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2006 and 2007: Lots of Interesting News... Just Not In the Press!

2005

Career Journal "Jobs Blog: Where New Positions For M.B.A.s Are Advertised Online", June 27, 2005

2004

CareerJournal.com: Social Networking, January 21, 2004

January 2004 HR Magazine

2003

New York Times, February 24, 2003 -- 'Free Agents' Find Too Much Free Time ---(you need to be a free NYT subscriber to view this article)

Please Note: Todd Smith,featured in the article, is a member of MBA GlobalNet.

...Projects have become smaller and less frequent than they were two years ago, said Robert Steir, the founder of MBA GlobalNet in New York, a network of management consultants who bid jointly on projects.

... Mr. Steir of MBA GlobalNet is also the director of outreach for a nonprofit group, MBAs4NYC. He connects experienced management consultants who want to do pro bono work with small-business owners in Lower Manhattan who have yet to rebuild after the Sept. 11 attacks. The volunteers help business owners cut costs and develop marketing ideas, new products and new business channels.

"A lot of the volunteers are people who aren't working," Mr. Steir said. "But helping people energizes them instead of decreasing their energy. And it gives them something that they're doing in their line of work to talk about," and to possibly include on their résumés.

2001

WALL STREET JOURNAL

Date: Page B8, August 28,2001

MBA GlobalNet is the source for a chart in the weekly career column, The Jungle.

WORKING WOMAN JULY/AUGUST 2001

In an article called Talent Scouts with the subtitle of "Work-for-hire sites can connect you with freelancers and independent contractors. Just state what you need and the databas spits out a list of consultants, along with their resume and portfolios." MBA FreeAgents is one of the three sites listed with a written description as follows, "Companies seeking M.B.A's can submit a project description that gets e-mailed to qualified candidates or search through the database of 10,000 registered M.B.A.'s. The site sends the profiles of qualified leads to the client and may conduct preliminary interviews with interested candidates. If you searches are fruitful, you'll pay a headhunter fee of 15 percent of the total amount paid to the worker."

TIBURON GROUP, TIP OF THE WEEK

Date: 27 Jul 2001

"The Tip of the Week now reaches over 30,000 recruitment industry professionals weekly.

Dear Tiburon Group Tip of the Week Member:

Finding a resource for highly qualified MBA talent without using a search firm historically has been challenging. Not anymore. Recently our client was searching for senior level talent so we tried MBA Globalnet http://www.mbaglobalnet.com and were extremely impressed with the results. We used the Featured Opportunity service ($1,000) Within 2 days of using the service we had responses from over 30 qualified candidates. In fact, you too can view a sample of their talented members at their MBATalentWire site. The results warranted this Tip of the Week review.

As a niche site, we were impressed with breadth of service levels available.

· Traditional Job Posting:
($250 for 1 month) is for the employer that wants a standard level of service.

· Featured Opportunity:
($1,000) highlights the position on the homepage for 2 weeks and sends a targeted e-mail to a minimum of 500 potential candidates. The position remains on the regular job board for 1 month.

· Hire A MBATalentWire Member :
Priced at $7500 for the first hire, you may view at MBATalentWire.com, the profiles of invited executives who trust MBA GlobalNet as their "e-agent If you like a candidate, you will receive a personalized introduction.

· Recruiting Level Service (negotiated rate):
Utilizing the services of an experienced executive level recruiter, MBA GlobalNet will personally contact members matching your requirements and will work closely with you to fill the position. You only pay if an MBA GlobalNet candidate is hired. I am told fees are about 40-50% less than using a traditional contingency or retained search model.

· Strategic Client Program:
Priced similarly to the Recruiting Level Service, this service is geared towards companies that regularly hire MBA talent. The MBA GlobalNet recruiting team works closely with you to fully understand all your needs so they can match and telephone interview appropriate candidates. You also receive your own profile page to highlight your company and positions.

MBA GlobalNet offers a unique variety of services to attract many levels and types of MBA talent. It is a combination of 4 targeted websites designed to meet the diverse needs of both companies and MBA’s. This includes MBAGlobaljobs.com the site for full time executive level talent for positions domestically and internationally; MBAFirstJobs.com for the employers seeking MBA talent with 1-5 years of experience; MBAFreeAgents.com geared towards executive level project based opportunities; and MBATalentWire.com a site showcasing profiles of candidates that are invited to be featured based on their track records of success, achievement, and leadership.

MBA GlobalNet is a membership site so that only registered members are allowed to view positions. Currently there are over 11,000 members who on average possess 7+ years of post-MBA experience. Some are actively seeking jobs but many are more passive and will consider a career move for the “right” opportunity. This site allows them to review targeted opportunities anonymously.

Next time you need to hire someone with an MBA consider MBA GlobalNet prior to signing a hefty search contract or even posting a job on a job board. You may save time and money in hiring these difficult to find candidates."

