ST. LOUIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 28, 2006--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.

CONTACT:
TALX Corporation
L. Keith Graves, 314-214-7000
lkg@talx.com

SOURCE: TALX Corporation