David McGrath

The Adecco Group, based in Zurich, Switzerland, is the worlds second largest Human Resources provider and temporary staffing firm, and a Fortune Global 500 company.With more than 34,000 FTE employees and around 5,200 branches in over 60 countries and territories around the world, The Adecco Group offers a wide variety of services that include temporary staffing, permanent placement, career transition, re-skilling and talent development, as well as outsourcing and consulting. The Adecco Group key markets are France, North America, the United Kingdom and Ireland, Japan, Germany, Austria, Italy, Benelux, Nordics, Spain, Portugal, Australia, New Zealand, and Switzerland.They directly employ 700,000 people a day, and with the expansion of its operations to China, the number of people working under them totals up to 3.5 million.The company was formed in 1996 as a result of the merger of the French company Ecco and the Swiss company Adia Interim, and is listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange (ADEN, ISIN CH0012138605). Adia was established in 1957 in Lausanne (Switzerland) by Henri Lavanchy. Ecco was founded in Lyon (France) at the initiative of Philippe Foriel Destezet. In 2000 The Adecco Group acquired Olsten Staffing, in the US, becoming the number one recruitment company in that country. In 2010, it acquired MPS Group and thus became the number one company worldwide.The Adecco Group is the parent company of various brands including Adecco Staffing, Euro Engineering, Modis, Spring Professional, Badenoch & Clark, Pontoon, General Assembly, Vettery, YOSS, Adia and Lee Hecht Harrison.The Adecco Group is the 11th most attractive company in the world to work for, according to the 2019 ranking of The Worlds Best Workplaces.

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