Abbott Resource Group Inc. Expands Services To Other States and Opens Professional Lending Division; Hires Division Manager.

IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 21, 1998--After 30 years in Southern California, Abbott Resource Group Inc. (ARG), parent company of Abigail Abbott Staffing Services, Abbott Specialty Staffing Inc., and Abbott HR Inc., is expanding its operations to include states outside of California.

The expansion, primarily with two Abbott companies, Abbott HR Inc., and Abbott Specialty Staffing Inc., includes the formation of a new division, Professional Lending Recruiters.

Abbott Specialty Staffing formed Professional Lending Recruiters to manage increased requests from businesses throughout the United States to locate experienced management, operations, and sales people. Linda Plante has been hired as division manager. The Professional Lending Recruiters can be reached at 888/546-4PLR.

Abbott HR Inc., a California approved Professional Employer Organization (PEO), has received licensing approval in 10 states and has licenses pending in six additional states. New states approved include Arizona, Colorado, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, New Jersey, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Washington. States pending licenses are Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas and Utah. Abbott HR Inc. is already serving clients in several of the approved states. For more information, call Abbott HR at 888/544-4PEO.

Allayne Yackey, executive vice president of corporate relations for Abbott said, "ARG is entering a new phase in its growth cycle with the expansion of these specialty companies to other regions of California and the nation. Now we can assist customers' needs almost anywhere in the United States and we are able to offer additional services that businesses have been asking us for. We see this as the beginning of many exciting opportunities."

Abigail Abbott Staffing Services, founded in 1970, is one of the employment industry's most experienced and respected providers of staffing services assisting more than 4,000 businesses in Los Angeles and Orange County with permanent and temporary office help. Abbott Specialty Staffing Inc. oversees five specialty staffing divisions -- Accounting, Connection, Culinary Connection, Labor Force Connection, Technical Staff Connection, and Professional Lending Recruiters. Abbott HR Inc. supplies professional human resource services. These services include human resource management, workers' compensation/risk management, and payroll and benefit administration. Abbott Resource Group Inc., based in Irvine, is the parent company and support arm for Abigail Abbott Staffing Services, Abbott Specialty Staffing Inc., and Abbott HR Inc. It is the goal of the Abbott Group to provide expert, full-service human resource assistance to businesses in Southern California and elsewhere.