Making people successful in a changing world - Annual Report 2012

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22No other player in the industryhas such established depth inall three strategic areas:People, Bricks and Clicks.
Drivers inTechnologyPeople, Bricks and ClicksUnified and FocusedThe Adecco Group is ideally placed toharness the power of technology. Not onlydoes it have the critical mass to realizeeconomies of scale in its technologyinvestments, it possesses a uniquecombination of people, bricks and clicks.No other player in the staffing industryhas such an established depth in all threestrategic areas.Clicks enable Clients and Candidates tointeract with Adecco quickly and easily,through on-screen access, automatedmatching, payment, billing and increasedreach in Candidate and Client searches.Bricks provide the high street presence,brand visibility and vital understanding oflocal and regional business environments.And people provide the essentialface-to-face interviews that ensurereliable, accurate Candidate assessmentas well as information on personality,motivation and the ‘softer’ skills –information that cannot be gathered byon-line questionnaires alone. Moreover,Adecco people help ensure that all typesof Candidates, even those less acquaintedwith using on-line systems, can easilyenter the e-selection process. The result?Adecco Clients have fast, easy access todatabases filled with truly reliable andin-depth Candidate information. AdeccoCandidates have the best possible skill-setprofiling. Both Clients and Candidates getthe support of a full array of personalisedface-to-face services.Working as one unified force, this uniquecombination of people, bricks and clicks issetting new standards in reliability, speedand quality of information. And it ishelping to redefine the staffing industry.23
Page 1 and 2: ANNUAL REPORT 2001Operational Revie
Page 3 and 4: Table of ContentsAdecco at a Glance
Page 5 and 6: RevenuesProfitsGeographical Distrib
Page 7 and 8: Klaus J. JacobsChairmanPhilippe For
Page 9: For all those people seeking to fin
Page 12 and 13: Strong management delivers resultsR
Page 15 and 16: Adecco: 30,000 entrepreneursseizing
Page 17 and 18: Patrick DeMaeseneire, AjilonStaffin
Page 19 and 20: Social change and the fitness of th
Page 21: The Agenda for ChangeLength of Assi
Page 25 and 26: And to ensure that all Adecco and s
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Page 29 and 30: Adecco Learning CentresAdecco UK op
Page 31 and 32: Drivers inEmerging MarketsThe appet
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Page 41 and 42: Financial reviewIn millions, except
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Page 45 and 46: Consolidated Statements of Operatio
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Page 65 and 66: Notes to Financial Statements (Hold
Page 67 and 68: Major Consolidated SubsidiariesGrou
Page 69 and 70: Investor InformationStock Price Per
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