Adecco Subsidiary Lee Hecht Harrison Acquires Seagate Associates.LAUSANNE Lausanne (lōzän`), city (1990 pop. 117,600), capital of Vaud canton, W Switzerland, on the Lake of Geneva. An important rail junction and lake port (see Ouchy), it is the trade and commercial center of a rich agricultural region. , Switzerland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 17, 1997--Adecco SA's career management subsidiary Lee Hecht Harrison has acquired New Jersey(USA)-based outplacement out·place·ment n. The process of facilitating a terminated employee's search for a new job by provision of professional services, such as counseling, paid for by the former employer. consulting firm Noun 1. consulting firm - a firm of experts providing professional advice to an organization for a fee consulting company business firm, firm, house - the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; "he worked for a Seagate Associates, Inc., which had revenues of U.S. $12 million in 1996. With the addition of Seagate's six offices in New Jersey and two in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , Lee Hecht Harrison now has 16 offices in the Metro New York area and a total of 68 worldwide. Seagate Associates was founded in 1983 by John Guthery and Claudia Gentner, both of whom will remain with the new entity. The merger unites two leading career services companies, both of which provide quality personal consulting supported by high-tech job search tools. "Lee Hecht Harrison is now the dominant outplacement provider in the New York Metropolitan Region as a result of this acquisition," said Steve Harrison Stephen A Harrison, a Bay Ridge Brooklyn attorney, was the 2006 Democratic candidate for New York's 13th Congressional District, losing to Republican incumbent Vito Fossella 55,981-42,739. The 13th CD includes all of the NYC borough of Staten Island and parts of Brooklyn. , President of Lee Hecht Harrison. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. CONTACT: Lee Hecht Harrison Steve Harrison, President, ++1 201 782 3636 or Adecco SA Peter Pfister, Chief Financial Officer, 415/610-1000 |
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