Diversity Search Partners and WEUP Team Up to Help Employers and Job Seekers During Tough Economic Times

Huntsville, AL, January 12, 2009 --(PR.com)-- Today, Diversity Search Partners (DSP) announced they will join forces with WEUP Radio Station in Huntsville, Alabama to provide recruitment alternatives to corporations and assist workers who have been displaced during this tough economic crisis. While Diversity Search Partners goal is to help corporations seek diverse candidates, their main focus is to match qualified candidates with the right employer.

The new partnership will offer corporations seeking diverse candidates two unique services such as Private Client Receptions, a private, quasi-social environment created to foster better interactions between the potential hires and hiring clients, and also The Diversity Playbook, which provides alumni student athletes with multiple employer resources, professional placement services, and safe business networking opportunities.

Diversity Search Partners chose to team with WEUP because of its reputation in the Huntsville area. Founded by Leroy and Viola Garrett in 1958 and sold in 1987 to husband and wife team, Mr. Hundley Batts and Dr.Virginia Caples. Batts and Caples went on to acquire WHIY 1190 AM, WEUV-AM 1700, WEUP AM 1600, and WEUZ FM 92.1 of Minor Hill, Tennessee which operate under parent company Broadcast One.

“We are pleased to partner with WEUP to offer and host our Private Client Reception and Diversity Playbook recruiting services, “said Eugene Edw. Curtain III, CEO of Diversity Search Partners. “Backed by the reputation of WEUP, the partnership provides an innovative solution to assist corporations with reaching niche diverse talent which is critical in today’s job market.”

With this unique merger, companies will also be able to post jobs directly on the WEUP website and view potential candidate resumes powered by The Diversity Search Partners Talent Network. Conversely, candidates are able to load career profiles and apply directly for positions at no cost to them.

“Daily, we address the needs of our corporate clients seeking candidates through recruitment advertising. We have added a tremendous resource in partnering with Diversity Search Partners,” said Hundley Batts, Sr. Co- Owner of WEUP. “Through this joint venture, corporations are now able to take advantage of our extended media reach, provided by one of the most reputable diversity search firms.”

Diversity Search Partners (DSP) is a trailblazing force in diversity executive recruitment, conducting senior-level searches for clients worldwide. Services range from corporate governance and CEP recruitment to executive search, middle-management recruitment, strategic management assessment and executive coaching and development. Diversity Search Partners is a minority owned business headquartered in Columbus, Ohio.

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