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San Francisco, March 6, 2001 - eBenefits, the leading online provider of human resources solutions for small and growing companies, and Looking2hire.com, a website that offers a place for retail employers and employees to connect, have announced a strategic affiliate partnership. eBenefits will provide the leading HR management solution to Looking2hire customers, and Looking2hire will provide hiring services to eBenefit's retail customers.

Following recent Internet trends, this relationship will help spread the word to small businesses nationwide that solutions exist to help them streamline all aspects of managing a small business.

"With Looking2hire as the first-to-market in the retail job site market, and eBenefits as the leader in the online HR management space for small businesses, this relationship will benefit both parties involved and provide best-of-breed solutions to our customers," said Bruce Budnik, CEO of Looking2hire.

"eBenefits works with customers in the retail business on a daily basis. Now we can refer them to a job site that is catered to exactly what retail businesses need, hourly and part-time employees. We look forward to continued success and growing our customer base with the help of Looking2hire.com," said Ryan Weber, Business Development Associate, at eBenefits.

About eBenefits
eBenefits develops and markets Internet-based software products that enable customers to save money and focus on their core enterprises. Currently, eBenefits offers eBenefits VirtualHR, a one-stop human resources tool that is built to suit the needs of managers and HR administrators within growing businesses.
The product is designed to streamline and automate administrative tasks related to human resources and benefits management and provide customers with access to industry-leading vendors of the products and services they need to attract and retain good employees.
Based in San Francisco, the company is privately held and funded by New Enterprise Associates (NEA), Draper Fisher Jurvetson, and W.R. Hambrecht + Co.
About Looking2hire.com

Looking2Hire.com is all about maximum reach for minimum investment by employers seeking to reach hourly, part time, and seasonal job seekers effectively. We consider ourselves perfectly positioned to bring to the hourly and seasonal worker the Web-based economies of time and convenience that have already changed the way America looks for work.