Adecco Names Amanda Falkowski of Oak Creek, WI Staffing Employee of the Year; Awards Created to Celebrate National Staffing Employee Week, October 15-21.

Business Editors

RACINE, Wis.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 11, 2001

Amanda Falkowski, a resident of Oak Creek, WI, has been named one of five Adecco Staffing Employees of the Year.

Adecco, the nation's -- and the world's -- largest staffing service company, created the awards to celebrate National Staffing Employee Week and to recognize the contributions of an increasingly important segment of the workforce: temporary employees.

Patricia Doyle, marketing category manager at SC Johnson, the Adecco client who nominated Amanda Falkowski for this award, points out that "Amanda tackled her assignment with enthusiasm and utilized her strong skills to plan and manage a successful summer intern program for our company. Her attention to detail and organizational skills contributed to the success of a program of this magnitude."

Heidi Scholzen, manager of the Adecco office on site at SC Johnson, has placed Falkowski in a number of positions in the last two years. Scholzen says, "We're glad to pay tribute to Amanda Falkowski, who is a shining star of the temporary workforce. She exemplifies Adecco's core values -- she's reliable, with a great work ethic, and is a real team player who has the interests of the client at heart. We really look forward to presenting Amanda with an award check for $1,000 at our National Staffing Employee Week celebration next week."

Like many people who register with Adecco and other staffing service companies, Amanda thrives on the variety of the temporary lifestyle. At her current assignment, Amanda usually works as a recruiting assistant in the HR Department. Working on the internship program as a special assignment exposed her to a whole new area of the company. As Amanda says, "It was very rewarding to help put together this internship program. Not only did I learn a lot about running this kind of program, I also was able to contribute to an initiative that helped the interns hone their skills and increase their employability."

Each day, some 2.5 million people report to work for a temporary assignment with a staffing company, according to the American Staffing Association in Alexandria, Virginia. More and more workers, many of whom are seeking their first job or re-entering the workforce, are attracted to the benefits of temporary employment. Not only that, temporary employees contribute to their communities by helping to create a flexible workforce that companies use as a solution in meeting their business objectives. According to Debbie Pond-Heide, president of Adecco North America, "For a growing number of individuals, temporary employment represents an ideal lifestyle. We're proud to be involved in an industry that provides so much benefit to people, to businesses and by extension, to our national economy."

About SC Johnson

SC Johnson is a family-owned and -managed business dedicated to innovative, high-quality products, excellence in the workplace and a long-term commitment to the environment and the communities in which it operates. Based in Racine, Wisconsin, the company is one of the world's leading manufacturers of household cleaning products and products for home storage, personal care and insect control. It markets such well-known brands as WINDEX(R), PLEDGE(R), GLADE(R), SHOUT(R), ZIPLOC(R), EDGE(R) and RAID(R). The 115-year old company employs more than 9,500 people and sells products in about 100 countries. SC Johnson invests at least 5% of pretax profits (over 4 times the national average of corporate giving) into programs designed to improve quality of life in our host communities around the world.

About Adecco

Adecco SA is the global leader in personnel services, connecting more than 700,000 temporary associates with businesses each day through a network of over 30,000 employees and more than 5,500 offices in 58 countries around the world. Registered in Switzerland, and managed by a multinational team with expertise in markets spanning the globe, Adecco delivers an unparalleled range of flexible staffing and career resources to corporate clients and qualified associates.

Adecco provides clients with staffing services and solutions covering all major industries as well as specific professions. The worldwide Adecco brand network focuses on global industries in transition, including automotive, banking, electronics, logistics, and telecommunications.

Adecco North America serves more than 70,000 clients a year through 2,000 points of sales and service in every state and seven Canadian provinces. With headquarters in Melville, NY, Adecco North America employs about 5,000 full time employees and places more than 160,000 temporary associates each week.

Adecco SA is listed on the Swiss Exchange (ADEN / trading on Virt-x: 1213860), NYSE (ADO), Euronext Premier Marche (12819). Further information can be found at www.adecco.com.