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- Adecco Group AG Adecco Group AG serves as the world's leading provider of talent and technology solutions, specializing in human resources services including temporary staffing, permanent placement, career transition, talent development, business process outsourcing, and consulting across office, industrial, technical, financial, legal, medical, science, engineering, and IT sectors; its core offerings encompass recruitment process outsourcing, onsite management, master vendor management, workforce planning, upskilling, reskilling, training, apprenticeships, digital engineering, R&D outsourcing, and AI-powered platforms for talent matching and advisory. The company operates through three global business units—Adecco for workforce solutions, Akkodis for digital engineering and technology consulting, and LHH for talent development and career transition—with specialized brands such as Badenoch & Clark, General Assembly, Lee Hecht Harrison, Modis, Pontoon, Spring Professional, and Yoss; it supports over 100,000 clients and enables more than 3.5 million people annually across over 60 countries and 5,000 offices, with a primary focus on Europe, North America, Asia-Pacific, and other regions. Founded in 1997 through the merger of Swiss Adia Interim (established 1957) and French Ecco (established 1964), Adecco Group AG maintains its headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland, and trades on the SIX Swiss Exchange under the ticker ADEN.SW. In recent developments, the company renewed its strategic six-year collaboration with Microsoft in September 2025 to advance digital transformation via Azure cloud services, Microsoft 365, Dynamics 365, and AI-driven insights for HR; it launched a joint venture with Salesforce in March 2025 to integrate human talent with AI for workforce management; and it deepened partnerships with Bullhorn while advancing human-centric AI initiatives, including the Recruiter GenAI suite, Agentic AI deployment, and rPotential joint venture, alongside announcing a new chief financial officer in November 2025 and noting S&P Global's revised credit rating.