Brassring Completes Acquisition Of Westech Group, A Leading Technology Recruitment Services Company

San Mateo, CA (March 16) -- BrassRing Inc., a leading business-to-business provider of recruiting and hiring management services, announced that it has completed the acquisition of the Westech Group of Companies, which is being merged into BrassRing. Westech is a fast-growing provider of Internet recruitment services and high-tech career fairs.

BrassRing offers employers a vertically integrated suite of online and offline recruitment and hiring management solutions. It is a leading provider of career events in North America and Europe, and offers extensive online recruiting services for technical professionals and recent college graduates. Its HireSystems unit provides state-of-the-art, web-based hiring management solutions to more than 100 companies including Time Warner, Inktomi, 3Com, Bose and Phone.com.

BrassRing is owned by Kaplan, Inc., a subsidiary of The Washington Post Company (NYSE: WPO), as well as Tribune Company (NYSE: TRB), Central Newspapers (NYSE: ECP) and Accel Partners.

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