Record Sales and Customer Adoption Accelerate Unicru Growth; Sales Increase Driven by Rapid...

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PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 4, 2004

Unicru, Inc. today announced it secured over $43 million in new contracts in 2003, an 80 percent increase from 2002, increasing its total contracted backlog to nearly $75 million. Unicru's revenue has increased 239

In 2003, the company signed major multiyear contracts with leading companies such as Circuit City, Kroger, CVS, Best Buy, Albertsons, Raley's and Family Dollar. With these and other client additions, Unicru evaluated 7.6 million job applications in 2003, far exceeding the competition. On a cumulative basis, Unicru has scientifically assessed over 21,000,000 candidates, a number equivalent to 16 percent of the US workforce, for job fit and predicted performance in its client's organizations. Six of the 40 largest US employers now rely on Unicru for workforce selection and optimization.

The company also delivered a major extension of its services with its Total Workforce Acquisition solution supporting the diverse workforce selection processes required to select high performing hourly, professional and managerial employees. The fruit of two acquisitions completed in late 2002 and mid 2003, Unicru's Total Workforce Acquisition solution was named one of HR Executive Magazine's Top Ten Products of 2003 for its innovative technology and has achieved rapid customer acceptance.

Jenny Chatman, Paul J. Cortese Distinguished Professor of Management, Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley, attributes Unicru's success to the fact that, "Unicru is unique in that it provides corporate leaders with the tools to develop a strong organization by selecting those individuals who are most likely to succeed in a company's culture and organization, while providing managers with the tools to evaluate future opportunities for change and the ways in which the workforce can act as a lever for change."

The company's record year was defined by the following achievements:

-- Unicru acquired and successfully integrated two acquisitions,

Xperius, Inc. and Guru Worldwide, to accelerate delivery of

its Total Workforce Acquisition solution.

-- Unicru expanded its US offices to include sites in San

Francisco and Atlanta. Unicru also upgraded its headquarters

to a larger facility in Beaverton, Oregon.

-- Unicru entered Europe with an office and customers in the

United Kingdom.

-- Unicru deployed its services to over 5,500 additional customer

locations.

-- Unicru launched industry-specific Total Workforce Acquisition

solutions tailored for the chain drug, casual dining and

trucking industries.

-- Supporting its business growth, Unicru hired two seasoned

industry veterans: Doug Schafer as CFO, and Valerie Osinski as

its VP of Professional Services.

-- Unicru was recognized as one of the "100 Best Places to Work"

in Oregon.

"We attribute our strong momentum and record business performance to the growing acceptance of our workforce selection and optimization strategy," said Unicru president and CEO, Chris Marsh. "Our warm market reception is marked by record sales, industry accolades, and most importantly by customers who recognize that we stand alone in our ability to meet their unique needs through the integration of workforce selection science, hiring process automation, decision support and data analytics to predict and optimize the performance of their workforce."

About Unicru

Unicru is the leading provider of Workforce Selection and Optimization solutions that enable enterprises to efficiently attract and systematically select world-class employees. Through its comprehensive Web-based service, Unicru evaluates over seven million job candidates a year for their prospective productivity, reliability, and job fit. Unicru combines scientifically-proven employee selection assessments, applicant recruitment, hiring management decision support, and complete data capture for measurement and continuous improvement of business results for over 60 enterprises and brands including CVS, Albertsons, Universal Studios, Blockbuster, Kroger, and Southeastern Freightlines. For more information, visit the company's Web site at www.unicru.com.