Talent Tree Inc. acquired Business Careers, a Seattle-based direct hire staffing company. Business Careers' Executive Director Ron Butler will remain with the company, as will its 58 staff members. It will continue to operate under the Business Careers brand.

"We're looking forward to taking the successful 30-year business model of Business Careers and expanding it from the northwest to major metros throughout the U.S., where we can complement Talent Tree's existing temporary staffing services," said Michael Manser, Talent Tree's VP of human capital development.

Houston-based Talent Tree has 75 offices in 23 states. It's a division of GW Premier America Inc.