HireStrategy.com Creates New Career Network for Internet Startups, Fast-Growth Technology Companies and Top Technical Talent

HireStrategy.com Aims to "Connect the Dots in the dot-com World"

RESTON, VA, May 9, 2000

- HireStrategy.com, an innovative career network providing Web-enabled e-recruitment services, has found a way to connect the dots in the dot-com world of the Internet economy.

"What sets us apart is that our concept marries the best of both the online and offline recruiting worlds. We designed this business model from scratch over the past year to create a truly different, sophisticated, Web-enabled resource for Internet and fast-growth technology companies. We are not like HotJobs.com, Monster.com or other online classifieds nor are we positioning ourselves as an old economy search firm with a fancy, new web site front-end," says Villella.

"We provide an exceptional, technology-based staffing service for companies looking to attract the best and the brightest talent in the marketplace," Villella says. "When you combine our experienced professional recruitment counselors with the latest Web and server technology, you now understand the essence of the HireStrategy.com concept. All HireStrategy.com counselors have an extensive network of personal contacts with many of the finest national and area technology companies and talent. We pride ourselves on bringing together top companies and top candidates because our team understands business and technology. So we like to say that we connect the dots in the dot-com world. Even before our formal HireStrategy.com site launches next month, we are already serving as a staffing incubator for some of the Washington, DC Metropolitan area's hottest and fastest-growing technology firms," he says.

Rick Davis, President of SalesSpring, a division of Chicago, Illinois-based Divine Interventures, a leading venture capital firm, is strongly supportive of Villella's approach, as he also had input in developing it: "We have been following Paul and the development of HireStrategy.com very closely. Paul worked with us to develop the type of organization we wish to work with, because he and his team understand the unique needs of e-commerce and technology-based businesses. My partners and I view organizational "ramp up" as a critical success factor in our investments. We ask ourselves all the time: 'Can that executive team meet those aggressive objectives with that staffing level?' HireStrategy.com's strategy of providing an incubator-like staffing solution is right on target."

Michael Genebach, CEO of Apptus, a recently launched applications infrastructure provider (AIP) based in Reston, Virginia adds: "HireStrategy.com does not send inappropriate candidates or resumes as I have experienced with other search firms in the past. I like the fact that they spend the right amount of time up front getting to know us and our company's goals, objectives and needs first. It makes the process easier for us and also saves time because we are not sifting through scads of paperwork or spending time interviewing the wrong people. If I receive a resume from HireStrategy.com, I know someone has taken the time to consider my needs very carefully and believes a particular candidate to be not only qualified for a position, but considers him/her a right fit for our company culture."