TALX Voluntarily Responding to FTC Inquiry

TALX Corporation (NASDAQ: TALX) announced today that it
is voluntarily responding to an initial inquiry by the Federal Trade
Commission to assess whether TALX acquisitions in the unemployment
compensation and Work Number businesses have significantly reduced
competition. TALX believes it has complied with applicable regulatory
filing requirements and intends to cooperate with the inquiry.

   About TALX

   TALX Corporation, based in St. Louis, Missouri, is a leading
provider of human resource and payroll-related services and holds a
leadership position in automated employment and income verification as
well as unemployment tax management. TALX provides over 9,000 clients,
including three-fourths of Fortune 500 companies, with Web-based
services focused in three employment-related areas: hiring, pay
reporting, and compliance. Hiring services include assessments and
talent management, paperless new hires, and tax credits and
incentives. Pay reporting services include electronic time tracking,
paperless pay, and W-2 management. Compliance services include
employment and income verifications through The Work Number,
unemployment tax management, and I-9 management. The company's common
stock trades in the Nasdaq National Market under the symbol TALX. For
more information about TALX Corporation, call 314-214-7000 or access
the company's Web site at www.talx.com.