Spherion Corporation (Spherion) provides temporary staffing services, managed services and permanent placement services. The Company operates a network of 742 locations within North America. As of December 30, 2007, it had 582 Company-owned offices, 90 franchised locations and 70 area-based franchised locations. The Company provides temporary staffing services, managed services and permanent placement services under two operating segments: Staffing Services and Professional Services. Temporary staffing services include personnel in skill categories, which include clerical, light industrial, information technology, finance and accounting, legal, engineering, sales and marketing, human resources and administrative. Managed services include services where it manages certain aspects of a customer function, such as recruiting, administrative services, data center or network operations. [Google Finance]
