traded as euronext usg industry recruitment founded 1997 headquarters almere netherlands key people rob zandbergen ceo cees veerman chairman of the supervisory board products employment agencies human resources services revenue 3.099 billion 2010 1 operating income 43.1 million 2010 1 profit 15.3 million 2010 1 total assets 1.677 billion end 2010 1 total equity 740.8 million end 2010 1 number of employees 7 160 average 2010 1 website www.usgpeople.com usg people n.v. is a dutch based recruitment and human resources company headquartered in almere . usg is holland s second largest employment company behind randstad . 2 the firm has a presence in thirteen countries in central and western europe operating temporary employment agencies and providing secondment and other hr services . usg people was formed by the 1997 merger of the companies unique international and goudsmit and was known as united services group between 2001 and 2005 . listed on euronext amsterdam the company is a constituent of the mid cap amx stock market index . in 2016 the recruit holdings based in japan acquired all shares of usg people for 1.42 billion euros . contents 1 history 2 operations 3 references 4 external links history edit the company in its current form was founded from the 1997 merger between the benelux staffing firm unique international b.v. and the publicly traded goudsmit n.v. a holding company involved in various sectors including recruitment . 3 the enlarged group changed its name to united services group n.v. in 2001 . 3 in 2002 united services group acquired a controlling stake in the job agency start holding which had been privatised by the dutch government six years earlier . 4 this was later expanded to full control . the deal gave usg an increased presence in countries such as spain and italy . the company acquired smaller belgian peer solvus resource group for around 585 million 5 in august 2005 6 after which it again changed its name to usg people n.v. in late 2008 the company adopted a poison pill defence against potential acquisitors by issuing preference shares to a company foundation . 7 operations edit the company operates around 1 350 branches across 10 european countries . 1 the dutch market remains the largest for the company contributing nearly 40 % of all revenues . 1 belgium and luxembourg france germany and spain are the next largest regional divisions of the firm . by far the company s largest business segment is general temporary work agencies which operate under the unified start people brand across all countries . 8 usg also owns a number of specialist staffing agencies recruiting into professions such as administration finance secretarial work and health care . its professional division covers the recruitment and secondment of staff in skilled fields including engineering telecommunications and it while the company also provides various other services in the field of customer services . 8 references edit a b c d e f g h annual report 2010 pdf . usg people . retrieved 22 april 2011 . chee foo yun ; kreijger gilbert 23 december 2008 . usg people gets shareholder ok for pref shares issue . reuters . retrieved 2008 12 28 . a b about us our history . usg people . retrieved 2008 12 28 . united services neemt uitzendconcurrent start over . de standaard in dutch . 3 april 2002 . retrieved 2008 12 29 . brussels shares rise on firmer us dollar ; solvus soars on bid from usg . afx news . forbes . 15 june 2005 . retrieved 2008 12 28 . usg declares offer for solvus unconditional holds 95.56 pct of shares . afx news . forbes . 19 august 2005 . retrieved 2008 12 28 . chee foo yun 11 december 2008 . can usg people ward off opportunistic buyers . reuters . retrieved 2008 12 28 . a b about us our business our companies . usg people . retrieved 2008 12 28 . external links edit official website v t e amx companies of the netherlands aalberts industries amg aperam 1 arcadis asm international bam group binckbank brunel international csm delta lloyd group eurocommercial properties heijmans imtech mediq nutreco sns reaal ten cate usg people unit4 vastned retail vopak wereldhave gemalto opgenomen in aex index aperam eruit trivano 6 june 2013 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title usg people & oldid 742712675 categories multinational companies headquartered in the netherlandsstaffing companies of the netherlandstemporary employment agenciesalmerehidden categories cs1 dutch language sources nl navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages fran aisnederlands edit links this page was last modified on 5 october 2016 at 09 26 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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