Portland, Maine, August 1, 2005 - Recruiternet, a leading provider of integrated solutions for managing corporate hiring strategies, today announced its Projectix applicant tracking and talent management solution won an HR Systems Excellence Award from International Quality and Productivity Center (IQPC). Projectix was the leading solution in the category, “Innovative and Creative Development of Human Resource Technology Solutions: Recruiting.” IQPC established the HR Systems Excellence Awards to honor, recognize and promote leading organizations that have created, designed, or adopted innovative systems and solutions to significantly enhance the delivery of HR services. Awards were presented on July 19, 2005 in Chicago, IL in association with IQPC’s annual event, HR Systems 2005.

Judging criteria for the Innovative & Creative Development of Human Resource Technology Solutions: Recruiting category included adherence to accepted technology standards versus proprietary tools, creativity and innovation, documented productivity gains, and demonstrable ROI. In its entry form, Projectix cited its development in Microsoft’s .NET framework, which offers major advancements in globalization, localization, and systems integration capabilities; its innovative approach in supporting both hourly and salaried workers in one platform; and numerous productivity and ROI gains achieved from Projectix’s customers.

“We are honored to receive this prestigious award from IQPC, and are thrilled to have this public acknowledgement of Projectix’s ability to improve the applicant tracking, talent management, and onboarding processes for today’s HR departments,” says Robert Neveu, president of Recruiternet.

“Recruiternet’s Projectix hiring management system impressed our expert panel of judges with its integrated approach and flexibility in supporting complex hiring processes across entire organizations,” says Stephanie Morley, Director, Programs of IQPC. “The fact that Projectix includes hourly and salaried hiring tools, advanced foreign language and global capabilities and the ability to be highly tailored for diverse client types gave it the edge over other solutions we reviewed.”

Projectix’s comprehensive, integrated hiring workflow solution includes its recently announced Monster Premier ATS Alliance Membership, background checking, behavioral assessments, tax screening and a variety of other client specific service collaborations. As one of the only solutions to offer both hourly and salaried hiring, Projectix has also been consistently ranked as a leading applicant tracking solution by independent sources. Gartner, AMR, Workforce Management and ERExchange have all included Projectix in their analyses of leading solution providers. Projectix has been noted for its high levels of flexibility through technologically advanced configuration capabilities and a collaborative services approach. By leveraging .NET technology from the ground up, Projectix is tailored to a company’s particular recruiting process, including seamless HRMS integration, complementary service offerings and advanced workflow support. Projectix supports talent management across an organization and around the globe, offering 13 standard language translations and complete localization of the data scheme.

Founded in 1999 and headquartered in Portland, Maine, Recruiternet is the enterprise behind Projectix, a leading applicant tracking and talent management solution for corporations around the world. Projectix supports a wide range of clients, including Dunkin Brands, The TJX Companies, Inc., FoodLion, Tyco Healthcare and SGI. Recruiternet is exclusively focused on partnering with its Projectix customers to cost-effectively enhance the recruiting and staffing process. Recruiternet Europe, headquartered in the U.K. and dedicated to supporting European Projectix clients, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Recruiternet. Recruiternet is a Microsoft Certified Partner. More information is available at www.projectix.com.

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