- Kelly Services
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name = Kelly Services
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foundation = 1946
founder = William Kelly
location_city =Troy, Michigan
location_country = United States
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key_people = Terence E. Adderley, Carl T. Camden
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homepage = http://www.kellyservices.com
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intl =Kelly Services, Inc. is a
Fortune 500 company headquartered inTroy, Michigan , offering services that include temporary staffing services,outsourcing , vendor on-site and full-time placement. [citeweb|title=Kelly Services, Inc.|url=http://www.aarp.org/money/careers/findingajob/featuredemployers/kelly.html|publisher="AARP "|accessdate=2008-03-17] Kelly operates in 37 countries and territories. [citeweb|title=Kelly Services, Inc. (KELYA)|url=http://www.portfolio.com/resources/company-profiles/Kelly-Services-Inc-531|publisher=portfolio.com|accessdate=2008-03-17] Kelly employs more than 750,000 individuals annually, in areas including office services, accounting, engineering, information technology, law, science, marketing, creative services, light industrial, education, and health care. Revenue in 2007 was $5.7 billion.History
William Russell Kelly founded Russell Kelly Office Service in 1946,citeweb|title=William Russell Kelly Tribute|url=http://www.kellyservices.com/web/global/services/en/pages/william_russell_kelly_tribute.html|publisher="kellyservices.com"|accessdate=2008-10-03] [citeweb|title=William Kelly, 92, Founder Of Temporary Jobs Company |url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9802EED61030F93BA35752C0A96E958260|publisher="New York Times "|accessdate=2008-06-23] initially providing office services performed at Kelly's offices, rather than providing temporary staffing at the client's location. However, customers asked for the work to be performed at their locations, and the temporary staffing concept was born out of responding to this type of request.The temporary workers, who were usually female, became known as 'Kelly girls'. In recognition of this, the name of the company was changed to Kelly Girl Service, Inc. in 1957 William Russell Kelly Tribute [http://www.kellyservices.com/web/global/services/en/pages/william_russell_kelly_tribute.html] ] . The term 'Kelly girl' became a widely used term for a temporary worker, regardless of the worker's company affiliation or gender. In 1966 the name of the company was changed to Kelly Services, Inc., in order to reflect an expanding range of services.William Russell Kelly Tribute [http://www.kellyservices.com/web/global/services/en/pages/william_russell_kelly_tribute.html] ]
The current Chairman of the Board of Directors is Terence E. Adderley, [citeweb|title=Kelly Services Executives|url=http://www.hoovers.com/kelly-services/--ID__13891--/free-co-factsheet.xhtml|publisher="
Hoover's "|accessdate=2008-03-17] and the CEO is Carl T. Camden. [citeweb|title=Our annual ranking of America's largest corporations|url=http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune500/snapshots/735.html|publisher="CNN "|accessdate=2008-03-17]References
External links
* [http://www.kellyservices.com/ Official company website]
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