Making people successful in a changing world - Annual Report 2012

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