The artificial line between staffing and consulting in information technology is now a bit easier to cross, thanks to a new type of partnership between a leading business technology provider and a premier executive search firm.

CareerTrac Professional Group has entered into a value-added partnership with Systems & Programming Solutions Inc (SPSI), focused on serving clients who wish to go beyond traditional hiring or consulting options in meeting their IT needs. By uniting CareerTrac's expertise in executive placement, recruitment and hiring with SPSI's strength as a respected one-stop provider of integrated technology, the strategic alliance can offer a unique combination of benefits:

• Stronger recruiting- SPSI and CareerTrac can simultaneously assess an organization's IT needs from both a technical and personnel perspective, yielding a better fit between candidates and achievement of long-term IT initiatives. This strength is enhanced by the presence of a dedicated senior-level IT specialist on the CareerTrac team, who applies the highest standards of HR professionalism to recruitment, benefits negotiation and long-term retention



• Enterprise-wide solutions- the SPSI/CareerTrac alliance opens up options that go beyond employment. IT experts and staffing specialists can customize a package of staffing, long-term consulting and project work that minimizes the need for additional staff, optimizes cost efficiency and delivers solutions with the speed a competitive marketplace demands

While the alliance offers new possibilities for firms in traditionally IT-intensive industries, CareerTrac's expertise in meeting the needs of service industry providers (advertising, marketing, law, financial, and others) opens up a wider range of options in business and professional settings. Firms of all sizes can benefit from a dual focus on immediate action on near-term IT needs, along with strategic positioning for long term growth.

The alliance partners will work from their headquarters offices in Brookfield and Wauwatosa, with satellite offices in Downtown Chicago and Madison Wisconsin.

Whether your business has a need for internal IT talent, or you're seeking an objective IT assessment or audit, contact Ed Buchholz, V.P., or a CareerTrac IT Search Consultant at: info@careertrac.com.