Kenexa Expands Recruitment Process Outsourcing Team With Strategic New Hire

WAYNE, PA, Jul 31 (MARKET WIRE) --
Kenexa(R) (NASDAQ: KNXA), a leading provider of recruitment and retention
solutions, today announced that Craig Julien has joined the company as
director of Global Product Management and Marketing for its Recruitment
Process Outsourcing (RPO) division. He has spent the last 13 years in the
HR outsourcing industry, with the last four years focused on the talent
acquisition and management sector, where he was a general manager for one
of the top five applicant tracking system (ATS) vendors.

Julien has demonstrated considerable expertise in a number of areas,
including service delivery and management, sales, product management,
business development and strategy. Prior to his tenure in the HR industry,
he held a number of positions in operations management at a large national
insurance carrier. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business
Administration from the University of Phoenix and a Master of Business
Administration from the University of California at Irvine.

Phil Stewart, RPO practice leader and chief people officer, Kenexa, said,
"Craig brings a wealth of experience and a track record of success that
will reinforce Kenexa's commitment to the RPO space. As we continue our
impressive growth in this category, his leadership will benefit our
customers, our employees and our organization."

Designed to operate effectively in a global business environment, Kenexa
is providing recruitment process outsourcing to clients on six major
continents. Kenexa's large-scale recruitment campaigns and staffing
operations help organizations build globally competitive workforces while
reducing operating costs, creating variable cost structures, improving
candidate quality and expediting speed-to-market.

About Kenexa

Kenexa (NASDAQ: KNXA) is a global leader in building the world's greatest
workforces using a combination of software, employee research science and
business process optimization. Kenexa's global solutions include applicant
tracking, onboarding, recruitment process outsourcing, employment
branding, skills and behavioral assessments, structured interviews,
performance management, multi-rater feedback surveys, employee engagement
surveys and HR Analytics. Kenexa is headquartered in Wayne, Pa. with
offices in eighteen countries worldwide. Additional information about
Kenexa and its global products and services can be accessed at
www.kenexa.com.

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