VA Partners With "Monster" for Jobs

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VA, Monster Partner for Veteran Job Seekers
Veteran-Owned Businesses Listed

WASHINGTON (July 22, 2008)- In a new plan to help veterans find jobs,
the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has partnered with Monster
Government Solutions, a division of Monster Worldwide, Inc., a company
that markets online employment services to employers and job seekers.

Part of VA's mission is to assist veterans to gain employment. Monster,
in partnership with VA's Center for Veterans Enterprise, provides
veteran-owned small businesses the opportunity to post job openings for
veterans, including service-disabled veterans, at a large price
discount. Monster will post the job openings for 60 days, twice as long
as for other employers.

"This government-corporate partnership represents the best kind of
effort to help those who gave up time in their lives to serve their
country and return to an economic community that may not recognize their
skills," said Secretary of Veterans Affairs Dr. James B. Peake. "The
program should make it easier for employers to find qualified job
candidates as well as veteran suppliers and service contractors."

To participate in Monster job listings, veteran business owners must be
listed in VA's online Vendor Information Pages (VIP) maintained by the
Department's Center for Veterans Enterprise at http://www.VetBiz.gov.

In addition to helping veteran owners get business from other companies
and prospective veteran employees find jobs, VA's VIP pages will give
Monster a source for purchasing services itself and VA will refer
appropriate, listed suppliers to Monster.

The VA-Monster agreement is initially for two years and provides for
extensions.