Human Resources: HODES iQ AND ABERDEENGROUP PUBLISH TALENT ACQUISITION STUDY

July 31, 2007, NEW YORK, NY – Hodes iQ, Bernard Hodes Group’s award-winning talent management product, is pleased to announce it has underwritten a landmark study by Aberdeen, a Harte-Hanks Company (NYSE: HHS). The study, titled “The Global War for Talent: Getting What You Want Won’t Be Easy,” will be available for free for a limited time at www.hodesiq.com, or at www.aberdeen.com.

Hodes iQ supports Aberdeen’s main assertion that the top recruiting challenge companies face is, “finding the right talent at the right time.” As the urgency for organizations to focus on talent acquisition grows, so does the need for companies to prioritize workforce planning. However, the report shows only 47% of all companies indicated they have a talent acquisition strategy in place, and only 30% felt that their strategy was well-integrated within the company. The report represents responses from over 600 organizations and provides a roadmap for companies who desire to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of talent acquisition through Best-in-Class strategies.

“All of us in recruiting need to be able to source, attract, and retain the best candidates – not just to win a war for talent, but to extend the business’ competitive advantage,” said Jeremy Shapiro, VP, E-Recruiting Solutions, Hodes iQ. Adds Shapiro “Our belief is that companies using Hodes iQ will be better equipped to support Best-in-Class recruiting that not only creates efficiencies, but seats Human Resources at the executives table as a true business partner.”

“Nearly two-thirds of Best-in-Class performers have a talent acquisition strategy that is part of their organization’s human capital management strategy”, said Kevin Martin, Research Director, Human Capital Management at Aberdeen Group. “The data shows that companies that take a more strategic and holistic approach to talent acquisition are much more likely to improve key performance indicators such quality of hire, time to hire, and cost per hire”.

ABOUT HODES iQ
Hodes iQ (http://www.hodesiQ.com), with its ever-expanding customer base of over 150, is an award-winning talent management system that enables human resources to recruit more effectively. With the combination of a top-ranked job posting system, the leading resume data mining system, and expertise in best-in-class corporate career sites, Hodes iQ gives recruiters essential tools to recruit the best talent efficiently.

Solutions are available targeting the Fortune 1000 (Hodes iQ Enterprise), mid-sized companies (Hodes iQ Standard), health care (Hodes iQ for Health care), and an award-winning job posting system (SmartPost).

ABOUT BERNARD HODES GROUP
As a fully integrated talent solutions provider, Bernard Hodes Group (http://www.hodes.com) offers solutions that often combine multiple service offerings from the Company's core competency areas: Recruitment Marketing; Sourcing/Response Management; Hiring Process Re-engineering; and Staffing Technology (see http://www.hodesiQ.com). All solutions are developed and measured within the company's 360-degree process methodology. The company is headquartered in New York, with over 80 offices and affiliates around the globe. Bernard Hodes Group is a wholly owned subsidiary of Omnicom Group, Inc., (NYSE - OMC), one of the world's leading marketing communications companies. Bernard Hodes Group serves thousands of clients in virtually every industry, helping them to attract and retain talented workers in every skill set.

ABOUT ABERDEENGROUP
Aberdeen is a leading provider of fact-based research and market intelligence that delivers demonstrable results. Having benchmarked more than 30,000 companies in the past two years, Aberdeen is uniquely positioned to educate users to action: driving market awareness, creating demand, enabling sales, and delivering meaningful return-on-investment analysis. As the trusted advisor to the global technology markets, corporations turn to Aberdeen(TM) for insights that drive decisions.

As a Harte-Hanks Company, Aberdeen plays a key role of putting content in context for the global direct and targeted marketing company. Aberdeen's analytical and independent view of the "customer optimization" process of Harte-Hanks (Information – Opportunity – Insight – Engagement – Interaction) extends the client value and accentuates the strategic role Harte-Hanks brings to the market. For additional information, visit Aberdeen www.aberdeen.com