Motion Recruitment Partners LLC announced today that it acquired The Goal, an IT staffing provider based in Reston, Virginia, with a focus on the federal government marketplace. Motion Recruitment Partners is the parent company of IT staffing and MSP firm Motion Recruitment and RPO and MSP provider Sevenstep.

“The Goal’s leadership team has an incredible reputation and has built a truly impressive business,” said Beth Gilfeather, CEO of Motion Recruitment Partners. “They will be taking us on an exciting new journey into tech consulting within the massive federal marketplace.”

Mark Simons, who founded The Goal in 2002 and leads the company as CEO, said the timing of the acquisition could not have been better.

“The Goal is in a heavy growth phase with several new large-scale wins and the inevitability of the marketplace surge this year,” Simons said. “We feel we have the exact right partner to help us scale in Motion with their extensive and proven organic growth story.”

The Goal was a grand prize winner in the 2017 Best Staffing Firms to Work For competition.