Venetian Macau Chooses First Advantage

18 April 2006

MACAU – (PRESS RELEASE) -- First Advantage Corporation (Nasdaq: FADV), a global risk mitigation and business solutions provider, today announced that its applicant tracking and talent management software solution, First Advantage Hiring Management System (HMS), has been selected by the Venetian Macau Ltd. to automate its recruiting process for the Sands Macao, a one-million-square-foot casino and entertainment complex, as well as its integrated resort The Venetian Macao-Resort-Hotel under construction at the Cotai Strip(TM), located in Macao, Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China.

"An automated system such as First Advantage HMS will help us greatly in achieving our ambitious recruitment objectives," said Bill Gasparek, non-gaming application development manager for Sands Macao.

First Advantage HMS offers multilingual support to Venetian Macau Ltd. in the Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China. "We needed a system that had a proven capability to support Asian languages concurrently," said Gasparek.

In addition to its ability to support Asian languages, Venetian Macau Ltd. selected First Advantage HMS for its integration with the Infinium HR system, its proven record of automating recruiting processes for gaming industry clients, and its use of .NET and XML as underlying technologies. "First Advantage HMS is one of the components that will allow us to automate our entire HR recruitment process and make it essentially paperless," added Gasparek.

"The global market is expanding, and it is increasingly important that automation tools, such as First Advantage HMS, help companies reach out to potential candidates in multiple languages," said Robert Neveu, executive vice president of First Advantage's Hiring Management Systems group. "Our HMS software speeds the recruiting process for companies like Venetian Macau Ltd., which need to hire a high volume of employees in a short period of time. We're excited to be working with Venetian Macau Ltd. as they launch Macao's first luxury integrated resort."

Available as a hosted ASP offering or as a client-hosted licensed solution, First Advantage HMS supports all aspects of the hiring process, manages both hourly and salaried hiring, and is based on the most flexible technology available. First Advantage HMS solutions support talent management across an organization and around the globe, offering 13 standard language translations and complete localization of the data scheme. First Advantage HMS is tailored to a company's particular recruiting process, including seamless HRMS integration, complementary service offerings and advanced workflow support. Its comprehensive, integrated hiring solution includes a Monster Premier ATS Alliance Membership, background checking, behavioral assessments, tax screening and a variety of other client specific service collaborations. First Advantage HMS has been consistently ranked as a leading applicant tracking solution by independent sources, including Gartner, AMR, Workforce Management and ERExchange.

The HMS service is part of a comprehensive hiring solutions platform offered by First Advantage's Employer Services segment. The platform also includes domestic and international recruiting services, skills and behavioral assessments, background verifications, occupational health services, tax credits screening and more.