Adea Group Launches AdeaContractPros; Branded Service Offering Provides Rapid Delivery of Technical Professionals for Contract Engagements.

Business/Technology Editors

DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 15, 2001

Doug Ortega, Executive Vice President of The Adea Group, Inc., a leading U.S. provider of flexible technical staffing solutions, introduced AdeaContractPros(TM) today, a service that more rapidly matches pre-qualified technical professionals from around the world to specific client requirements for contract personnel.

AdeaContractPro(TM) provides Adea clients with consultants that have senior level technical experience in high-demand skill sets. Each must pass the exclusive AdeaTeched(TM) administered testing, to ensure their technical and communication skills meet client requirements, before a resume is presented to a client.

"What makes AdeaContractPro(TM) unique is that it is a flexible solution configured around the experience level, length of assignment, and rate required by our clients," said Ortega. "In addition we are structured for speed in the way we find, qualify and place our people."

The Adea recruiting team works through 13 global locations in the U.S., Canada and India, to evaluate and acquire top technical people for the AdeaContractPros(TM) service. Adea's unique cross-office network of local recruiters in each regional office, Dallas-based call center and in-house immigration department, allows Adea to recruit, present and place better people, from around the world, faster than anyone else. Adea is so confident in the quality of their people that during the first two weeks of an assignment if the Adea consultant does not meet client expectations, any fees paid are refunded and another individual is placed. Consultants are full time employees of The Adea Group, where they receive outstanding compensation as well as comprehensive company-paid healthcare benefits, training/education reimbursement and time-off.

Based in Dallas, the Adea Group is the fastest growing national provider flexible technical staffing solutions for leading Fortune 500 firms. Offices are also located in Atlanta, Austin, Tampa, Washington D.C., Toronto, and India. Its client list includes ACS, Alcatel, American, General/US Life, Applied Materials, Teravision Babbages, BroadCloud, Burlington Northern, ClearCommerce, CompUSA, Compaq, CSC, Dell, Ericsson, General Bandwidth, GTE TSI, Hart IS, IBT Technologies, JB Hunt, Job Corp, McKesson Corp, Merinta, NetBotz, Nortel Networks, Oracle, The Sabre Group, SBC Technologies, Sealand, Sheshunoff, Snyder Oil, Southwest Airlines, State of Texas, Sterling Commerce, Times Three, The Associates/Citibank, TRICON, Unisource, United Parcel Service, USPS, Verizon, and Verizon Wireless.

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