The Adecco Group North America, based in

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, provides professional recruiting, staffing, consulting and business services to various industries in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Europe, Australia and Asia. For 2009, it ranked 839th on the

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Currently, ranked as a Fortune 500 as 441. Formerly MPS Group Inc., its brands are a subsidiary of the Swiss firm

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History

Adecco Group North America was founded in 1982 as ''Accustaff Incorporated'' in Jacksonville and changed its name to ''J, Inc.'' in 2002. With revenues of US$2.2

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in 2008, the company had clients in over 200 office locations. The company sells its services (like Cosmos) to industries and governmental agencies through the following primary brands: Adecco Group North America operates in two divisions:

professional services Professional services are occupations in the service sector requiring special training in the arts or sciences. Some professional services, such as architects, accountants, engineers, doctors, and lawyers require the practitioner to hold profes ...

and

information technology Information technology (IT) is the use of computers to create, process, store, retrieve, and exchange all kinds of data . and information. IT forms part of information and communications technology (ICT). An information technology system ...

(IT) Services. The professional services division provides staffing and

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services in the disciplines of accounting and finance,

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, property and

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. This division also offers

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and

workforce services; places temporary and full-time employees in attorney,

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, legal administrative, and legal secretarial positions, as well as in accounting and finance positions. The IT services division provides placement of IT contract consultants for IT project support and staffing, recruitment of full-time positions, project-based solutions, supplier management solutions, and onsite recruiting support for application development, systems integration and enterprise application integration. MPS Group sponsored the

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event held in

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in 2009 and 2010. The tournament was discontinued in 2011 due to scheduling changes for WTA Tour spring events. On October 20, 2009, the company announced it was being acquired by Swiss company

for US$1.3 billion in cash. Jacksonville became Adecco's center for professional staffing in North America. The merger was completed in the first quarter of 2010. (login reguired)

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