Founded 1946 | ||
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Headquarters Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States Subsidiaries Technisource Inc, Norrell Corporation Parent organization Randstad North America, LP Profiles | ||
Spherion is a North American temporary work agency headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, that operates under a variety of brand names.
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History
Spherion was first known as City Car Unloaders, a Chicago company created by Leroy Dettman in 1946.
Spherion initially placed manual laborers in temporary jobs loading cargo. Filling temporary clerk jobs was a service the company only later added.
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 acquired a number of other companies over the next few years.
The company changed its name to Spherion in 2000.
The company was acquired by Randstad Holding in July 2011.
Brands
Spherion has done business under a variety of brand names. 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, Tatum, Technisource and Today's Office Professionals.