Adecco Group North America was founded in 1982 as
Accustaff Incorporated in Jacksonville and changed its name to
J, Inc. in 2002. With revenues of US$2.2
billion in 2008, the company had clients in over 200 office locations. The company sells its services (like Cosmos) to industries and governmental agencies through the following primary brands: Adecco Group North America operates in two divisions:
professional services and
information technology (IT) Services. The professional services division provides staffing and
recruitment services in the disciplines of
accounting and
finance,
law,
engineering, property and
health care. This division also offers
technical and
engineering workforce services; places temporary and full-time employees in
attorney,
paralegal, legal administrative, and legal secretarial positions, as well as in
accounting and
finance positions. The IT services division provides placement of IT contract consultants for IT project support and staffing, recruitment of full-time positions, project-based solutions, supplier management solutions, and onsite recruiting support for application development, systems integration and enterprise application integration. MPS Group sponsored the
MPS Group Championships, a
Women's Tennis Association event held in
Ponte Vedra Beach,
Florida in 2009 and 2010. The tournament was discontinued in 2011 due to scheduling changes for WTA Tour spring events. On October 20, 2009, the company announced it was being acquired by Swiss company
Adecco Group for US$1.3 billion in cash. Jacksonville became Adecco's center for professional staffing in North America. The merger was completed in the first quarter of 2010. ==See also==