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                                                                   Exhibit 10.23

                              EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT


         THIS AGREEMENT is made as of the 1st day of October, 2001.


BETWEEN:
                           PAUL H HAGGARD
                           of the City of Davie, Florida, USA

                           (hereinafter referred to as the "Employee")

AND:

                           E-CRUITER.COM, INC.,
                            a corporation incorporated under the laws of  Canada

                           (hereinafter referred to as the "Employer")

WHEREAS:

A.     The Employer wishes to employ the Employee and the Employee wishes to
       serve the Employer upon the terms and subject to the conditions herein
       contained.

NOW THEREFORE in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants herein
and other good and valuable consideration the receipt and sufficiency of which
is hereby acknowledged by each of the parties, the parties hereto covenant and
agree as follows:

1.       DEFINITIONS

In this agreement, unless the context otherwise specifies or requires, the
following terms shall have the following meanings:

       1.1    "Agreement," "hereto," "herein," "hereof," "hereunder" and similar
              expressions refer to this Agreement and not to any particular
              section or any particular portion of this Agreement and includes
              all schedules attached to this Agreement;

       1.2    "Chief Financial Officer" shall mean the chief financial officer
              of the recruiting software operation of the Employer;

       1.3    "Court" shall mean a Court of competent jurisdiction;

       1.4    "Parties" shall mean the Parties to this Agreement and "Party"
              shall mean one of the Parties to this Agreement.


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2.       EMPLOYMENT

       2.1    The Employer agrees to employ the Employee and the Employee agrees
              to act as Chief Financial Officer or in such other employment as
              the Employer and the Employee may from time to time agree and the
              Employee agrees to serve the Employer upon the terms and subject
              to the conditions set out in this Agreement.

       2.2    The Employee specifically undertakes and agrees with the Employer
              that he shall be responsible for the following:

              2.2.1  for fulfilling the title and role Chief Financial Officer
                     of the Employer; and

              2.2.2  such other duties as required.

       2.3    In connection with the Employee's employment by the Employer, the
              Employee shall be based at the offices of the Employer located in
              Fort Lauderdale, Florida except for reasonably required travel on
              the Employer's business.


3.       TERM

       3.1    The term of this Agreement shall be a period of one (1) year from
              the date on which this Agreement is signed (the "Term"). Unless
              written notice is given by either party at least ninety (90) days
              before the end of the initial one (1) year Term or any one (1)
              year extension hereof, that they wish this Agreement to terminate
              at the end of that Term, this Agreement will be automatically
              extended by successive one (1) year terms. In the event that such
              notice is given by the Employer and not by the Employee and the
              Employer does not offer the Employee continued employment on terms
              and conditions comparable to those contained herein following the
              termination of this Agreement, such notice shall be deemed
              termination of Employee's employment other than for cause and the
              provisions of section 10 shall thereupon be applicable.

4.       REMUNERATION

       4.1    In consideration of the Employee's undertaking and the performance
              of the obligations contained in this Agreement, the Employer
              shall, unless otherwise agreed upon by all parties to this
              Agreement, pay and grant the following remuneration to the
              Employee:

              4.1.1  Base Salary. The Employee shall be entitled to receive a
                     salary, not less than $125,000.00(U.S.) per year.

              4.1.2  Bonuses. In addition to the base salary specified in
                     section 4.1.1 the Employee shall be entitled to receive, a
                     one time performance bonus in an amount to be determined
                     and mutually agreed by the Parties based on the performance
                     of the CFO, with such performance criteria as mutually
                     agreed by the Parties.

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              4.1.3  Stock Options. In addition to the base salary outlined in
                     section 4.1.1 the employee shall be granted options to
                     purchase up to 50,000 common shares of E-Cruiter.com (the
                     "Option Shares") at a price that is the closing price on
                     the NASDAQ market the date this agreement is signed.

5.       BENEFITS

       5.1    In consideration of the Employee's undertaking and the performance
              of the obligations contained in this Agreement, the Employer
              shall, unless otherwise agreed upon by all parties to this
              Agreement, pay and grant the following benefits to the Employee:

              5.1.1  Vacation. The Employee shall be entitled to vacation time
                     of three weeks. Such vacation time shall be used at times
                     mutually agreeable to the Employee and the Employer.

