Demand for StepStone Solutions Products continues to grow rapidly

StepStone ASA, Europeís provider of technology enabled recruitment solutions, reported a further 20 new customers in the first half of Q2 2006, today. This compares to 11 new customers in the comparable period of 2005 and 31 new customers for Q2 2005.

Amongst the twenty new companies selecting StepStoneís i-GRasp and Easycruit e-recruitment solutions were Orkla in Norway, petrochemical leader Sabic, Amey Group in the UK, Prettl Group, KPMG in Norway, Rockwool in Denmark, Ramboll across Scandinavia and The Phone House across a number of European countries.

In addition, Stepstone continues to accelerate the rate of activation of new customers. During the last two quarters over 110 companies have selected StepStoneís e-recruitment solutions. The UK Post Office, signed at the end of Q4 2005, went live within 4 months. At the time this was the divisionís largest contract and will support the recruitment of an estimated 40,000 employees each year. The implementation included a new postcode based job-search tool that allows candidates to search for positions within a given radius of their home postcode

Amongst the new customers going live in the first half of Q2 2006 are Groupe Caisse-díEpargne, one of Franceís leading banks, Base the Belgian mobile telecoms provider and Fiat, who have successfully deployed StepStone i-GRasp across its wide array of brands

ìWe are seeing a growing demand for e-recruitment solutions. Organisations are increasingly choosing StepStone as their preferred supplier. As we progress through this period of increasingly rapid market growth our focus remains on customer acquisition and swift implementation,î said Matthew Parker, Managing Director, StepStoneís Solutions Division.