Dubbed as the
“world’s leading provider of HR solutions”, Adecco S.A. offers numerous
professional services every day, such as employment agencies, human resources,
recruitments, outsourcing and consulting. Based in Glattbrugg, Switzerland,
Adecco has some 5,500 branches in 60 countries worldwide, serving more than a
hundred thousand clients. The company works with some 700,000 associates daily,
and it has a core staff of 33,000 employees in all of their locations.
Adecco began as a
merger between professional consulting companies Ecco and Adia Interim. The
combination of the two in 1996 led to an initial network of 2,500 branches and
250,000 employees under different companies that the two were working with.
This merger eventually led to several acquisitions, including the buyout of
Olsen Staffing in 2000, which accounted for Adecco’s rise to become the biggest
recruitment company in the United States at that time. Revenues began shooting,
especially as Adecco saw the profits in the rising niche of outsourcing.
Throughout
the early 2000’s, Adecco
began expanding its clientele to include more occupational fields, and began
annexing its operations in countries where the economy had become largely
supplemented by the outsourcing industry. Adecco acquired several more
recruitment companies, their latest project being a partnership with Fesco, a
Chinese HR company based in Shanghai. To date, Adecco has become one of the
most recognizable names in its field, having built a profile of marketability
and reliability since its inception. Led by Rolf Dorig, Chairman and Patrick De
Maeseneire, CEO, Adecco continues to provide employment solutions, specialized
skills and professional assignments to clients everywhere, in whatever area of
specialization they may be. As of 2011, the company’s revenue was recorded at a
total of 20.5 billion euros, with a profit at 519 million euros, which just
goes to show how far this company has come in this modern age.
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