              5.1.2  Other Benefits. The Employee shall be entitled to
                     participate in all health benefit plans that the Employer
                     provides at no cost to the Employee.

              5.1.3  Expenses. The Employer shall reimburse the Employee for all
                     reasonable and necessary business expenses, including but
                     not limited to cellular phone expenses, upon the
                     presentation to the Employer of appropriate written
                     documentation and receipts.

6.       ATTENTION TO DUTIES

         The Employee shall devote his whole working time and attention to the
         Employer during the Term of this Agreement and will not engage in any
         other capacity or activity which, in the sole opinion of the Employer
         acting reasonably, would hinder or interfere with the performance of
         the duties of the Employee.

7.       CONFIDENTIALITY

         The parties acknowledge that in carrying out his duties under this
         Agreement, the Employee will have access to and become entrusted with
         confidential information regarding the business plans and operations of
         the Employer, computer systems and technology, unique methodology and
         other proprietary information. The Employee acknowledges that the right
         to maintain such detailed confidential information constitutes a
         proprietary right, which the Employer is entitled to protect.
         Accordingly, the Employee shall not, during the Term of this Agreement,
         or at any time thereafter, disclose any of such detailed confidential
         information, trade secrets or other private affairs of the Employer to
         any person or persons, firm, association or corporation, nor shall the
         Employee use the same for any purpose other than on behalf of the
         Employer.

8.       OWNERSHIP OF INVENTIONS

       8.1    The Employee shall promptly communicate and disclose to the
              Employer all inventions, improvements, modifications, discoveries,
              designs, formulae, methods and processes made, discovered or
              conceived by the Employee either alone or jointly with others,
              during the period of his employment with the Employer, providing
              the same relate to or are capable of being used by the corporation
              or any affiliate thereof in the normal course of their businesses.

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       8.2    The Employee acknowledges and declares that all inventions,
              improvements, modifications, discoveries, designs, formulae,
              methods, processes, as are described in section 8.1 hereof, and
              all patents and patent applications relating thereto are the
              property of the Employer and hereby assigns to the Employer all of
              the right, title and interest of the Employee in any such
              inventions, improvements, modifications, discoveries, designs,
              formulae, methods and processes, and in any patents or patent
              applications relating thereto. The Employee shall execute all
              instruments and documents and do all such further acts and things
              as may be necessary or desirable, in the Employer's opinion to
              carry out the provisions of this section.

9.       NON-COMPETITION

         The Employee shall not, without prior written consent of the Employer
         for the period of his employment hereunder or for a period of one (1)
         year following the termination of this Agreement or any renewal hereof,
         for any reason be it for cause or not, either alone or in conjunction
         with any individual, firm, corporation, association or any entity,
         except for the Employer, whether as principal, agent, shareholder,
         employee or in any other capacity whatsoever, perform the duties of or
         provide the services as are described in section 2.2 hereof in a
         business which competes with the Employer, within any geographical
         location where the Employer has carried on business or expended time
         and personnel and financial resources or been involved in any capacity
         in any business. Furthermore, the Employee also agrees that upon the
         termination of his employment he will not attempt to hire or encourage
         to leave their employ, any of the Employer's other employees, provided,
         however, that the Employee shall not be precluded from competing with
         the business of the Employer in the event of a termination of
         Employee's employment as a result of a material breach by the Employer
         of the provisions of this Agreement or in the event that Employee's
         employment is terminated by the Employer other than for cause, unless
         the Employer provides the applicable compensation and benefits set out
         in section 10 hereof in which case, the Employee shall be precluded
         from competing until such time as such compensation and benefits are
         terminated.

