MPS GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES


                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002



In connection with the Annual Report of MPS Group,  Inc. (the "Company") on Form
10-K for the year  ending  December  31, 2003 as filed with the  Securities  and
Exchange  Commission  on the date hereof (the  "Report"),  I,  Timothy D. Payne,
President,  Chief  Executive  Officer  and  Director  of the  Company,  certify,
pursuant  to 18  U.S.C.  ss.  1350,  as  adopted  pursuant  to  ss.  906  of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

     (1)  The Report fully  complies with the  requirements  of section 13(a) or
          15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

     (2)  The  information  contained  in the  Report  fairly  presents,  in all
          material respects, the financial condition and result of operations of
          the Company.



/s/ Timothy D. Payne
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Timothy D. Payne
President, Chief Executive
March 15, 2004