Spherion is a North American

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agency headquartered in

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, that operates under a variety of

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History

Spherion was first known as City Car Unloaders, a

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company created by Leroy Dettman and Joseph Perfetto in 1946. They initially placed

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ers in temporary jobs loading

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. Filling temporary

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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

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in 1969. By 1978, the firm was doing business as Personnel Pool of America, Inc, and was acquired by

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. 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 acquired a number of other companies over the next few years. The company, which changed its name to Spherion in 2000, was acquired by

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in July 2011.

Brands

Spherion has done business under a variety of

s. The following brands are more or less current: Emerging Workforce, The Mergis Group, SFN Group, Sourceright Solutions, Spherion, Spherion Recruitment Process Outsourcing, Spherion Staffing Services,About Us: Spherion: Recruiting & Staffing Excellence
Spherion Official Site Tatum, Technisource Victor Temporary Services, Professional Nurses Bureau, and Today's Office Professionals.SFN: Profile for SPHERION CORP - SGN Group Inc
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Leadership

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, 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.

Acquisitions and spinoffs

An "acquisition spree" that began in 1994 led to Spherion's 1999 acquiring of an

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-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

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(IPO) of its London-based ''Michael Page Group'', which it acquired in 1997. Spherion sold its Saratoga Institute to

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in 2003.

References

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External links

Official website
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