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Company Profile - Adecco S.A

U.S. Headquarters
101 Redwood Shores Pkwy.
Redwood City, CA 94065

Phone: 650-610-1000
Fax: 650-610-1076
Website: www.adecco.com
Ticker Symbol: ADO

Key Facts

Has 6,000 offices in 63 countries.
Ranks number one or number two in 12 of the world's top 13 staffing markets.
Key Financial Facts
2002 revenue: $18,165 million
1-yr. growth rate: 11 percent

Personnel Highlights
Number of employees: 700,000 1-yr. growth rate: 0 percent

Company Overview
Adecco S.A., a Swiss company with operations in the U.S., among other places, is the leading provider of employment services worldwide. The company’s offerings include staffing, career services, executive search, and e-recruitment. In 2001, the company placed some 4 million people in jobs with some 250,000 Adecco clients. The company’s focus is on “global industries in transition” such as automotive, banking, electronics, logistics, and telecommunications.

Formed in 1957 in Switzerland, the company expanded throughout Europe in the 1960s and to the U.S. in 1972. Its acquisition of Olsten in 2000 made it the biggest staffing company in the U.S.

Major Line of Business : Human Resources

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