January 20, 2009

ReadyMinds and Mount St. Mary's University Announce Partnership

ReadyMinds announced today that agreement has been reached between ReadyMinds and Mount St. Mary's University that will allow a select group of students to participate in the ReadyMinds Program. Mount St. Mary’s University is providing funding for this pilot program.

In the initial phase of the partnership, a number of students from the undergraduate and alumni areas will participate in the ReadyMinds Gold Program. Upon completion of this initial pilot phase, Mount St. Mary and ReadyMinds will discuss the feasibility of providing the ReadyMinds Program to a more substantial percentage of their student population for the longer term.

Sabira Vorha, M.A., Director of Career Services, was instrumental in bringing the ReadyMinds Program to Mount St. Mary's University. She Commented, "We are looking forward to having a group of our students and alumni participate in the ReadyMinds Program. After conducting extensive research, we concluded that the ReadyMinds Program should be of great assistance to our students and their career planning, especially in the current economic climate that we are facing."

This counseling will be an extension of the Services offered by the Career Center at Mount St. Mary’s University and will greatly help the students and alumni with their career counseling needs especially during the current economic crises.

Randy Miller, CEO of ReadyMinds, worked closely with Ms. Vorha to foster the relationship and said "Mount St. Mary's University is a highly respected institution, one that ReadyMinds is proud to now be associated with. We anticipate providing outstanding service to the institution and in particular to those students who will be participating in the ReadyMinds Program."

About Mount St. Mary's University

Located on 1,400 acres just an hour outside of Baltimore and Washington, the Mount offers a rigorous liberal arts education featuring a nationally recognized core curriculum. The 2,100-student comprehensive university is a vibrant academic community where the words Faith, Discovery, Leadership and Community are used to describe its collective calling and promise.

The nation's second oldest Catholic university, the Mount celebrated its Bicentennial in 2008, and is now moving forward into its third century.

About ReadyMinds

Founded in 1997, ReadyMinds owns and operates readyminds.com and is a privately held company that has emerged as the leading global provider of distance career counseling and training services. The ReadyMinds' distance career counseling process was initially designed with the assistance of business leaders and career-counseling experts to help individuals focus on their career planning and develop action plans to achieve their immediate career goals. In addition to the counseling of individuals, the ReadyMinds Training Division provides global training opportunities for counselors seeking to further enhance their professional development in the area of distance counseling. ReadyMinds abides by the guidelines set forth by the National Board of Certified Counselors (NBCC); the NBCC Code of Ethics and the Standards for the Ethical Practice of Web Counseling. For more information on the company, please visit http://www.readyminds.com.