Kaplan and Newsweek's Special Issue Reveals How to Use the Internet to Choose or Change Careers  

Guide Includes Hot Cities of the New Economy, Hot Jobs, Job Search Advice and Grad School Guide

The Web has transformed the job market, creating new resources and opportunities for job seekers of all levels. How to Use the Internet to Choose or Change Careers, a special issue published by Kaplan, Inc. and Newsweek magazine, reports on these exciting developments, and is available on newsstands Monday, March 6.

How to Use the Internet to Choose or Change Careers is a special issue and resource guide covering everything from e-education, to job hunting, to stock options to working abroad. First-person accounts as well as interviews with employment and industry experts give readers a look at the evolving world of start-ups as well as new takes on traditional professions in fields such as medicine, business, law, entertainment and media. The guide also includes an extensive directory of nearly 1,000 graduate programs as well as practice questions for the GMAT, LSAT, GRE and MCAT exams from Kaplan, and a career resource section provided by BrassRing, Inc., the business-to-business recruitment and hiring company.

In the issue, readers will find:

Methods for using the Web to find a career or job
"Hot" and "cold" careers
Hot cities, hot industries
How to analyze stock options and benefits
How to work as a "free agent"
Online education
States where the most venture capital dollars are being invested
Starting salaries for graduates in various fields
Fastest-growing industries and occupations
Best career advice books
Best web sites for business, law and medicine
In addition, How to Use the Internet to Choose or Change Careers features career tips from Netscape founder Jim Clark, first jobs of famous people, and an interview with the dean of Northwestern's Kellogg School of Management.

The guide is available on newsstands and in bookstores nationwide on Monday, March 6, with a cover price of $6.95. It can also be ordered on Kaplan's web site (www.kaptest.com), or by calling toll-free 1-800-KAP-ITEM. The guide will be promoted through direct response ads in Newsweek.

Kaplan and Newsweek are subsidiaries of The Washington Post Company (NYSE: WPO).

Press Contact: pubrel@kaplan.com, (212) 492-5965

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