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INDUSTRY STANDARD

MBAFA's CEO, Rob Steir, is quoted in an article "Look Before You Leap appearing in print on March 19, 2001."

Excerpt from article: ....It may sound idyllic, but the trade-offs are bigger than most would-be independents might expect. Good projects are hard to come by, and the economic uncertainty drives many freelancers to work harder than they did when they were salaried employees. "You have to look long and hard at it, because being a successful free agent takes time," warns Rob Steir, CEO at MBAFreeAgents.com, a job site for MBAs based in New York. "Plan on six to nine months of transition."

Steir adds that there's never an ideal time to become a free agent. One might expect companies to need more contractors now, given all the layoffs of salaried employees, but all workers are suffering in today's cost-cutting environment....

IT RECRUITER

MBAFA's CEO, Rob Steir, is quoted in an article What A Difference A Year Makes appearing in print in the March 2001 issue.

"For MBA FreeAgents, the shift in the dot-com economy has made us focus on providing more high-level full-time jobs to our members and shirt our strategy away from a focus on unfunded start-ups and new ventures. We've always had a significant number of 'successful' independent consultants respond to project opportunities and don't foresee any inability to fill such jobs when listed. If anything, our talent base has become even more dynamic due to more ex-dot-com execs joining as members, and their willingness to take more traditional MBA jobs as well as dive back into the dot-com world." 2000

PC MAGAZINE,

MBAFA is featured in an article "Put Yourself On The Block appearing online on May 26, 2000 and in their June print issue."

"MBA FreeAgents.com targets the MBA-laden professional looking for a better employment opportunity. For those who crave stock options, a section is devoted to start-up companies. To check out any of the job postings though, you'll have to get past the lengthy registration form, but doing so is well worthwhile"

KAPLAN/NEWSWEEK SPECIAL INTERNET CAREER ISSUE

MBAFA is featured on Page 20-21 and on Page 55 in How to Use the Internet To Choose or Change Careers, a special Spring 2000 print issue published by Kaplan and Newsweek. Two members, Mike Vermillion and Phyllis Verma, are quoted.

IT RECRUITER

Rob Steir, CEO, is extensively quoted in the cover story, Hot Skills Spotlight: The High-Tech MBA, the February, 2000 print issue of IT Recruiter. One member, Sue Marceau, is quoted.

NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE

MBAFA is briefly mentioned in the New York Times Magazine article on March 5, 2000, The Price Of Freedom, on Page 50.

1999
COMPUTER CURRENTS MAGAZINE, September 15, 1999

"Our annual guide to the best of the Web-- Career Sites"

MBA FreeAgents Starting a start-up, tech or otherwise? Are you a recent MBA seeking the perfect opportunity? Chances are your paths can cross here, where grads register and complete a profile regarding their skills, interests, and geographical preferences, and companies specify what they need. This includes short-term, temporary-to-permanent, and start-up equity positions. MBAs register for free; companies pay varying amounts for posting or hiring.

FORTUNE MAGAZINE, July 5, 1999 "For Sale Online: You"

MBA FreeAgents.com was listed as the lone MBA career web site in describing an explosion of niche sites.

BUSINESS WEEK, May 17, 1999, page 84 "Searching The Net For Your Next Gig"

Excerpt: "...At MBA FreeAgents.com, you can schmooze with people who have the same degree."

YAHOO INTERNET LIFE, May 1999

"If sports stars can offer themselves up as free agents, why not the MBA graducates of America's top business schools? That's the idea behind MBA FreeAgents.com, an MBA-placement serice for both project work and temp-to-permanent jobs. Its unusual opportunities include analyzing business strategies, serving as an interim executive, and joining a start-up management team on a sweat-equity basis. Once you indicate your professional interests, MBA FreeAgents notifies you by e-mail about relevant job or project openings. Membership won't cost you a dime (the companies seeking your expertise pick up the tab). And besides, all that tuition you've already paid is your cost of membership here."

NATIONAL BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT WEEKLY, March 14-20, 1999 "You've Got Mail and It's a Job,"

--Excerpt: "The personal job agent at MBA FreeAgents (www.mbafreeagents.com), based in New York City, matches subscribers to jobs through their work interests and backgrounds. users define their search criteria by describing their areas of expertise, industry experience and project qualifications. These specifics help "keep the garbage out of people's mailboxes," says Rob Steir, the site's chief executive officer."

THE INDUSTRY STANDARD, March 22, 1999

"The MBA Draft" ------- The Judges: Rob Steir (one of three):
-- Excerpt: "As the Internet becomes a mainstream marketing and distribution channel, the stakes for success or failure have increased significantly for Internet companies," says Rob Steir, CEO of MBA FreeAgents.com, an online career site based in New York with a membership of more than 5,000 MBA-holders. Internet companies often lack the in-house talent to take their companies to the next level, he adds.

1998

Please note: Many articles are no longer viewable on the web. A sign of the times: A few of the publications no longer exist, too.

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, November 17, 1998 " FreeAgent Placement Firms Flourish"

Full article available by contacting MBA GlobalNet.

