Spherion is a North American temporary work agency headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, that operates under a variety of brand names.
History Spherion was first known as City Car Unloaders, a Chicago company created by Leroy Dettman and Joseph Perfetto in 1946. They initially placed manual laborers in temporary jobs loading cargo. Filling temporary clerk jobs was a service the company only later added. History: Spherion: A Pioneer in Staffing & Workforce Management Spherion Official Site
The company relocated from Chicago to Fort Lauderdale in 1969.
By 1978, the firm was doing business as Personnel Pool of America, Inc, and was acquired by H&R Block. In 1991, H&R Block acquired Interim Systems Corporation and combined it with Personnel Pool, creating a larger staffing services firm.
In 1992, the company changed its name to Interim Services Inc., and was spun off by H&R Block in 1994. Interim and successor-named Spherion acquired a number of other companies over the next few years.
The company, which changed its name to Spherion in 2000, was acquired by Randstad NV in July 2011. Randstad Official Site
Brands Spherion has done business under a variety of brand names. The following brands are more or less current: Emerging Workforce, The Mergis Group,Staffing and Recruiting Excellence SFN Group: Staffing and Recruiting Excellence The Mergis Group Official Site SFN Group, Sourceright Solutions,SFN Group: Industry Leaders for 60 Years Sourceright Official Site Spherion, Spherion Recruitment Process Outsourcing, Spherion Staffing Services,About Us: Spherion: Recruiting & Staffing Excellence Spherion Official Site Tatum,Tatum & SFN Group: Tatum is a division of SFN Group, Inc. Tatum Official Site TechnisourceSFN Group: Built On A Foundation Of Strength; About SFN Group Technisource Official Site Victor Temporary Services, Professional Nurses Bureau, and Today's Office Professionals.SFN: Profile for SPHERION CORP - SGN Group Inc Yahoo! FINANCE
Leadership Cinda Hallman, a member of Spherion's board of directors beginning in early 1995, replaced Raymond Marcy as chief executive officer in 2001, a role that Marcy had held for over a decade. Rebecca Rogers Tijerino became the CEO of Spherion in January 2019. Rogers Tijerino left the company and was replaced by Kathy George in February 2024.
Acquisitions and spinoffs An "acquisition spree" that began in 199426 firms, 1994-2001 led to Spherion's 1999 acquiring of an Atlanta-based rival, Norrell Corp. Part of Fort Lauderdale-based Spherion's board of directors wanted to move corporate headquarters to Atlanta, a conflict that ended when Marcy was replaced by Hallman in 2001.
In 2001 Spherion made an initial public offering (IPO) of its London-based Michael Page Group, which it acquired in 1997.
Spherion sold its Saratoga Institute to PricewaterhouseCoopers in 2003.
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