Exhibit 1
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
E-CRUITER.COM ANNOUNCES THREE SENIOR MANAGEMENT APPOINTMENTS
Company adds depth to management team
OTTAWA, ONTARIO - AUGUST 30, 2000 - E-CRUITER.COM INC. (NASDAQ - ECRU) - a
leading application service provider (ASP) offering Internet recruiting
solutions to corporations of all sizes - today announced that Robert Richards,
formerly vice president technology and product, has been promoted to chief
operating officer. Natalie Prowse has been named chief technology officer and
George Koitsopoulos has been promoted from director, business development to
vice president business development.
"Rob Richards has been one of the driving forces behind E-Cruiter.com's growth
and success", said GERRY STANTON, PRESIDENT & CEO OF E-CRUITER.COM. "As part of
the initial management team, he has worked in and understands all facets of our
business, and his experience and leadership will greatly assist the company in
executing on all our corporate goals and in building our market share in the
fast-growing Internet recruiting business."
Richards has 18 years of experience in business and technology, including nine
at Nortel, where he held a variety of senior management positions. At
E-Cruiter.com, Richards has assumed a variety of senior roles in marketing,
business development, sales and product management.
"We also welcome Natalie Prowse and George Koitsopoulos to E-Cruiter.com's
management team," said STANTON. "Natalie's extensive experience in Web-based
technology and design will be important to the continued development of our
innovative Internet recruiting solutions. As a director at E-Cruiter.com, George
has been successful at establishing strategic alliances that extend the value to
E-Cruiter.com customers while driving corporate growth."
Most recently Prowse was president of NetFacet Computing, an Ottawa-based
technology consulting firm with a focus on creative Web solutions. Prior to
that, she was vice president research and development at Global Business
Information Directory Inc. and has also held senior technology positions at both
Compaq Canada and JetForm Corporation.
Prior to joining E-Cruiter.com, Koitsopoulos most recently served as vice
president, Internet for The CEO Group Inc./Kaplan Career Services, a BrassRing
Company. He was instrumental in defining their online recruitment strategy and
developing cost-effective customer-centric solutions that capitalized on the
emergence of new technologies and `out of the box' partnerships.
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The Company also announced the resignation of Evelyn Ledsham, E-Cruiter.com's
vice president sales and service. Donna Bower, previously regional sales
manager, has been promoted to director, Canadian sales and will report to Mr.
Richards. The Company is actively seeking a new vice president, sales and
service.
E-Cruiter.com provides mid-sized companies with recruiting portals - a total
environment for hiring that starts with the development of a best-in-class
career site. The recruiting portal enables companies to leverage the Internet to
post open positions to numerous sites on the Internet, manage all applicant
sources, speed and streamline communication, automate the hiring process, build
a qualified resume database, and generate reports for improved decision support.
ABOUT E-CRUITER.COM INC.
E-Cruiter.com (NASDAQ: ECRU), a leading Internet recruiting application service
provider (ASP), offers corporate recruiting portals that empower companies to
attract, select, and retain talent more quickly and cost effectively than
traditional recruiting methods.
E-Cruiter.com's corporate recruiting portals link a company's Internet career
site with the entire applicant supply chain. The recruiting portal provides a
central, multi-functional hiring platform to greatly enhance recruitment
performance by harmonizing the management of all candidate sources with an
e-communications and workflow solution.
The company's expertise has driven Bell Canada, Dell Computer Corporation
(Canada), SAS Institute Canada Inc., Sony Music Canada and numerous high-growth
start-ups to select E-Cruiter.com's solutions. For more information visit
http://www.ecruiter.com or call toll free 1-877-ECRUITER.
Except for the factual information contained in this press release, within the
meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 certain of the matters regarding product and
services and market dynamics herein may constitute forward-looking statements
that involve risks and uncertainties. The Company's actual results could differ
materially from those set forth in the forward-looking statements. Factors that
might cause such a difference include changes in technology and industry
standards, increased competition and market acceptance of the Company's products
and services and those of its competitors.
For More Information:
Sarah Spence Maggie O'Lett
E-Cruiter.com High Road Communications
Tel: 416-222-6344 ext. 568 a Fleishman-Hillard Company
E-mail: [email protected] Tel: 613-236-0909 ext. 314
E-mail: [email protected]
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