The Howard Group

News Release January 22, 2008
Brainhunter Inc. (TSX - BH)

Brainhunter North Amercian Careersite Business
Sold To Workopolis.

Toronto, Ontario, January 22, 2008 – Brainhunter Inc. (“Brainhunter” or the “Company”) (TSX:BH) has signed an Agreement (the “Agreement”) with Workopolis, Canada’s largest Job Board, whereby Workopolis will acquire Brainhunter’s Canadian and U.S. Job Board business. Pursuant to the Agreement, Workopolis will purchase the following:

• Perpetual License – Workopolis receives a perpetual license to use Brainhunter’s CareerSite Technology Platform in Canada and the United States. Brainhunter will continue to operate and develop its Job Board activities outside these jurisdictions.

• Client Relationships – Workopolis will take over approximately 100 Client relationships where Brainhunter’s CareerSite Technology Platform and operations and marketing infrastructure is the backbone of the Client’s Job Board activities.

• On-going Technology Support - Brainhunter will continue to support the CareerSite Technology Platform after closing pursuant to a 12 month Transition Services Agreement and a 24-month Development Services Agreement, both of which are renewable.

Brainhunter's North American CareerSite business powers the job boards of many leading industry associations providing employers with an opportunity to reach their unique membership.

Workopolis is Canada's leading Internet recruiting and job search solutions provider. Patrick Sullivan, President of Workopolis, stated “we are thrilled with this acquisition and look forward to working closely with these prominent associations to provide their members and prospective employers with enhanced opportunities to connect with each other in a very targeted way.”

Pursuant to the Agreement, Brainhunter will receive approximately $10.0 million cash over a 12-month period as transition milestones are reached. It is anticipated that over 90% of the purchase price will be received by Brainhunter by March, 2008.

BUSINESS OVERVIEW

About Brainhunter

Brainhunter Inc. is publicly traded on the TSX and is a leading global provider of end-to-end HCM Software, Solutions and Services (the “Offerings”). Utilizing ISO 9001/2000 technology, Best Practices and processes, Brainhunter has created Offerings that streamline the recruitment and management of permanent, contract and project based people requirements and provides real time analysis of HR metrics that improves operational decision-making and reduces cost. Brainhunter has over 250 employees and over 1,700 contract personnel with offices across Canada, a presence in select U.S. jurisdictions and offices in India, China and the U.K., servicing over 2,000 clients.

About Workopolis

Workopolis is Canada's largest and most popular Internet recruiting and job search solutions provider with an average of 3.6 million unique visitors monthly in Canada and twice as many job postings as the nearest competitor.
Workopolis provides a fully bilingual suite of award-winning applications, products and services to both large and small Canadian companies:
* workopolis.com™, Canada's biggest job site—with the most jobs, visitors and employers of any Canadian job site plus, intuitive screening tools and powerful resumé database search tools help connect employers with the “best fit” candidates faster and more efficiently.
* workopolisCampus.com, Canada's biggest job site for students and recent graduates.
* CorporateWorks™, Canada's most implemented recruitment management solution using the tools that power workopolis.com to power corporate career sites.
Workopolis is a partnership of Toronto Star Newspapers Ltd. and Gesca Ltd. Workopolis has offices in Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Guelph, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal and Halifax.
Workopolis is the exclusive Official Supplier of Online Recruitment Services for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.

About Brainhunter Inc.

Brainhunter is a "Technology Driven Services Business". The Company uses its Recruiting and Staffing Technology Platform to provide a competitive advantage in building a Services Practice around the Contract Staffing sector of the economy, a sector that represents over 12% of the GDP in North America and is expected to grow to 20% over the next five years.

Brainhunter specializes in providing end-to-end recruiting and staffing solutions and services in IT, Engineering, Industrial and Health Care professionals, on a full time and contract basis, along with web enabled software solutions handling all aspects of the recruiting and staffing relationship between customer, contractor and agency, including all back office functions and the outsourcing of specialized business processes. Technology and services are provided to customers throughout Canada, the United States and globally under the brand Brainhunter, and drives a multifaceted revenue stream in seven related practice areas including:

1. Contract Staffing (Annuity Revenue) - High Growth / Full Service / Administrative
2. Permanent Staffing (Transaction Fees / Retainers) - Strategic Service / Full Service / Virtual Agency
3. Specialized Job Boards (Posting Fees / Subscriptions) - High Growth / Traditional Job Posting Model (Customers)/ Reverse Job Posting Model (Job Seekers) / Database Access Model (Customers)
4. Technology Sales (Licenses / Services) - Strategic Service / Applicant Tracking / System / Vendor Management System / Back Office Systems
5. Professional Services / Solutions Delivery (Project Revenue) - Strategic Service / Brainhunter Technology Platform Development, Support, Customization / Outsourcing
6. Business Process Outsourcing ("BPO") Centre (Annuity Revenue) - High Growth / 24/7 Recruiting Support / Sales and Customer Support / 24/7 Telemarketing / Joint Venture Outsourcing of Specialized Business Processes / Including Software Development
7. Infrastructure Services (Annuity Revenue) - High Growth / Back Office Administration / Receivables Factoring / Recruiting Support

Brainhunter’s Technology Platform and Best practices are believed to deliver the most cost effective, flexible and customizable recruiting and staffing solutions and processes in the marketplace today. The Platform is deployed internally and is sold externally in a modular capacity or as a fully integrated end-to-end solution on an ASP Model to customers in conjunction with Brainhunter’s extensive Job Board Technology and Job Seeker Database capability (over 1.2 million resumes), supported by the Company’s Professional Services
division.

Brainhunter is a publicly traded company with a senior listing on the Toronto Stock Exchange. Brainhunter, has delivery capability in Toronto, Ottawa, Maritimes, Montréal, Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver, activities in Dalian, China and a BPO office in Hyderabad, India.

The TSX has not reviewed and does not accept responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

For further information contact:

John McKimm, Chairman & CEO
Brainhunter Inc.
(416) 203-1800 Ext. 300
john.mckimm@brainhunter.com

Robert Prentice, CFO
Brainhunter Inc.
(416) 225-9900 Ext. 310
robert.prentice@brainhunter.com

Grant Howard
The Howard Group Inc.
Ph: (888) 221-0915
info@howardgroupinc.com
www.howardgroupinc.com

Raj Singh, President
Brainhunter Inc.
(416) 225-9900 Ext. 217
raj.singh@brainhunter.com
www.brainhunter.com