Aquent llc

Infobox Company
company_name = Aquent LLC
company_| company_type = Private
foundation = 1986
key_people = John Chuang: Co-founder and CEO
location_city = Boston, Massachusetts
industry = Human Resources, Recruitment, Staffing
num_employees = over 13,500 (2006)
revenue = $406 million USD (2006)
website = [http://www.aquent.com www.aquent.com]

Aquent LLC is an employment agency headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. Founded in 1986 [ [http://www.jacketinteractive.com/togetherweb%20-%20Dormitory%20as%20launch%20pad%20-%20Sep_%2021,%202000.htm "Dorm as launch pad"] , Steve Bills, CNN Money, September 21, 2000.] by Harvard University classmates John Chuang, Steve Kapner, and Mia Wenjen, Aquent, then called MacTemps, was the subject of a Harvard Business School case study [ [http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml;jsessionid=MR44VOY4V0O3WAKRGWDR5VQBKE0YIISW?id=497005&referral=2340 "MacTemps: Building Commitment in the Interim Workforce"] , Jeffrey L. Bradach, Nicole Sackley, 1996.] , which focused on building loyalty in the contingent workforce. Aquent gained recognition in the early 1990s as one of the first employment agencies to offer temporary workers accessible and affordable health benefits [See [http://www.aquent.com/AboutUs/Press/News/older/New_York_Times12-93.html this] article from the New York Times.] . With the emergence of the "talent economy" in the late 1990s, Aquent was identified by Fast Company [ [http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/16/talentmarket.html "The Talent Market"] , Daniel Pink, "Fast Company", Issue 16, July 1998] as "perhaps the most robust and fully articulated example of a company that's reckoning with a world in which human capital functions like financial capital."

A multinational company, Aquent has offices throughout North America, Europe, and Asia, and business units devoted to consulting, financial services, and multi-lingual translation.

References

ee also

*Employment agency
*Recruiter
*Recruitment
*Staffing
*Temporary work
*Freelancing

External links

* [http://www.aquent.com Official U.S. Corporate Website]
* [http://www.aquent.ca Aquent Canada]
* [http://www.aquent.co.uk Aquent UK]
* [http://www.aquent.fr Aquent France]
* [http://www.aquent.com.au Aquent Australia]
* [http://www.aquent.pl Aquent Poland]
* [http://www.aquent.nl Aquent Netherlands]
* [http://www.aquent.cz Aquent Czech Republic]
* [http://www.aquentconsulting.com Aquent Consulting]
* [http://www.robohead.net Aquent Robohead Marketing Project Management Software]
* [http://www.agitraining.com Aquent Graphics Institute (AGI)]