Who's America's Office Champion?

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - As the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games approach, Adecco Group North America is on a quest to find, celebrate and reward America's Office Champions: the talented, dedicated, supportive and motivational people who represent the superstars of the workplace.

From now until December 22, Adecco is looking for the best employees from all industries and skill levels across the United States who represent true office champions - whether it be the person who can always fix the broken copy machine or the co-worker who landed the big deal. To nominate your Office Champion, submit a 1 minute video about him/her to MyOfficeChampion.com describing why he/she should be America's Office Champion. The selected winner will receive a trip for two to see Team USA compete in the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, including hotel accommodations, airfare and two tickets to the Opening Ceremony.

"America's everyday workers are the true champions of this country," said Joanie Ruge, senior vice president, Adecco Group North America. "We all know so many people who truly are workplace champions in everything they do and also know the importance of thanking and recognizing the people who go above and beyond the call of duty everyday to get the job done. By being a proud sponsor of the U.S. Olympic Committee and the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Teams, we've made a commitment to cheering on Team USA, and now we look forward to supporting America's office champions."

"You don't have to be an Olympian to be a champion," said Lisa Baird, USOC Chief Marketing Officer.  "The values of Olympic champions are within us all - supreme dedication to goals, passion for work and a lasting commitment to a mission.  The U.S. Olympic Committee is proud to partner with Adecco in finding the people who not only possess these values, but act on them everyday in their own respective workplaces - America's office champions."

The grand prize winner will receive a trip to the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games and will be recognized at a special event at the USA House, and the nominator will receive a $500 gift card. Silver and bronze winners will each receive a digital camcorder.

Please visit www.myofficechampion.com for official contest rules and to enter.

About the Adecco Group:

The Adecco Group, based in Zurich, Switzerland, is the world's leading provider of HR solutions. With over 29,000 FTE employees and more than 5,800 offices, in over 60 countries and territories around the world, Adecco Group offers a wide variety of services, connecting more than 500,000 colleagues with over 100,000 clients every day. The services offered fall into the broad categories of temporary staffing, permanent placement, outsourcing, consulting and outplacement. The Adecco Group is a Fortune Global 500 company.

Adecco S.A. is registered in Switzerland (ISIN: CH0012138605) with listings on the SIX Swiss Exchange (ADEN) and on Euronext in France ADE).

ADECCO GROUP NORTH AMERICA:

Every day we provide our clients with the talent they need, and help solve the business challenges they face today - and will encounter tomorrow. Our clients rely on us for a wide range of workforce solutions including:

Contingent staffing and direct hire recruitment for large enterprise organizations across all skill sets

Workforce solutions and consulting including Managed Services Programs (MSP) & Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO)

Career transition and leadership consulting

Specialty staffing, project solutions and consulting services

Additional information is available through our websites at www.adeccogroupna.com and www.adeccousa.com .

About the U.S. Olympic Committee:

The United States Olympic Committee (USOC) is recognized by the International Olympic Committee as the sole entity in the United States whose mission involves training, entering and underwriting the full expenses for the U.S. teams in the Olympic, Paralympic, Pan American and Parapan American Games.  In addition to being the steward of the U.S. Olympic Movement, the USOC is the moving force for support of sports in the United States that are on the program of the Olympic, Paralympic, Pan American and Parapan American Games. Follow us on Twitter ( @USOlympic) and to learn more about the USOC go to Teamusa.org.

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