POWER OF ATTORNEY

     KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS,  that each of the undersigned directors
of MPS Group, Inc., a Florida  corporation (the "Company"),  hereby appoints and
constitutes Timothy D. Payne, Robert P. Crouch and Gregory D. Holland,  and each
of them,  severally,  as his lawful attorney or  attorneys-in-fact  and agent or
agents,  each of whom shall be authorized to act with or without the other, with
full power of substitution and  resubstitution,  to execute and to file or cause
to be filed with the  Securities and Exchange  Commission  the Company's  Annual
Report  on Form  10-K,  pursuant  to the  Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934,  as
amended,  for the year ended  December 31, 2002,  and to any and all  amendments
thereto, and to any and all instruments,  exhibits, schedules or documents filed
as part thereof or which are incidental  thereto,  with full power and authority
to each of said  attorneys-in-fact  and agents to do and perform in the name and
on behalf of the  undersigned  each and every act and thing  whatsoever  that is
necessary,   appropriate  or  advisable  in  connection  with  any  or  all  the
above-described matters and to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might
or  could  do  in  person,   hereby  ratifying  and  confirming  all  that  said
attorneys-in-fact  and agents or any of them or their substitutes,  may lawfully
do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned have caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of the date indicated below.



                                                        Date: March 28, 2003
 /s/ Derek E. Dewan
 Derek E. Dewan




                                                        Date: March 27, 2003
 /s/ Michael D. Abney
 Michael D. Abney




                                                        Date: March 27, 2003
 /s/ T. Wayne Davis
 T. Wayne Davis




                                                        Date: March 27, 2003
 /s/ Michael L. Huyghue
 Michael L. Huyghue




                                                        Date:

 William M. Isaac




                                                        Date: March 28, 2003
 /s/ John R. Kennedy
 John R. Kennedy




                                                        Date: March 28, 2003
 /s/ Darla D. Moore
 Darla D. Moore




                                                        Date: March 27, 2003
 /s/ Peter J. Tanous
 Peter J. Tanous