IIRC and Guru Join Forces

International Internet Recruiting Consultants, Inc. (www.iirc.com), the pioneer of Internet recruitment solutions, and Guru Worldwide, Inc. (www.guru.com), the world''s most powerful talent resource, today announce a strategic partnership that will benefit Human Resource Executives as they conduct their candidate searches.

Together, IIRC and Guru are able to design and execute a recruiting strategy from start to hire, saving HR executives'' untold time and money. Guru has revolutionized the process of sourcing, screening and placing talent, said IIRC''s CEO, LeRoy Robbins. Their services are a value add for all our clients and they compliment what we are doing here at IIRC - helping our clients find the best and brightest talent quicker and at a substantially lower cost.

Ray Marcy, Guru''s Chairman and CEO, commented, We were pleased to discover that IIRC was interested in helping us deliver better-screened talent at a fraction of the price of traditional recruitment. Both of us have been listening to the market and to customers, and have heard the multiple requests for this type of service. We are pleased to partner with an organization as strong and committed as IIRC to make this happen for the HR community.

About International Internet Recruitment Consultants, Inc.



IIRC provides no-cost, non-biased, customized Internet recruiting solutions on how to allocate companies recruiting budgets as effectively as possible on the various career sites and recruitment technologies and then assist in the ongoing management of the accounts through centralized contacts at IIRC for vendor negotiation process consulting, implementation, billing, client services and training. IIRC currently manages Internet recruiting solutions for 15% of the Fortune 200. Clients include: IBM, Procter & Gamble, GlaxoSmithKline, Philip Morris, Bank of America, BellSouth, Agere, Qwest, Circuit City, Bayer Pharmaceuticals, Avaya, Baxter, Target, American General, Kodak, Cendant, Freddie Mac and many more. Located outside of Indianapolis, Indiana, IIRC, established in 1997, partners with organizations to provide winning human capital solutions.



About Guru Worldwide, Inc.

Guru is revolutionizing the delivery of talent. Guru combines the right mixture of science, technology, and human interaction, to deliver objectively qualified talent better, faster, and at a dramatically reduced price compared to traditional recruitment. Candidates in the Guru process undergo skill and cultural assessments that have been developed and validated by experts. The complete and objective picture Guru presents of candidates leads to better decision-making by hiring managers, better performance on the job, and lower turnover. We''re typically 1/3 to 1/2 the cost of traditional recruitment.

Guru has assembled the best minds from the fields of Assessment,Technology, and Recruiting. The company is led by Ray Marcy, former CEO of Spherion, a $4 billion human capital management company. The Guru Board of Directors includes the Former Vice President HR of Microsoft, and the Vice Chairman of Peoplesoft. Guru investors include American Express, August Capital, Credit Suisse First Boston, Greylock and Investor AB. Founded in April 1999, the company is headquartered in San Francisco.