eQuest (US) and Made Easy (UK) Announce Merger

eQuest, has announced its merger with Made Easy, a UK-based job posting company. Together, the two companies now offer the largest job posting distribution service in the world, processing over six million transactions each year.

Made Easy Widens Reach into North America
Made Easy desired an immediate foothold in the North American Human Resources market and saw an opportunity to increase their market share. The company can now leverage eQuest''s existing partnerships within the Applicant Tracking industry as well as direct customers and existing OEM contracts to provide back-end job delivery support.

Paul Roebuck, President of Made Easy, explained that the two companies had already been working together for over a year. That relationship has proved extremely beneficial to both organizations, said Roebuck. This was simply the next logical step in our growing partnership.

Market Stability, Worldwide Exposure for eQuest
John Malone, eQuest''s Chief Executive Officer, sees the deal as a means to further satisfy the selection criteria of financial stability that companies are diligently applying to vendors and partners in the market. In addition, eQuest will further enable its integration with the Made Easy advanced global job posting technology. Made Easy is one of the most powerful HR solution providers in the United Kingdom and is the largest job posting distribution company in the world, stated Malone. eQuest is now backed by their financial strength, enabling us to maintain our dominance in the North American market while offering our US and Canadian customers and partners the benefit of complete international posting support.

About Made Easy
Made Easy was the first European company to offer job posting services in 1996. Initially established to serve staffing companies, Made Easy has responded to the growth in the corporate sector that has recently begun to happen in Europe. Accordingly, Made Easy has formed partnerships with European Recruitment Management ASPs (Applicant Tracking Service providers) to provide an integrated seamless approach, particularly for large corporations.

Made Easy is the UK market leader in job posting, with a presence on over 2000 desktops in over 500 customer sites. On peak days over 80,000 jobs are processed.

Made Easy (UK) Ltd. is located in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, UK. For more information, please call 44 (0)870 840 8035 or visit www.madeeasy.com.

About eQuest
eQuest has provided job posting distribution services for many of the top Applicant Tracking Systems and Fortune 500 companies in the world since 1999. Their services are sold directly, through channel partners and under OEM private label. eQuest is the exclusive North American vendor for all eQuest/Made Easy products. All companies interested in North American and international job posting should contact eQuest. eQuest is located in San Ramon, CA. For more information, please visit www.equest.com or call 1-800-508-1125.