Randstad US, Professionals Promotes Robert Dickey to Executive Vice President of Technologies Division

WOBURN, Mass., Nov. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Robert M. Dickey has been named Executive Vice President of Technologies for Randstad US, Professionals. In this new role, Bob will retain the title of President of Randstad Technologies, but expand his responsibilities to also be over Technisource and B2B Workforce.  

As announced in late July of 2011, Randstad recently acquired SFN Group, a leading workforce solutions company in North America, and solidified its position as the third-largest HR services provider in North America and the second largest IT services company in the U.S.  To further strengthen the technology division of Randstad's Professionals staffing segment, Technisource, SFN's IT services and solutions provider, strategically aligns with Randstad Technologies. The two companies, along with Randstad's ERP specialists B2B Workforce, assist to create an IT powerhouse for Randstad's Professionals segment.

"Bob is an industry veteran with over 17 years of experience in the technology sector, a proven track record of successful growth, and a reputation as a trusted, well-respected leader," said Dan Foley, President of Randstad US, Professionals, "under his direction, the combined companies will offer our clients one total IT solution."

About Randstad
Randstad US is a wholly owned subsidiary of Randstad Holding nv, an $18.8 billion global provider of HR services and the second largest staffing organization in the world.  The company plays a pivotal role in shaping the world of work, leveraging the true value of human capital for the benefit of our clients, candidates, employees and investors.

Randstad offers a comprehensive range of HR services to our clients.  They provide temporary, temporary-to-hire, direct hire and outsourced placement services for local and global customers and fulfill all aspects of commercial and professional staffing within Finance & Accounting, Office & Administration, Engineering, Healthcare, IT, Legal, Life Sciences, and Manufacturing & Logistics.  Other offerings include payrolling, managed services, recruitment process outsourcing and HR consulting solutions.

Randstad provides skills assessments, career counseling, training, health coverage and 401(k) to eligible internal and external employees. With its 5,000 employment experts, Randstad puts more than 100,000 people to work in North America each week, through its network of more than a thousand branches and client-dedicated locations.

For more information, visit the company's website at www.randstad.com.

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