Trading Update

HAYS

PRESS RELEASE                                                                
                                                                             
29 April 2010                                                                
                                                                             
Trading update for Investor Day                                              
                                                                             

This afternoon (29 April 2010), Hays will present the Group's strategy to
investors. During the presentation, Hays will confirm that current trading is
in-line with the comments made in the Interim Management Statement issued on 8
April 2010, when it was stated:

"We have continued to see progress in most of our markets, although the
dynamics vary by region. In Asia Pacific, we have seen a third consecutive
quarter of improving trends in Australia and we are seeing a broad-based
recovery across the other Asian countries. In Continental Europe & Rest of
World, we are seeing strong growth in Brazil, the early signs of recovery in
Germany and broad stability across most other countries except Spain and the
UAE, which continued to weaken. In the UK, we are seeing sequential growth in
the private sector offset by reductions in the public sector."