MOUNTAIN, LTD.™ Announces Certification and Promotion of Two HR Recruiters

Yarmouth, Maine- June 24, 2003- Joseph H. Hosmer, President and CEO of MOUNTAIN, LTD.™ is pleased to announce the successful certification of two employees through the National Association of Personnel Services (NAPS) and their subsequent promotions within MOUNTAIN, LTD.™. Matthew Stacy, was promoted to Senior Account Manager at MOUNTAIN, LTD.™ after receiving the Certified Temporary-Staffing Specialist (CTS) designation and Dmitri Lodewyckx, was promoted to Senior Account Manager, after receiving his Certified Personnel Consultant (CPC) designation through the national association.

According to Hosmer, "It is in our clients' best interests that we ensure that all the recruitment that we do on their behalf is done with up to the minute knowledge of the letter of the law. The increasingly complicated employment laws can bring costly law suit exposure over a misspoken word. Additionally, the spirit of many laws are to provide more qualified people to the talent pool from which an employer can hire. The certification process trains and tests the recruiters. To maintain the certification, continuing education is mandated."

The recent certification of both Stacy and Lodewyckx reflects MOUNTAIN, LTD.’s on-going commitment to excellence and quality. All recruiters within MOUNTAIN, LTD.™ maintain either their CPC or CTS certifications. The CPC and CTS certifications are the only national designations recognized globally by the personnel services and staffing industry. Certification is viewed by the business community and the industry as a seal of excellence. It is to recruiting what the bar exam is to lawyers or the CPA exam is to accountants. Interestingly, Sandra Hosmer, Vice President and Treasurer of MOUNTAIN, LTD.™, was the first recruiter within the State of Maine to receive her CPC in 1982. At that time there were about 2,000 certified personnel consultants in the U.S. Currently there are more than 11,000 CPC's and CTS's. In 1998, Fortune Magazine noted that one way to select a good recruiter is to ask if they are certified.

In order to receive certification through NAPS, candidates must pass a three-hour exam, NAPS reviews and updates certification exams to reflect changes within federal employment law. Some highlights of the exams include, but are not limited to: laws against discrimination; relationships with candidates and clients; reference checking; contracts; bonding; payroll; truth in lending; employer liability. Certificate recipients must agree to uphold the National Association of Personnel Services (NAPS) Standards of Ethical Practices and certification program rules. The National Association of Personnel Services was initially founded to establish a self-regulation vehicle for the staffing industry. The association currently serves to "provide legislative guidance and aid in states where government affairs challenges exist, create a structure of ethical practices for industry self-regulation, increase public and business awareness of the value of personnel services, and to educate members and non-members towards better practices and the maintenance of high professional standards."

MOUNTAIN, LTD. ™ is a permanent placement and staffing firm specializing in Telecommunications, Information Technology, Biotechnology, Pharmaceuticals, and Security work. For further information about MOUNTAIN, LTD. ™, please visit www.mountainltd.com or contact Sandra Hosmer at 207-846-1166. For further information about the National Association of Personnel Services, please visit www.napsweb.org