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To: Steve Rolfe who wrote (65)	4/5/1998 10:02:00 PM
From: Paul B.	Respond to of 93

Who is the competition for TALX? Is their technology all that proprietary? There was an article in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch today that projects the PE for this company at 13 next year.

To: Steve Rolfe who wrote (65)	4/21/1998 3:04:00 PM
From: JakeStraw	Respond to of 93

TALX Forms Partnership With GatesMcDonald GatesMcDonald to Offer The Work Number ST. LOUIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 15, 1998--TALX Corp. (NASDAQ: TALX - news), a provider of software and services, and GatesMcDonald, a leading employee benefit cost management firm, have formed a partnership so that GatesMcDonald can offer its clients The Work Number(R), the automated employment and salary verification service TALX introduced in 1995. ''We believe the Work Number offers a unique value-added service to our customers,'' commented Richard H. Hoyt, Vice President, GatesMcDonald. ''Among our client base, automated employment and salary verification is a service that's in demand. We believe The Work Number is a solution that offers more benefits to our clients than trying to either automate the process themselves or manually handle verification requests,'' he said. ''As a sales partner, GatesMcDonald now can provide their clients the ability to outsource all employment and salary verifications to TALX using The Work Number national service,'' said Bill Canfield, president and CEO of TALX. ''Because of GatesMcDonald's strong management and its successful penetration of the Fortune 500 corporate market, we view GatesMcDonald as a key player in our distribution strategy for The Work Number,'' Canfield said. ''The synergy created by this partnership is exciting,'' commented Gary Been, TALX national product director. ''For large employers, employment and salary verification is a low-visibility task that drains administrative resources,'' he said. ''It's an honor for TALX that The Work Number is now the solution recommended by cost containment experts GatesMcDonald,'' he said. Typically, when a bank needs to verify that a loan applicant's employment and salary information is consistent with what appears on the loan application, the bank contacts the employer. Companies that employ thousands of people are deluged with such requests for information and incur administrative costs to process these requests. The Work Number service offers employers an automated solution by allowing companies to feed their payroll records into a national database. With appropriate security clearances, banks and other organizations can access the database automatically to verify the information. Twenty-four of the Fortune 100 are users of The Work Number. Organizations that outsource employment and salary verification to TALX include: Hewlett-Packard, JC Penney, Microsoft, Motorola, PeopleSoft, Procter & Gamble, Quaker Oats, Sears Roebuck & Co., Sun Microsystems, Tenet Healthcare and Wal-Mart Stores, the nation's largest corporate employer. The payroll records of these employers are combined on one national database of nearly 20 million records -- including data about current and former employees. More information about The Work Number can be obtained by calling 1-800-888-8277 or by visiting the website theworknumber.com or sending an email to moreinfo@talx.com. About GatesMcDonald Based in Hilliard, Ohio -- a suburb of Columbus, Ohio -- GatesMcDonald employs nearly 1,300 associates throughout the United States. It is one of the nation's leading providers of innovative programs in risk management, employee benefits, managed health care, state fund workers' compensation and unemployment compensation services. GatesMcDonald is part of the Columbus, Ohio-based Nationwide Insurance Enterprise. About TALX St. Louis-based TALX Corporation provides software and services including interactive Web and interactive voice response (IVR) solutions to large organizations such as federal government agencies and Fortune 500 companies. The company offers two branded solutions for the Human Resource, Benefits and Payroll market: The Work Number(R) and Employee Central(TM). Statements made in this press release by TALX executives could be forward-looking and involve risk. Potential investors in TALX Corp., a public company (NASDAQ: TALX - news), should thoroughly review all documents on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission to better understand all risks to TALX future performance. Contact: TALX Corp., St. Louis Jackie Engel, 314/434-0046 jengel@talx.com

To: Steve Rolfe who wrote (65)	4/21/1998 3:06:00 PM
From: JakeStraw	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93

TALX Partners With Gibbens to Increase Distribution of The Work Number Gibbens, Leading Benefits Cost Containment Firm, to Offer Automated Salary Verification ST. LOUIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 17, 1998-- TALX Corp. (NASDAQ: TALX - news) has announced a new partnership with Gibbens Co., a leading benefit cost containment firm. As a sales partner of TALX, Gibbens can now offer its clients The Work Number, the automated employment and salary verification service TALX began marketing to large employers in 1995. ''We are thrilled with the opportunities and synergy we expect will result from this partnership,'' noted Bill Canfield, president and CEO of TALX. ''Gibbens is an experienced and trusted advisor to benefits managers throughout corporate America, and we believe our union with Gibbens will allow TALX to increase the visibility and distribution of The Work Number,'' he said. ''The Work Number offering complements the full array of services we provide our clients,'' commented Mario Poretto, executive vice president of Gibbens. ''This unique outsource solution is unmatched elsewhere in the marketplace,'' he added. ''Gibbens clients already understand the strategic value of outsourcing,'' commented Gary Been, TALX national product director. ''Our partnership will allow Gibbens to introduce their clients to the benefits of outsourcing employment and salary verification to TALX. The Work Number service TALX developed lets employers drastically reduce their administration of employment and salary verification, which many human resource executives view as a resource-draining nuisance,'' he explained. Typically before a bank grants a loan, it contacts the loan applicant's employer to verify the applicant's employment and salary. Companies that employ thousands of people are deluged with such requests for information and incur administrative costs to process them. The Work Number service offers employers an automated solution by allowing companies to feed their payroll records into a national database. With appropriate security clearances, banks and other organizations can access the database automatically to verify the information. The nation's largest corporate employer, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. [NYSE:WMT - news], and numerous others including Hewlett-Packard, JC Penney, Microsoft, Motorola, PeopleSoft, Procter & Gamble, Quaker Oats, Sears Roebuck & Co., Sun Microsystems, Tenet Healthcare Corp. [NYSE:THC - news], United States Dept. of Agriculture (USDA) and Walgreen Co. [NYSE:WAG - news] outsource employment and salary verification to TALX. The employment records of these employers are combined on one national database of nearly 20 million records -- including data about current and former employees. More information about The Work Number can be obtained by calling 1-800-888-8277, by visiting the website theworknumber.com or sending an e-mail to moreinfo@talx.com. About Gibbens Co. With 1997 revenues in excess of $20 million, Gibbens Company -- founded in 1966 -- is the nation's third largest provider of unemployment compensation services. The company also provides state fund and self-insured workers' compensation services. Gibbens employs 382 people in its Reno, Nevada, headquarters and 25 other locations across the country. About TALX Corp. St. Louis-based TALX Corp. provides interactive Web, interactive voice response (IVR), computer telephony integration (CTI) software and services to large organizations such as federal government agencies and Fortune 500 companies. The company offers two branded solutions for the Human Resource, Benefits and Payroll market: The Work Number'' and Employee Central,'' a set of more than a dozen automated solutions including automated benefit enrollment, job posting, time reporting and new employee processing. These solutions can be integrated with today's popular enterprise resource planning (ERP) software products such as Oracle, PeopleSoft and SAP. Contact: TALX Corp., St. Louis Jackie Engel, 314/214-7181 jengel@talx.com or DG&A Communications Jill Sherman, 314/725-0122 jills@dgastl.com