10.      TERMINATION

       10.1   The parties understand and agree that employment pursuant to this
              Agreement may be terminated during the Term in the following
              manner in the specified circumstances:

              10.1.1 by the Employee for any reason, on the giving of not less
                     than three (3) months prior written notice to the Employer,
                     which the Employer may waive, in whole or in part;

              10.1.2 by the Employer within six (6) months of the signing of
                     this Agreement, in its absolute discretion, on giving the
                     Employee payment of the equivalent of three (3) months
                     salary, benefits and entitlements in lieu thereof, along
                     with all salary or entitlements to which the Employee is
                     entitled in accordance with any relevant statute, or this
                     Agreement, whichever is greater, including termination pay,
                     severance pay, unpaid vacation pay, if applicable and all
                     salary and benefits due to that date. The payment
                     representing this amount shall be paid within thirty (30)
                     days from notice provided herein;

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              10.1.3   by the Employer without notice or payment in lieu thereof
                       for cause. The parties agree that for the purposes of
                       this Agreement, "cause" shall include, but shall not be
                       limited to, the following, and that the Employee shall be
                       terminated without notice or payment in lieu thereof for
                       such cause:

                     10.1.3.1 any material breach of the provisions of this
                              Agreement or of the established policies of the
                              Employer known to the Employee in the performance
                              of his duty under this Agreement;

                     10.1.3.2 consistent poor performance of the Employee's
                              part, after being advised as to the standard
                              reasonably required;

                     10.1.3.3 any intentional or negligent disclosure of any
                              confidential information as described in section 7
                              hereof, by the Employee;

                     10.1.3.4 in carrying out his duties hereunder, the
                              Employee; (i) has been grossly negligent, or (ii)
                              has committed willful gross misconduct;

                     10.1.3.5 personal conduct on the Employee's part which is
                              of such a serious and substantial nature that, as
                              determined in the sole discretion of the Employer,
                              it would injure the reputation of the Employer if
                              the Employee is retained as an Employee; or

                     10.1.3.6 any and all omissions, commissions or other
                              conduct which would constitute cause at law, in
                              addition to the specified causes.

       10.2   The Parties understand and agree that the giving of notice or the
              payment of termination pay, and severance pay, as required by the
              Employer to the Employee on termination shall not prevent the
              Employer from alleging cause for the termination.

       10.3   The Employee authorizes the Employer to deduct from any payment,
              any amounts properly owed to the Employer by the Employee by
              reason of advances, loans or in recommence for damages to or loss
              of the Employer's property and equipment, save only that this
              provision shall be applied so as not to conflict with any
              applicable legislation.

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11.      RESULTS OF TERMINATION

       11.1   If this Agreement is terminated for cause, as described in section
              10.1.3 hereof, the Employee shall be entitled to receive his
              remuneration to the date of such termination for cause, including
              any and all vacation pay earned to date.

       11.2   If this Agreement is terminated upon written notice as described
              in paragraphs 10.1.1, 10.1.2 and 10.1.3 hereof, the Employer shall
              pay to the Employee to the end of the notice period his salary and
              at the end of the date terminating the notice provision, the
              Employer shall pay to the Employee vacation pay equivalent and any
              other monies due under applicable United States federal or state
              law .

12.      MEDIATION/ARBITRATION

       12.1   Should any dispute or disagreement of any kind arise at any time;
              (i) the rights and liabilities of the Parties hereof or with
              respect to the interpretation, validity, construction, meaning,
              performance, effect or application of this Agreement, as amended
              from time to time; or (ii) between the Employer and the Employee,
              the Parties agree that good faith negotiations shall take place
              between the Employer and the Employee. If such good faith
              negotiations have not resolved the dispute or disagreement within
              a reasonable period of time, either Party may request a mediation
              between the Parties, or either Party may refer the dispute or
              disagreement directly to arbitration without going to mediation.

       12.2   The mediator shall be agreed upon by the both Parties. In the
              event that the Parties are unable to agree upon the mediator, the
              dispute or disagreement shall be referred to arbitration in
              accordance with this clause.

       12.3   All discussions before the mediator shall be non-binding,
              confidential and without prejudice to the position of either
              Party. The Parties agree that if the mediation process does not
              result in a satisfactory solution of the dispute or disagreement
              after the lesser of either; (a) ten (10) hours of mediation, or
              (b) thirty (30) days from the commencement of the mediation, then
              either Party may refer the dispute or disagreement to arbitration
              pursuant to the provisions of the American Arbitration
              Association's National Rules for the Resolution of Employment
              Disputes in effect at the time of the arbitration demand, in
              accordance with the following:

              12.3.1   the reference to arbitration shall be to one (1)
                       arbitrator.

