February 1999 -- Prospect Technologies has selected F-O-R-T-U-N-E Personnel Consultants of Raleigh, Inc. as its recruiting partner to serve as the virtual recruiting presence for the firm.

Dr. Wm. Frederick Lewis, President of Prospect Technologies, stated, "As a rapidly growing Internet company, we need to consistently motivate and attract top talent to participate in our success. We chose to work with F-O-R-T-U-N-E because we wanted to partner with a recruiting firm that shares our values and vision."

Kabir Mahadeva, CPC, Director of Technical Recruiting at F-O-R-T-U-N-E, added, "It is exciting to work closely with a company that is at the cutting edge of Internet E-commerce. We believe that our partnership will allow Prospect Technologies to continue to excel at its business mission of delivering enterprise-wide multi-tier distributed applications through attracting and hiring the best talent."

Founded in 1980, F-O-R-T-U-N-E Personnel Consultants of Raleigh, Inc., is a full-service, retained and contingency recruiting firm. Consistently the top performing office in the F-O-R-T-U-N-E system, the Raleigh office provides recruiting services across a broad range of industries and disciplines including engineering and management in information technology, telecommunications, data communications, manufacturing, materials management, law, finance, human resources, sales and marketing.

For more information, contact Kabir Mahadeva, CPC, at (919)848-9929 ext.3012 or e-mail to kabir.mahadeva@fortune-ral.com.