2. Adecco Group The Adecco Group, based in Zurich, Switzerland, is the world’s leading provider of HR solutions. With over 31,000 employees and 6,000 offices, in more than 60 countries and territories around the world, Adecco Group offers a wide variety of services, connecting more than 500,000 colleagues with over 145,000 clients everyday. The services offered fall into the broad categories of temporary staffing, permanent placement, outsourcing, consulting and outplacement. The Adecco Group is a fortune Global 500 company. Creation Adecco was created in 1996, following the merger of Adia (Switzerland) and Ecco (France), two leading personnel service firms with complimentary geographical profiles. Group Sales 2008 20.0 billion Euro Fortune Global 500 Ranking (2008) Adecco is ranked 274 in the Fortune Global 500 list Worldwide Employees Over 31,000 Global Client Base Up to 145,000 clients served every day Global Office Network 6000 offices in over 60 countries & territories Daily number of temporary staff on assignment 500,000