Press Release

New York, NY - TRI-STATE JOBS, LLC™ www.tristatejobs.com, the Tri-State’s Leading Employment Solution’s Provider, announced today it has chosen the newly renovated and easily accessible, multi-million dollar STADIUM CLUB, located indoors on the ground floor of GIANTS STADIUM (Meadowlands Sports Complex), East Rutherford, NJ, Wednesday, September 15^th (9:00 AM - 6:00 PM), as the site for the kickoff of its new line of integrated, face-to-face Information Technology Recruitment Events.

With its "explosively growing" Internet presence and integrated Employment Website (used regularly by 2,000+ Employers, and receiving 50,000+ hits per day), including a unique set of state-of-the-art Candidate and Employer Services’ tools and techniques, along with Strategic Partnerships such as Yahoo!, Excite, Classifieds2000 and Major Newsgroups, Tri-State Jobs’ announcement of TRI-STATE JOBS IT CAREER EXPO AND CONFERENCE "raises the bar" on the caliber of solutions available to meet the needs of both Information Technology job seekers and hiring officials, located in the world’s largest geographic concentration of both (NY, NJ, CT).

"We wanted to leverage the success of our [dynamic] Employment Website with the benefits of traditional face-to-face hiring activities, to provide a level of productivity and value not previously available in the Information Technology Recruitment marketplace", said Kris Vaidya, Tri-State Jobs’ Vice President of Sales.

Sponsored by Industry icons including KPMG LLP and JAVA Developer’s Journal, a SYS-CON Publication, the launch of TRI-STATE JOBS IT CAREER EXPO AND CONFERENCE at Giants Stadium ("Stadium South Tower" - Parking Lot #15), will include over 120 Exhibitor Booths (Leading Area, National and Multi-National Corporations, Consulting Firms and Industry Vendors) and a simultaneous Conference, entitled "HOT IT Growth Areas for the New Millennium". Planned Conference activities include a 45 minute software vendor panel discussion, "Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) / Middleware Solutions for Securities Processing", moderated by Tom Milunec, Partner - Capital Markets Technology, KPMG LLP, numerous 30 minute standalone presentations throughout the day including the Feature Presentation, "Managing Information Technology Beyond Y2K: Choosing the Right Solutions and Vendors for your Firm’s Needs", presented by Joseph Rosen, Managing Director, Enterprise Technology Corporation (ETC), and morning and afternoon "workshop style" presentations, "Maximizing your Online Resume Posting to Tri-State Jobs: "Keyword Tips & Techniques", courtesy of the staff at Tri-State Jobs. The SYS-CON Radio Team will be broadcasting live (Webcast) from the floor of the Event, including interviews with key industry executives from participating firms.

Candidate attendance and parking are free for Information Technology professionals (18 years old and older) with a resume, however only Candidates who Pre-Register Online can (in addition to saving time) take advantage of Tri-State Jobs’ free, integrated Employment Services, attend Conference activities (on a first come, first served basis - per presentation), and have their names entered into a drawing to Win Prizes (attendance required). Grand Prize is round trip airfare and hotel for two in the Bahamas. The first 500 attendees Pre-Registering Online, will also receive a free TRI-STATE JOBS IT CAREER EXPO AND CONFERENCE T-shirt.

Tri-State Jobs’ powerful and integrated, user-friendly Employment Services’ tool set includes unique features such as SmartMail, an automatic matching and email delivery service that "works while you sleep", eliminating the time consuming need to "sift and search" through large databases. Candidates who Pre-Register Online can also opt to receive a "unique" Event-Specific SmartMail (approximately 1 week prior to the Event) "listing all participating Exhibitors posting matching job criteria", and utilize Tri-State Jobs’ other free Employment Services including simultaneously posting their resume to the Tri-State Jobs’ Online Resume Database.

A number of Comprehensive Exhibitor Packages, all including unlimited Employer Services beginning up to 30 days prior to the Event (significant "new member" discounts on additional 4, 7 or 13 month subscriptions optionally available), a searchable Event Resume CD produced by Access Corporation, including the firm’s Industry leading DTSearch engine (extra copies optionally available), and attractive "early pay" discounts until July 31^st are available to firms wishing to participate.

Regularly scheduled Bus Service is available between Giants Stadium and Midtown Manhattan (42^nd St. - Port Authority Bus Terminal) via New Jersey Transit (only 15 minutes).

Future Giants Stadium as well as other Tri-State Area locations and dates are to be announced, and a Y2K Nationwide rollout of the firm’s Employment Services and Events by Major Metropolitan Area are being planned.