FAST COMPANY Magazine, November 1998
"The Site Of The Cyberfly" --- Please click here to view our write up in the November issue of Fast Company.

"For cyber fruit flies, MBA FreeAgents.com is the Web-site equivalent of cantaloupe left in the sun: Job-hunting flies visit it in swarms."

To understand the context of cyber fruit flies, please read their article Twice The Career Half The Time

MBA FREEAGENTS JUDGED AS TOP 100 BY ELECTRONIC RECRUITING NEWS

MBA FreeAgents was awarded an EERI For Excellence in the Electronic Recruiting Industry. Our service was ranked as one of the Top 100 Online Recruiting Websites.

Electronic Recruiting News September 17th Top Sites: New Models & IT Specific Sites

On November 18, 1998 Electronic Recruiting News wrote about us.
....Neither approach solves the longer term problem...building a reliable supply of potential candidates. This is the real Electronic Recruiting question. In order to build relationships with enough potential candidates to ensure (say) 5 years of recruiting success, an operation needs to invest in the candidates themselves. Long term relationships must be built. There are few really sound examples of the approach, but we suggest that you take a very close look at MBA Free Agents.

At MBA Free Agents, the database is, well, fleshy. Half of the deal is the regular face to face get togethers. The other half is the company's ability to market a network of professionals in a niche. With patient building, the company is able to deliver a solid stream of candidates to its customers. The transactions are "webified", the recruiting is part internet and part cocktail party...."

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL INTERACTIVE EDITION "Can't Afford a Full-Time CFO? Rent One for a Month Instead"

YOUR COMPANY, The Magazine for Small Business

MBA FreeAgents was recognized in the August/September 1998 issue as one of "30 Hot Ideas" in its cover story "What Do You Do With A Great Idea."

"Free Agents For Hire Who Don't Cost Millions" --- Excerpt: "Business school grads who are eager to jump from placid corporate life to something a little different might consider MBA FreeAgents.com, a new web service and placement outfit started by Rob Steir in New York City.... Steir got the idea when he was shifting from a career in real estate to marketing and realized that no one was providing temporary job-search services for mobile career changes with MBAs like himself..."

JANE APPLEGATE'S SMALL BUSINESS NATIONALLY SYNDICATED COLUMN

This article appeard in various city newspapers in late July, 1998, including the NJ Bergan Record, Denver Post, and Orlando Sentinel.

"Skilled Workers For Rent, Not Hire"-- Excerpt: "Natalie L. Wood, president and founder of Womanhood Inc., a San Francisco-based on-line company, needed financial expertise in October, but couldn't afford to hire anyone on a full-time basis. She contacted MBA FreeAgents.com, a two-year-old staffing service in New York that places MBAs on temporary projects.

The service sent her a Wharton School of Finance and Commerce graduate with solid corporate experience who worked with Wood for four months. She later hired two Harvard MBAs, also referred by MBA FreeAgents.com.

SUCCESS MAGAZINE

In the November 1998 issue, Success Magazine singles out MBA FreeAgents in response to a question from a reader who started a business and needed financial help to take it to the next level.
Excerpt from Success Editor: "Today, thanks to the proliferation of executive-placement services, particularly those on the Web, you can, in effect, rent their services with no long-term commitment. One company we like is MBA FreeAgents.com"

In it's August, 1998 "The Success Top 25 B-Schools" issue, the magazine mentions MBA FreeAgents as one of the top online resources for MBAs. "By signing up for a free trial membership, you can cruise the listings on this site for consulting projects, temporary-to-permanent positions, and sweat-for-equity opportunities."

INTERNET WORLD

Internet World (formerly Web Week)"Matching MBAs to Great Ideas", March 16, 1998

Three of our members are featured in this article!

ELECTRONIC RECRUITING NEWS

Electronic Recruiting News, February 18, 1998

Click and then please page down to view article: "More Than Digits"-- Excerpt: "Fueled by the growing management shortage, MBA FreeAgents helps growing companies find project leaders, short term consultants or fellow entrepreneurs. "Short term MBAs" usually refers to slavish devotion to quarterly results. It takes a small rethink to understand the core concept at MBA FreeAgents. The idea refers to very capable people who want short term assignments.....We're sure that any hiring manager looking for MBAs would have loved to take our seat as we watched a sea of candidates in action."

BUSINESS WEEK, Feb 9, 1998 Enterprise Edition "MBA FreeAgents is a startup-friendly site that matches MBAs--many with extensive experience--with companies looking for project workers or high-end temps (www.mbafreeagents.com). Find candidates who'll work for startups, invest, or trade a pay cut for equity. Variable subscription fees starting at $495."

ATNEWYORK.COM AND NEW YORK POST

Excerpt: "The nation's increasingly mobile work force, and the companies who hire high-level people on a per-project basis, have a new and powerful resource, thanks to a tiny Silicon Alley startup with a winning formula."