TAZWORKS PARTNERS WITH ERC DATAPLUS

A Fully Integrated Applicant Tracking and Background Checking System Now Available

SALT LAKE CITY, UT ( April 1, 2008 ) — TazWorks LLC, a web-based background screening software company has teamed up with ERC Dataplus Inc., to deliver the most Simple. Powerful.™ software in the industry. The partnership will Integrate TazWorks InstaScreen™ with ERC’s applicant tracking software, Selectech® Workforce Management, and enable background screening companies to offer a unique integrated talent management and background screening solution to their clients, without any additional client cost for the integration.

The solution created will give the background screening companies using InstaScreen™ the ability to offer human resource professionals and hiring managers a single platform for pre-qualifying, assessing, appointment scheduling and on-boarding applicants. This includes the background screening process which allows employers to avoid manually re-entering application data and enables them, with the click of a mouse, to order a background check electronically. This single platform saves human resource professionals valuable time and money.

In addition, having an integrated solution will allow background screening companies to attract new clients and, therefore, grow their business with new sources of recurringrevenue and improve their overall competitive position by increasing their share of background checks.

“For 15 years we’ve been dedicated to giving our clients a competitive advantage by partnering with leading solution providers. ERC is a perfect fit. They share our commitment to provide superior products and excellent customer service. ERC’s Selectech Workforce Management system combined with our InstaScreen™ will be a powerful asset for background screening companies,” said Barton Taylor, president of TazWorks.

“We are delighted to be working with TazWorks, a leading solutions provider to the background investigations industry, to deliver an integrated talent management system to the companies that utilize their background screening services,” said Vice President - Business Development for ERC Dataplus, Carla Knoll. “Tazworks has a tremendous reputation in the market for being a business that is on the cutting edge of technology, one who prides itself in being an industry leader and innovator. This partnership will be beneficial for both of our respective organizations by broadening the base to which ERC’s products will be implemented and for TazWorks and their client-users have an opportunity to address a set of business requirements with an integrated solution that they previously could not. TazWorks is a name that we trust without reservation,” she added.

About TazWorks
TazWorks, LLC was founded in October, 2002 and is located in Draper, Utah. The founders are the perfect combination for success: A programming engineer with extensive experience and expertise in Internet technology, development, security, and data connectivity; and an expert in the background screening industry, who understands the industry requirements and successfully founded, managed, and subsequently sold well respected consumer reporting agency.

Learn more about TazWorks by visiting http://www.tazworks.net/ or contact Barton Taylor at 801-572-7401 x101 or bartont@tazworks.net.

About ERC Dataplus
ERC Dataplus delivers Web-based HR management solutions that help organizations improve their hiring processes and results. Since 1993, ERC has enabled leading financial service firms, call centers, retailers, hospitality organizations and Fortune 2000 companies to automate and enhance their employee recruitment, selection, development and retention.

ERC’s comprehensive solutions help manage the entire hiring process from applicant pre-qualification, assessment and interview coordination through on-boarding. In addition to saving time and limiting administrative burdens associated with high-volume employee recruiting, ERC solutions improve the quality and quantity of qualified candidates, reduce turnover, fill openings more quickly and provide analytics that allow organizations to better manage and measure all hiring-related activities.

ERC also offers post-hire HR technology through its performance management and multirater assessment applications, talent inventory management, and employee surveys (new hire, exit and climate surveys).

ERC's applications are modular in design and easy to use allowing clients to select what they need, when they need it. To learn more about ERC and its portfolio of cost effective staffing solutions, visit www.ercdataplus.com or call 1-888-ERC-CORP (372-2677).