Peopleclick Selects FAST Data Search to Help Clients

Peopleclick Selects FAST Data Search to Help Clients

OSLO, Norway and RALEIGH, North Carolina, December 15/PRNewswire/ --

- Enterprise Search Solution Provides Peopleclick Clients Conceptual
Search and Scalability as Demand for Qualified Candidates Increases



Peopleclick, Inc., the leading total workforce acquisition provider for
global enterprises, today announced it will deploy Fast Search & Transfer's
FAST Data Search(TM) to power the search capabilities of its Recruitment
Management System (RMS). Fast Search & Transfer(TM) (FAST(TM)) (OSE: FAST) is
the leading developer of enterprise search and real-time alerting
technologies.



The categorization and drill-down features of FAST Data Search will
enable users of Peopleclick's RMS to utilize conceptual search to expand and
refine their search results for candidates by allowing them to request "more
candidates like this" and "best fit candidates."



In addition, FAST Data Search will allow Peopleclick recruiting clients
to:



- Simultaneously search unstructured data, such as resumes, candidate
and interviewer notes and attachments, and structured data, such as education
data and questionnaire answers;



- Search multiple candidate languages with multi-language criteria;



- Perform geographic proximity searches of metropolitan regions; and



- Retain ad hoc search criteria until the next query



"Our clients are adding nearly one million candidates per month through
Peopleclick RMS, and they depend on us to provide a candidate and resume
search tool that quickly delivers the most relevant results," says Kathleen
V. Barton, senior vice president of marketing and product development,
Peopleclick. "We chose FAST Data Search because it's the best out there with
its powerful platform architecture, its support of 77 different languages,
including full double-byte support, and its ability to scale as we continue
to expand our business."



Peopleclick's RMS is a hosted, web-based solution that manages full-time
employee staffing in an efficient, cost-effective, and process-driven way.
From candidate identification and pre-screening to qualification and
selection, Peopleclick RMS is tied to powerful reporting and analytics tools.
RMS allows for complete control over full-time employee headcount while
ensuring high-caliber talent acquisition and improved workforce acquisition
decisions.



Based upon FAST's powerful Enterprise Search Platform technology (FAST
ESP(TM)), FAST Data Search enables the aggregation of information from any
structured and unstructured data source, including not only Peopleclick's own
proprietary content, but also advertiser, third-party and web content. It
provides organizations with a flexible and powerful relevancy framework that
allows them to meet their business objectives by controlling the user
experience through InPerspective(TM), FAST's rank tuning module, while
consistently providing the user with superior search results. FAST Data
Search also includes advanced navigation and drill down capabilities,
allowing users to do multi-level sorting of their search results by a variety
of parameters.



"FAST is continuing to see increasing demand for innovative enterprise
search platform solutions that can scale data in multiple formats and
languages in real-time to make business more efficient," said John M. Lervik,
FAST's chief executive officer. "Peopleclick clients will benefit from
increased speed and relevancy in their candidate and resume search results
for a rapid time-to-hire of the most qualified candidates. Peopleclick's
selection of FAST Data Search further expands our presence in the online
recruitment market."



The selection of FAST Data Search demonstrates Peopleclick's continued
commitment to globalization, product development and customer support. The
new search capabilities will be available when Peopleclick launches RMS 4.3.4
in the first quarter of 2005.



About Peopleclick



Raleigh, N.C.-based Peopleclick, a privately held company founded in
1997, is one of the world's leading enterprise-wide Total Workforce
Acquisition providers. Peopleclick provides a holistic solution that includes
products, services and expertise encompassing recruitment and vendor
management, candidate relationship management, diversity planning and
EEO/Affirmative Action compliance. With 300 employees, Peopleclick currently
serves more than 2,500 customers in 88 countries, including 54 of the Fortune
100. For more information on Peopleclick's products and services, visit
www.peopleclick.com or call 1-877-820-4400.



About FAST



FAST creates the real-time search and filter technology solutions that
are behind the scenes at the world's best known companies with the most
demanding search problems. FAST's flexible and scalable integrated technology
platform elevates the search capabilities of enterprise customers and
connects people to the relevant information they seek regardless of medium.
This drives revenues and reduces total cost of ownership by effectively
leveraging IT infrastructure. FAST's powerful enterprise search technology
solutions are used by a wide range of global customers and partners,
including AT&T, Cardinal Health, CareerBuilder.com, Chordiant, CIGNA, CNET,
Dell, Fidelity Investments, Findexa, FirstGov.gov (GSA), IBM, Knight Ridder,
LexisNexis, Nordstrom, Overture, Rakuten, Reed Elsevier, Reuters, Sensis,
Tenet Healthcare, Thomas Industrial Networks, T-Online, US Army, Virgilio
(Telecom Italia), Vodafone, and Wanadoo.



FAST is headquartered in Norway and is publicly traded under the ticker
symbol 'FAST' on the Oslo Stock Exchange. The FAST Group operates globally
with presence in Europe, the United States, and Japan. Additionally, the FAST
Group has business partners and customers in a number of other locations,
such as Brazil, Canada and Australia. For further information about FAST,
please visit www.fastsearch.com.



(c) 2004 Fast Search & Transfer ASA - Fast Search & Transfer, FAST, FAST
ESP, FAST Data Search, FAST MarkeTrac, FAST AdVisor, FAST InStream, FAST
ImPulse and the FAST four-colored logo are trademarks of Fast Search &
Transfer ASA. All rights reserved. FAST disclaims any proprietary interest in
the marks and names of others. All other trademarks mentioned in this
document are the property of their respective owners.



Source: Fast Search & Transfer ASA

Fast Search & Transfer, Peter Gorman (U.S.), tel +1-781-304-2495, pr@fastsearch.com or Carine Zeier (Europe), tel +47-23-01-13-47 or Peopleclick, Kathy Barton, Peopleclick, tel +1-919-645-2862, katy.barton@peopleclick.com or Meggan Finisecy Manson, Young & Associates 3, tel +1-301-309-9404, megganf@yapr.com


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