TMP Worldwide is the world's largest independent recruitment advertising agency and the only one ranked among America’s top 20 interactive agencies. TMP Worldwide went public in 1996 and its career websites grew and eventually merged as Monster.com in 1999. TMP Worldwide was officially renamed Monster Worldwide in 2003, with Monster and TMP Worldwide as “sister divisions.” In 2006, a team of TMP Worldwide senior management and VSS Mezzanine Partners purchased the assets of TMP Worldwide Advertising and Communications from Monster Worldwide.