com remains the same for the new Ladders: job
seekers pay $25 a month for premium access, while there is no charge for
recruiters to post $100k+ positions .financeladder.

Founded in 1992 and headquartered in Macedonia, OH, Tradesmen
International , Inc.

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Investors include leading venture capital
firm Matrix Partners and prominent private investors such as Kevin Ryan, CEO,
DoubleClick, Tom Matlack, Megunticook Management, and Robert Chefitz, NJTC
Venture Fund.com).

Allied Capital Invests $15 Million in Tradesmen International Inc.

alliedcapital . Skilled labor is
provided in a full range of areas including carpentry, drywall,
masonry, tile setting, concrete, welding, roofing, electrical,
plumbing, and HVAC among others.

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com continually
rising, the addition of these new Ladders will ensure that users have the most
targeted and efficient search results possible.recruitladder.
More information about TheLadders.
Headquartered in Washington, DC, Allied Capital offers
shareholders the opportunity to participate in the private equity
industry through an investment in the Company's New York Stock
Exchange-listed stock, which is traded under the symbol ALD.

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For the first time, high-end professionals
and executives in operations , technology, HR and law have the opportunity to
access unique channels that comprehensively offer $100k+ positions in their
distinct fields."
The new Ladders are tailored specifically to the unique job seeking needs
of $100k+ candidates in operations, technology, HR and law.
In addition to its primary member-based sites, http://www.lawladder. Tradesmen International is one of North
America's largest employers of outsourced skilled construction
craftsmen, providing tradesmen to customers' job sites quickly and
efficiently through its growing national market presence.

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After more than
doubling in member size from 200,000 in January 2005 to 470,000 in August
2005, these new Ladders come as a response to the increased demand of job
seekers looking for more targeted job channels and ease of use in their
employment search.com, Inc.

NOTE TO EDITORS: Trademarks and registered trademarks remain the property
of their respective owners.

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theladders.com delivers the same highly personalized experience.

Business Editors

WASHINGTON----Allied Capital
Corporation (NYSE:ALD) announced that it provided $15 million in
subordinated debt with warrants to finance the recapitalization of
Tradesmen International, Inc. Allied Capital invests in
the American entrepreneurial economy by providing capital to companies
seeking a long-term financial partner and access to managerial
resources often unavailable to smaller companies. The Company's private finance portfolio includes investments in
over 100 companies with aggregate revenues of approximately $11
billion, supporting more than 100,000 jobs. The company differentiates
itself from temporary staffing agencies by providing only higher
quality, skilled and semi-skilled craftsmen, thereby providing a
higher level of productivity to its customers.

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-Growing Demand Leads to New Job Seeker Channels: OpsLadder, TechnologyLadder,
HRLadder and LawLadder-

NEW YORK , TheLadders.

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The innovative
price structure of TheLadders.com in 2003 to address the unique job seeking and recruiting
requirements in this market sector.com, the Company operates vertical job search Web
sites for sales (http://www.com) and operations
(http://www.

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These destinations also
benefit the HR community, as recruiters can be assured that their job postings
are only viewed by the most qualified and appropriate candidates.
TheLadders for Recruiters (http://www.

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For more
information, please visit www.

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com
and http://www. provides skilled craftsmen to large and mid -sized
construction companies, supplementing their everyday workforce and
helping them to reduce costs associated with hiring or retaining idle
employees and managing human resources.tradesmeninternational . Certain factors could cause actual results and conditions
to differ materially from those projected in these forward-looking
statements, and some of these factors are enumerated in Allied
Capital 's periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission.

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All sites feature daily job updates as well as
industry-specific weekly e-newsletters.

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For example,
TechnologyLadder aggregates job postings in software design and engineering."

About Allied Capital

Allied Capital Corporation , a leading business development company
with total assets of more than $3 billion, has paid regular , quarterly
cash dividends to shareholders since 1963.

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"The addition of these new Ladders makes our service even more powerful
for $100K+ job seekers and employers," said TheLadders.
"Tradesmen International has become an industry leader by
providing highly skilled construction professionals to its customers'
locations," said Ed Ross, Managing Director at Allied Capital. For more information , please visit
www.

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Moving on Up: TheLadders.com Doubles its Online Job Search Destinations

com President and CEO
Marc Cenedella. UpLadder, which previously housed the
positions now found in the new Ladders, will now focus exclusively on $100k+
construction, real estate, sciences and healthcare positions. "The
company benefits from an experienced management team, a highly
diversified customer base, and an increased awareness on the part of
construction companies of their ability to improve profitability by
outsourcing both seasonal and temporary labor needs.

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"With the number of jobs on TheLadders.theladders.

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This expansion doubles the Company's existing consumer offerings of
FinanceLadder , SalesLadder, MktgLadder and UpLadder, and is an innovation for
the online job search industry.com ), human
resources (http://www.com can be accessed at
http://www.com.

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upladder.

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opsladder .

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com. In serving its shareholders,
Allied Capital helps build American business and support American
jobs. These forward-looking statements are
subject to the inherent uncertainties in predicting future results and
conditions.

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com, the leading online job
search destination for $100k+ candidates , today announced the addition of four
new job search channels: OpsLadder, TechnologyLadder, HRLadder and LawLadder.com in 2003.com
Headquartered in New York, TheLadders.com executive Marc Cenedella founded
TheLadders.com, call Allied Capital
investor relations toll-free at (888) 818-5298, or e-mail us at
ir@alliedcapital.

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Now posting 20,000 new jobs each month, TheLadders.

About TheLadders. Ex-HotJobs.com),
technology (http://www.

About Tradesmen International , Inc.

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com has grown
exponentially since its launch as SalesLadder.
HRLadder features openings in staffing, employee compensation and benefits,
and corporate human resources, while OpsLadder will aggregate jobs in
consulting and general management. is a privately held
company offering online job search services to recruiters and job seekers in
the $100k+ employment market.com), marketing
(http://www. For corporate and executive
recruiters, TheLadders. The Company further
differentiates itself from other online job boards that fall prey to
fraudulent job postings by implementing human mediated search, ensuring all
job postings are fully qualified before being published to members .

Since its IPO in
1960, the Company has provided long-term debt and equity financing to
thousands of middle market companies. For all media inquiries, please call (202)
331-1112.

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salesladder.technologyladder.com) enables them to
easily post $100k+ job openings at no charge.com

Forward-Looking Statements

The information contained in this press release contains
forward -looking statements.