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PEORIA JOURNAL STAR PARTNERS WITH NEW OFFICE TO OFFER NewHire CANDIDATE MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE TO RECRUITMENT CLASSIFIED AD CUSTOMERS

Chicago, IL, United States, March 16, 2005

The Peoria Journal Star, a Copley Press, Inc. publication, has signed an agreement with New Office Temps, Ltd to offer its revenue-generating, Candidate Management Software – NewHire™ – to its employment classified advertisers

Revenue projections from March sales indicate a potential revenue stream of $4,000 to $8,000 per week for the Peoria Journal Star.

NewHire™ (www.New-Hire.com) is a Web-based pre-employment management and screening tool. Customer Service Representatives create custom pre-employment applications in as little as 30 seconds per the advertiser’s specifications. Applicants apply online to jobs advertised in the Peoria Journal Star print and on-line employment classifieds. NewHire™ Candidate Management Software enables advertisers to significantly reduce the effort and expense involved in screening job applicants.

NewHire allows newspapers and their employment classified ad customers to leverage New Office’s 20 years of recruitment experience. NewHire contains almost 14,000 applicants in 145 customized, private databases. NewHire maintains data in a redundant and secure online environment.

Mr. Tim Rollet, Classified Advertising Manager of the Peoria Journal Star states, “Clearly, NewHire is a real value-added tool for our employment classified advertisers. New Office understands our needs and has made it simple for our representatives to offer NewHire with every employment classified ad placed in our paper. We believe this is exactly what local and regional employment classified advertisers need to manage their recruiting. This tool makes us more competitive, and offers us significant revenue enhancement potential.”

Mr. Chuck Smith, President of New Office Temps, Ltd. states “at New Office, we understand what employers really need – tools to help handle classified-ad responses. Through our work with Peoria Journal Star, we are convinced NewHire is the product for newspaper publishers looking for a simple and powerful way to enhance employment classified revenues. This tool also helps classified advertisers maximize the return on recruiting investment.”

About the Peoria Journal Star:
The Copley Press publishes 10 daily, nine weekly and one bi-weekly newspapers. One of the 10 newspapers published by Copley Press, the Peoria Journal-Star’s origins predate the Civil War. The nearly 70,000 daily circulation newspaper has been published under the Peoria Journal Star masthead since 1954

For more information:
Name of Contact: Mr. Tim Rollet, Classified Ad Manager
Phone: (309) 686-3084
Email: trollet@pjstar.com
Website: www.pjstar.com and www.New-Hire.com/pjstar

About New Office Temps, Ltd.
Founded in 1985, New Office Temps (www.NewOffice.com) is a full-service HR Outsourcing and Staffing firm based in Chicago, Illinois. Continuous recruitment needs and vast experience with Web-based and newspaper-based classified recruitment led New Office to the develop NewHire. NewHire is an employer focused Candidate Management Software solution designed to streamline the hiring process.

For more information:
Name of Contact: Mr. Chuck Smith, President
Phone: 312-923-0054
Cell phone: 312-636-3619
Email:csmith@newoffice.com
Website: www.New-Hire.com and www.New-Hire.com/pjstar