Hire Partners LLC is Launched

January 8, 2012 – Human capital services veterans Mark Whittington and John West have announced the formation of Hire Partners, LLC. The partners plan to leverage their previous success with IT staffing company System One Solutions, Inc., which they sold to Monster Worldwide in 2000. Mr. Whittington will serve as chairman and CEO of the new venture with Mr. West acting as senior strategic advisor and principal investor. Mr. West will also be involved in the company's pursuit of acquisition opportunities. Hire Partners will be headquartered in Tampa, Florida. The formation of Hire Partners also creates a holding company for investments in two existing businesses, Hire Velocity, LLC and TSC Services, LLC. Based in Atlanta, Hire Velocity is a Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) firm that provides high-volume hiring support primarily to Fortune 1000 companies. TSC Services is headquartered in Washington, D.C., and provides on-site recruiting, along with IT contract and placement services to federal contractors and commercial clients. Today, Hire Partners and its underlying subsidiaries employ nearly 100 people in the Atlanta, D.C. and Tampa markets. “Our focus is to find the right people with entrepreneurial spirit who are energized to build another market leader in the human capital space,” said Mr. Whittington. “We're at the early stages of a hiring turnaround in the U.S. and are confident in our ability to capitalize on this momentum. As always, our strategy is to hire, motivate and reward the key individuals that will help us make this venture a success.”