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WORKPLACEDIVERSITY.COM AND BERNARD HODES GROUP TEAM TO OFFER E-RECRUITING SOLUTION

Noted Diversity Recruitment Resource to Be Featured in Hodes iQ's E-Media Packages Designed to Simplify Recruitment of Talented Job Candidates

September 4, 2002 - WorkplaceDiversity.com, the source for diversity talent, today announced that it has been selected by Bernard Hodes Group's award-winning e-recruiting solution, Hodes iQ, to be added to its E-Media Library. Hodes iQ is a fully featured e-recruiting and hiring management application that enables recruiters to quickly and easily create a corporate career site, post jobs to thousands of career resources with the click of a mouse and efficiently manage responses.

WorkplaceDiversity.com will be included in Hodes iQ's E-Media Packages-groups of premium career sites that offer recruiters an effective solution to acquiring high-quality employees. The partnership will give recruiters using Hodes iQ's technology access to Workplacediversity.com's base of highly educated, experienced potential employees.

"Bernard Hodes Group is pleased to welcome WorkplaceDiversity.com into its network of first-rate career resources to help recruiters more effectively target qualified candidates," said Jeremy Shapiro, Hodes iQ's senior director of e-recruiting, Bernard Hodes Group. "WorkplaceDiversity.com's strategy and large pool of talented job seekers, combined with our proven e-recruiting technology, will be a winning combination for recruiters."

WorkplaceDiversity.com is the central job search web site for Corporate recruiters who want to make a good faith effort to reach experienced diversity talent. It bridges the gap between companies that support diversity and experienced diversity candidates by providing one central location for their recruiters to post open positions. Whereas other diversity job boards have their origins in and primarily appeal to one specific group, WorkplaceDiversity.com is the first diversity career site that truly reaches a diverse audience. For job seekers, WorkplaceDiversity.com is a web-based community that enables experienced diversity talent to find open positions at companies that support diversity, and get information and resources that will help them attain their career goals.

"We are excited to partner with Bernard Hodes Group," said Dan Honig, chief operating officer of WorkplaceDiversity.com. "At a time of tight budgets, this partnership will bring recruiters seeking diversity candidates a highly targeted tool for acquiring highly educated, experienced employees."

According to the U.S. Census, projections for African-Americans, Asians, and Hispanics show faster growth than other groups as a percent of the total U.S. population. And, the Labor Department predicts that by 2005, 85 percent of new workers entering the labor force will be women or minorities. Research shows that many diversity candidates will not apply for positions at companies that do not actively support diversity initiatives. By posting open positions on WorkplaceDiversity.com employers let candidates know that they support diversity and ensures that the employers get a diverse pool of qualified candidates.

About WorkplaceDiversity.com
WorkplaceDiversity.com (www.WorkplaceDiversity.com) is the source for diversity talent. The first career web site for companies that want to recruit experienced diversity candidates, it combines leading technology with diversity and career information from over 2,500 sources. WorkplaceDiversity.com enables experienced diversity talent to find open positions at companies that support diversity, and get information and resources that will help them attain their career goals. WorkplaceDiversity.com was founded in 1999 by Roger Watkins and Wayne E. Pollard. The company is based in Livingston, New Jersey.

About Bernard Hodes Group
As a fully integrated recruitment communications and staffing solutions provider, Bernard Hodes Group (www.hodes.com) offers a full array of services to clients in the human resource industry. These services range from advertising, e-recruiting technologies such as Hodes iQ (www.hodesiQ.com), consulting, media planning and employer branding to assessments and metrics, research, resume sourcing, Web development and more. The company is headquartered in New York City, with over 70 offices and affiliates around the globe. Bernard Hodes Group is a subsidiary of the Omnicom Group (NYSE: OMC), the world's largest communications group.