              12.3.2   any such arbitration shall be held in the city of Ottawa.
                       The arbitration shall be completely private. The
                       arbitrator shall fix the appropriate procedures which may
                       include an oral hearing. The issue or issues to be
                       decided by the arbitrator shall be defined in an
                       arbitration agreement filed on consent by the aggrieved
                       party. In the event the Parties to the arbitration shall
                       be unable to agree upon the issue or issues to be decided
                       by the arbitrator in any arbitration pursuant to this
                       paragraph, the arbitrator shall have jurisdiction to
                       determine the issue or issues to be so decided. The
                       Employee shall do all such acts and thing as are
                       necessary to enable the arbitrator to make a proper
                       finding respecting the matters in issue. The arbitrator
                       may order interest on any award and the arbitrator may
                       award costs to either Party. In the absence of any award
                       of costs, each of the Parties shall bear their own costs
                       of any arbitration pursuant to this paragraph and
                       one-half of the cost of the arbitrator. The arbitrator
                       shall be strictly bound by legal principals and the
                       general nature of this Agreement in rendering his/her/its
                       decision.



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              12.3.3   The Parties agree that good faith negotiations, mediation
                       and arbitration shall all be without recourse to the
                       Courts. The award of the arbitrators shall be final and
                       binding, except that either Party may appeal an
                       arbitration award to the Courts on a question of law.
                       Judgement upon the award rendered by the arbitrator may
                       be entered in any Court having jurisdiction.

13.      RIGHT TO INJUNCTIVE RELIEF

         As a violation by the Employee of the provisions of paragraphs 7 and 9
         hereof could cause irreparable injury to the Employer and there is no
         adequate remedy at law for such violation, the Employer shall have the
         right, in addition to any other remedies available to it at law or in
         equity, to enjoin the Employee in a court of equity from violating such
         provisions. The provisions of paragraphs 7 and 9 hereof shall survive
         the termination of this Agreement.

14.      ASSIGNMENT OF RIGHTS

         The rights which accrue to the Employer under this Agreement shall pass
         to its successors or assigns. The rights of the Employee under this
         Agreement are not assignable or transferable in any manner.

15.      CURRENCY

         All dollar amounts referred to in this Agreement are in United States
         funds.

16.      AMENDMENT OF AGREEMENT

         This Agreement may be altered or amended at any time by the mutual
         consent in writing of the parties hereto.

17.      TIME OF ESSENCE

         Time shall be of the essence hereof.

18.      GOVERNING LAW

         This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with
         the laws of the Province of Ontario.

19.      HEADINGS

         The headings appearing throughout this Agreement are inserted for
         convenience only and form no part of the Agreement.



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20.      SEVERABILITY

         The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of this Agreement
         will not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision
         hereof and any such invalid or unenforceable provision will be deemed
         to be severable.

21.      ENTIRE AGREEMENT

         This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties and
         supersedes all prior and contemporaneous agreements, understandings and
         discussions, whether oral or written, and there are no other
         warranties, agreements or representations between the parties except as
         expressly set forth herein.

22.      AGREEMENT BINDING

         This Agreement shall enure to the benefit of and be binding upon the
         parties hereto and their respective personal representatives,
         executors, administrators, successors and assigns.

23.      INDEPENDENT LEGAL ADVICE

         The Employee acknowledges that he has read and understands the
         Agreement and acknowledges that he has had the opportunity to obtain
         independent legal advice regarding the terms of the Agreement and their
         legal consequences.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF this Agreement has been executed by the parties hereto as of
the date first set forth above.

SIGNED, SEALED & DELIVERED


/s/ Pam Haggard                  /s/ Paul Haggard
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Witness                          Paul H. Haggard



                                 E-CRUITER.COM

                                 Per:     /s/ Michael Mullarkey
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                                 Title:   Chief Executive Officer & President



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