CareerBuilder and OperationIT Expand Partnership To Enhance Job Seeking And Career Services For Technical Professionals

RESTON, VA – February 19, 2002 - CareerBuilder Inc, the most powerful career network on the Web, today announced an enhanced partnership with OperationIT, a leading IT career site dedicated exclusively to IT professionals. After a successful yearlong partnership CareerBuilder is expanding its relationship with OperationIT. “Our focus over the past year was to show CareerBuilder we can drive the highest quality IT professionals to their clients job postings. By demonstrating to CareerBuilder our IT member base is of the highest caliber CareerBuilder has chosen our site over DICE, ComputerJobs and Techies to continue to provide IT professionals to their thousands of IT job postings.

The partnership provides CareerBuilder clients with a significant new opportunity for directly reaching OperationIT’s growing membership base of more than 175,000 IT professional Applicant Profiles. OperationIT was called "the Tiffany's of IT job boards" by Inter@active Week.

“OperationIT offers premiere services dedicated to technical specialists and this makes the site a powerful destination for people in search of the perfect IT career,” said Diane Strahan, CareerBuilder’s vice president of marketing. "For job applicants, it's a powerful service for finding the right IT career. For employers, the site allows automated and proactive management of global IT job openings – a smart recruiting choice."

“We’re pleased to be part of the impressive CareerBuilder Network, and will continue to improve the quality and quantity of IT professionals registering at our site” said Jim Ivon CEO of OperationIT. “The OperationIT Career Center is the most sophisticated, yet easy to use IT employment center on the Internet.

About CareerBuilder Inc

CareerBuilder Inc., the most powerful career network on the Web, is the leading provider of targeted Web recruiting. Through the CareerBuilder Network, employers can post jobs to pinpoint exactly the right candidates by location, industry or diversity. Job seekers can instantly search more than 75 of the Internet’s best career sites, in just a couple of clicks. CareerBuilder also provides personalized career services and advice. The CareerBuilder Network includes careerbuilder.com – the flagship career center – and the career centers of premiere destination sites including MSN, Bloomberg.com, USA TODAY.com, iVillage.com and latimes.com, Philly.com, chicagotribune.com and BayArea.com.

Visit CareerBuilder at www.careerbuilder.com.

About OperationIT

Founded in 1996, OperationIT is a complete IT employment solutions provider. Through the OperationIT Career Center recruiter clients and IT professionals are empowered to easily manage all aspects of the employment search process. Other services offered by OperationIT include the Staffing Exchange for IT staffing companies, the Business Center for IT solutions providers, and Resume Flash for IT job seekers. OperationIT is based in New York, NY.

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    Bryan Effron
    OperationIT.com
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    beffron@operationit.com