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AIRS Announces Web-Based Enterprise Mentoring Platform

AIRS, the global leader in recruitment training, tools, and information, today announced the release of Atmosphere, an affordable, scaleable, web-based mentoring platform that enables companies to cultivate their most valuable asset-the knowledge, skill, and creativity of their employees.

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AIRS Announces Web-Based Enterprise Mentoring Platform

WILDER, VT -- May 4, 2004 -- AIRS, the global leader in recruitment training, tools, and information, today announced the release of Atmosphere, an affordable, scaleable, web-based mentoring platform that enables companies to cultivate their most valuable asset-the knowledge, skill, and creativity of their employees.

"Although studies show that mentoring provides significant, quantifiable business benefits, formal programs have been difficult and expensive to implement and manage," said Christian Forman, CEO of AIRS. "With Atmosphere, we've taken a software-based methodology that has been successfully deployed for several years in educational and non-profit institutions and redesigned it to meet the demands of corporations. Were excited to offer companies the enormous power of structured relationship-building for recruiting and retaining top talent."

An enterprise application based on state-of-the-art technology, Atmosphere includes a library of proven mentoring programs, as well as built-in authorware for developing customized one-to-one, one-to-many, and group-to-group mentorship activities. Built-in programs include tools for:
•   Recruitment. Provide mentors to members of outside professional or educational organizations in order to identify and assess prospective employees.

•   Retention. Offer tools for self-guided career development that enable employees to build relationships, improve skills, and prepare themselves for internal advancement.

•   Diversity. Furnish employees from diverse ethnic, cultural, and gender backgrounds with the guidance they need to contribute their best.

•   Succession. Transfer knowledge effectively, and build a pool of qualified internal applications while ensuring promising workers a path to growth.

•   Mergers. Link mentors in the home office with proteges in the acquired firm to more quickly integrate corporate cultures, build loyalty, and increase productivity.

•   Benchmarking. Join top performers directly with learners to model outstanding behaviors and best practices in real time.

Atmosphere includes comprehensive training and unlimited technical support. To view a demonstration, see http://www.airsdirectory.com/atmosphere/demo. For more information, please contact Keke Wu at 800-466-4010 or email kwu@airsmail.com.

About AIRS
AIRS is a diversified Human Capital Solutions company, providing executive education, tools, and information for Talent Acquisition, Advancement, and Career Transition. Our clients include over 60 percent of the Fortune 500, as well as market-leading companies in virtually every industry today. AIRS is also the leading provider of e-recruitment training and information services worldwide. Since 1998, more than 30,000 recruitment leaders have attended AIRS Training in the US and abroad, and over 75,000 staffing and HR professionals subscribe to AIRS Daily News. To learn more about AIRS Human Capital Solutions, please visit http://www.airsdirectory.com

PRESS CONTACT
Julie Dalley
Press Coordinator
58 Fogg Farm Road
White River Junction, VT 05001
800-897-7714 ext. 1302
press@airsdirectory.com
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