, but also customer service, billing and merchant services, email marketing, job content, access to a database of over 200,000 candidates, integrated access to a marketplace of leading services, and distribution. In addition, the CareerSite Recruiter Desktop, a Web-based application, seamlessly connects users with a one-stop marketplace of the best job sites – right from their desktop.    

Located in Ann Arbor, the company is privately held and funded by individual, institutional, and media company investors. For additional information, please visit www.careersite.com or call 734-213-9500.

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