Hiring Demand May Be Bottoming Out: WANTED Technologies Sees Decline of 627,000 Jobs in Upcoming April '09 BLS Employment Report

NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - April 27, 2009) - WANTED Technologies (TSX-V: WAN), the leading source of insight and analysis based on hiring demand, is forecasting that the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) will announce a loss of 627,000 jobs in its upcoming report on US non-farm payrolls for April 2009. This estimate represents the second consecutive month that WANTED's forecast of job losses is less severe than the previous month, a sign that the job market -- if not improving -- at least is not deteriorating further.

The weekly hiring demand data that WANTED collects from online job boards tracks employment levels at the industry and occupational level. WANTED is predicting a loss of 28,800 jobs in Transportation and Warehousing; a loss of 22,500 jobs in Finance and Insurance; and a gain of 31,900 jobs in Healthcare.

WANTED's forecasting model incorporates overall hiring demand based in part on a weekly measurement of the number of job ads placed with online job boards. The year-over-year loss in volume of job ads has remained relatively stable for the past four months, following 16 months of decline from a peak in September 2007. (More detailed analysis is available at http://hdi.wantedanalytics.com.)

WANTED's forecasts and analysis are available as part of its subscription-based Hiring Demand Indicators™ (HDI) service. The online service offers timely hiring demand data for economists and researchers monitoring the recent stimulus package and the economic recovery. The HDI service includes: a license to access WANTED Analytics™, the industry-leading online dashboard for hiring demand intelligence; and the analysis and discussion in WANTED's blog, "All About Hiring Demand."

WANTED also supplies its data to The Conference Board, which relies on it to produce its monthly Help-Wanted OnLine Data Series™.

About WANTED Technologies Corporation

WANTED (www.wantedtech.com) is the leading source of insight and analysis based on hiring demand. Clients in the media, HR/staffing, financial services and government sectors use WANTED's online data and SaaS-based analytical solutions to identify economic trends, analyze competitive and market activities and prioritize sales opportunities.

WANTED is also the exclusive data provider for The Conference Board's Help-Wanted OnLine Data Series™, the monthly economic indicator of hiring demand in the United States.

WANTED Technologies (TSX-V: WAN) was founded in 1999. The company's headquarters are in Quebec City, Canada, and it maintains a US-based subsidiary with primary offices in New York City. The company began collecting detailed hiring demand data in October 2002, and currently maintains a database of hundreds of millions of unique job listings. Visit www.wantedtech.com for more information about how WANTED helps organizations make better decisions and improve sales results.

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