Monster to Provide European Career Services
On MSN

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Monster has teamed up with MSN, a world leading internet portal, to provide career services in ten countries across Europe. The collaboration will allow Monster to reach even more job seekers and offer its customers even more diverse job postings across the MSN Network. In turn, MSN will benefit by offering its subscribers a high-standard career service across Europe direct from its homepage.

“As two key Internet brands it is very exciting to join forces to help us reach an even larger online audience .”

Monster career services are currently available from MSN in the UK, France, Italy, Belgium, Spain, Norway and Sweden and will extend to Denmark in November 2007. From January 2007, the collaboration will extend to the Netherlands and Germany.

“Joining forces with MSN will enable us to reach an even broader audience both from a job seeker and customer point of view,” says Peter Dolphin, CEO, Monster Worldwide Europe. “As two key Internet brands it is very exciting to join forces to help us reach an even larger online audience .”

According to comScore World Metrix in June 2006, Monster was the 13th most visited site globally and MSN, as the world’s leading internet portal, is visited by 465 million consumers globally each month across the MSN network. Together, the sites create a powerful online career service tool.

Via the collaboration Monster will also advertise on key sections of the MSN portal, including the home page reaching an even wider range of potential subscribers across the ten markets.

About MSN and Windows Live

MSN attracts more than 465 million unique users worldwide per month. With localized versions available globally in 42 markets and 21 languages, MSN is a world leader in delivering compelling programmed content experiences to consumers and online advertising opportunities to businesses worldwide. Windows Live, a new set of personal Internet services and software, is designed to bring together in one place all the relationships, information and interests people care about most, with enhanced safety and security features across their PC, devices and the Web. MSN and Windows Live will be offered alongside each other as complementary services. Some Windows Live services entered an early beta phase on Nov. 1, 2005; these and future beta updates can be found at http://ideas.live.com. Windows Live is available at http://www.live.com.

MSN is located on the Web at http://www.msn.com. MSN worldwide sites are located at http://www.msn.com/worldwide.ashx.

About Microsoft

Founded in 1975, Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) is the worldwide leader in software, services and solutions that help people and businesses realize their full potential.

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About Monster

Monster® is the leading global online careers and recruitment resource. A division of Monster Worldwide, Monster works for everyone by connecting quality job seekers at all levels with leading employers across all industries. Founded in 1994 and headquartered in Maynard, Mass., Monster has 34 local language and content sites in 32 countries worldwide. More information is available at www.monster.com or by calling 1-800-MONSTER. To learn more about Monster's industry-leading employer products and services, please visit http://recruiter.monster.com.

About Monster Worldwide

Founded in 1967, Monster Worldwide, Inc. is the parent company of Monster®, the leading global online careers and recruitment resource. Headquartered in New York with approximately 4,200 employees in 36 countries, Monster Worldwide (NASDAQ:MNST) is a member of the S&P 500 Index and the NASDAQ 100. More information about Monster Worldwide is available at www.monsterworldwide.com.

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