Yahoo! HotJobs Assembles Celebrity Makeover Team to Help Job Seekers Move Up in Their Careers; '''' Costume Designer, Former White House Press Secretary and ''The Devil Wears Prada'' Author Offer Career Advice

NEW YORK, Jan 18, 2006 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Yahoo! HotJobs (Nasdaq:YHOO), a leader in the online recruitment industry, today launched its Celebrity Dream Team Makeover, a national contest that will award three winners one-on-one career coaching sessions with celebrity experts who will make over the candidates' resume-writing techniques, interview skills and professional styles. Job seekers of all levels will have the rare opportunity to spend a day getting personal job advice from "Sex and the City" costume designer Patricia Field, former White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer and "The Devil Wears Prada" author Lauren Weisberger. Marc Karasu, vice president and career expert for Yahoo! HotJobs, will also work with the winners on job search techniques and networking. In addition, each winner will get a check for $10,000, which can be used towards a great vacation before moving on to the next job, a car that won't break down on the way to an interview or a really, really nice suit. Should you dress more like Carrie Bradshaw or Charlotte York for an interview? How do you tell your potential new boss he still has part of his lunch in between his teeth? How do you use humor in your cover letter to stand out from the crowd without looking like a bad joke? The Yahoo! HotJobs Celebrity Dream Team can answer these questions and more as they help three people jump-start their job search in the New Year. The contest coincides with the peak of job-hunting season -- a time when many hiring budgets get renewed and New Year's resolutions are made. This year's job-hunting season is expected to be the most robust in years with numerous job market outlooks forecasting big gains in employment rolls for 2006. "In developing the Celebrity Dream Team Makeover, Yahoo! HotJobs conducted job seeker research and learned that 40 percent of the workforce is planning to start a search for a new job this year(1)," said Karasu. "January is usually a time of year when we see a rise in the number of people searching for jobs, and we wanted to provide those job seekers with a special opportunity to brush up on their skills. Our intent with this contest is to share with job seekers personal advice from people at the top of their games whose skills and instincts helped them live their dreams." From Field's guidance on dressing for success and Fleisher's tips for managing the toughest lines of questioning to Weisberger's resume-writing pointers, the Yahoo! HotJobs promotion arms job seekers with new tools to help them land a new job or just move up in the same one. To enter for a chance to win this opportunity, job seekers can visit www.hotjobs.com, submit or update their resume between today and February 20, 2006, and write a brief explanation why they deserve a personalized Celebrity Dream Team Makeover. Job seekers at any career level can apply. About the Yahoo! HotJobs Dream Team Patricia Field Costume Designer Patricia Field won an Emmy Award (2002) for her contributions to the series, "Sex and the City" and was nominated an additional three times (1999, 2000 and 2001). She also won an Emmy Award for the TV movie, "Mother Goose Rock N Rhyme" and has been awarded for her creativity by the and New York Women in Film and TV. A native New Yorker, Patricia Field began her career when she opened her namesake Greenwich Village boutique in 1966; it closed in 2002. In 1996, she opened a second boutique in Soho called Hotel Venus. The shops have been a defining factor in the urbane style of New York's nightlife. She also spearheads a line of clothing designed by long-time associate David Dalrymple which is available in retail establishments around the world, sold under the label House of Field. Field's foray into the entertainment industry began in the 1980s when she designed costumes for the television series, "Crime Story." Since then, she has racked up an impressive list of projects in both television ad films including the film, "Miami Rhapsody," her first collaboration with , "The Substitute," "Dear Diary," "Wiseguy" and ABC's hit series, "Spin City." Field is a visionary, a trend forecaster and an icon. The downtown pop priestess sums it up by saying "Life is a party. Enjoy it -- because it ends." Ari Fleischer As former White House press secretary, Ari Fleischer was the primary spokesperson for President Bush and delivered the daily White House briefings from 2001 to 2003. He previously served as the senior communications delivered the daily White House briefings from 2001 to 2003. He previously served as the senior communications advisor and spokesman for the Bush-Cheney presidential campaign. In his almost four years working for George W. Bush, he served as spokesman during the historic presidential recount, September 11, two wars and the anthrax attack. His best selling book, Taking Heat, details his years in the White House and reached #7 on best-seller list. Prior to joining Governor Bush's campaign, Mr. Fleischer was the national spokesman and communications director for 's presidential campaign. In November 1994, Mr. Fleischer was hired as communications director by the House Committee on Ways and Means after Republicans took control of the Congress. He also served as press secretary to New Mexico Senator from 1989 to 1994. From 1983 to 1989, Fleischer served as press secretary to two members of Congress from New York, and worked on several political campaigns. Mr. Fleischer is a native of Pound Ridge, New York, and a 1982 graduate of 's . Now president of his own firm, Ari Fleischer Communications, Inc., he resides in Westchester County with his wife, Becki, and their daughter. Lauren Weisberger Lauren Weisberger graduated from Cornell University in 1999. Her debut novel, "The Devil Wears Prada," was on The New York Times hardcover best-seller list for six months and has been published in thirty countries. Weisberger's second novel, "Everyone Worth Knowing," was also a New York Times best-seller. Weisberger lives in . Marc Karasu Marc Karasu is a vice president and career expert for Yahoo! HotJobs. As a noted author of a series of career books, Karasu possesses a wealth of knowledge regarding job seeking and hiring trends. He specializes in advice for job seekers focusing on the essentials of job searching (resumes, cover letters, interviews, and salary negotiations), career management, and general career trends. He has been quoted in Advertising Age, AdWeek, BrandWeek, The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times. Marc has also appeared on CBS, Good Day New York and local affiliates of ABC and NBC across the country to talk about job trends, hiring and the workplace. About Yahoo! HotJobs As a leader in the online recruiting industry, Yahoo! HotJobs (www.hotjobs.com) has revolutionized the way people manage their careers and the way companies hire talent. Yahoo! HotJobs' tools and advice put job seekers in control of their careers and make it easier and more cost-effective for employers and staffing firms to find qualified candidates. In addition to its popular consumer job board, Yahoo! HotJobs provides employers, recruiters, and staffing agencies with progressive recruitment media solutions. About Yahoo! Yahoo! Inc. is a leading global Internet brand and one of the most trafficked Internet destinations worldwide. Yahoo! seeks to provide online products and services essential to users' lives, and offers a full range of tools and marketing solutions for businesses to connect with Internet users around the world. Yahoo! is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. (1) Yahoo! HotJobs Survey of more than 1,000 U.S. workers, October 2005 SOURCE: Yahoo! Inc.

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