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ASGN Incorporated (NYSE: ASGN) is a leading provider of IT services and solutions, including technology and creative digital marketing, across the commercial and government sectors.

We help corporate enterprises and federal government organizations develop, implement, and operate critical IT and business solutions through our integrated offering of professional staffing and IT solutions.

Digital Transformation Expertise

By supplying critical STEM skill sets, our companies are uniquely positioned to be the total talent solution for digital transformation. Due to our companies' achievements, we are viewed as best in class across multiple industries and have built an outstanding reputation of excellence over the past 37 years.

We serve our commercial and federal government clients by effectively understanding their IT services and professional staffing needs and providing them qualified professionals with the unique combination of skills, experience, and expertise to meet those needs.

Our technology services provide a broad spectrum of staffing and consulting solutions in information technology, engineering, health information, telecommunications, and related technical disciplines, including training services.

Our History

ASGN Incorporated was founded in 1985 and began operation of our first contract staffing line of business, which is now part of our Apex segment. Since our IPO in 1992, the company has grown steadily, with multiple offices throughout North America.

We have achieved expansion through acquisitions and internal growth. Today, ASGN Incorporated (NYSE: ASGN) is a leading provider of IT services and solutions, including technology and creative digital marketing, across the commercial and government sectors .

Operating first-rate companies through our commercial and federal government segments, we provide highly skilled human capital to improve productivity and utilization among corporate enterprises and government organizations, primarily in North America.

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On Assignment, Inc. is an agency that places scientific and technical workers in temporary jobs with companies across the United States. While most temporary service agencies provide clerical and light industrial employees, On Assignment has maintained a unique market niche by providing scientific professionals to laboratories, including the biotechnology, environmental, chemical, pharmaceutical, food and beverage, and petrochemical industries. Since 1994, the company also provides temporary workers for finance needs, and since 1996, it services the environmental industries. On Assignment operates four divisions: Lab Support, Healthcare Financial Staffing, Envirostaff, and Advanced Science Professionals. The company maintains a telemarketing sales staff for client recruitment, and scientifically trained account managers make assignments from the pool of qualified jobseekers.

On Assignment began in 1986, when Bruce Culver and Raf Dahlquist founded a California company named Lab Support, Inc. Culver was an executive in the scientific instrument industry with Bausch & Lomb/ARI, Hach and Varian, and Dahlquist was a senior scientist at Bausch & Lomb. The two had also worked together at Applied Research Labs, a Valencia, California scientific instruments company. Their experience in the instrument industry convinced Culver and Dahlquist that there was a significant, unserviced market for temporary lab workers at companies across the country. Larger temporary personnel service companies were focused on the clerical and industrial markets, ignoring science companies and their needs.

To create a company that would occupy this special niche in temporary services, Culver and Dahlquist, with the help of their hairdresser wives, each contributed between $20,000 and $30,000 in personal funds to the startup of the business in 1985. Within 6 months, they were running short of funds, and embarked on a search for financing. Turned down by 20 different venture capital firms, they were at the point of closing the door on their attempt to start a successful company when the 21st capital firm, Sierra Ventures, agreed to support the company. Between Sierra Ventures and subsequent investors, Culver and Dahlquist raised $2.5 million of venture capital, and officially opened the doors of Lab Support, Inc. in 1986. That year, the company's revenues were $623,000, and they quickly surged to $2.9 million in 1987 and $7.4 million in 1988. In 1987, the company placed some 700 employees--including chemists, biologists, lab technicians, and other scientists--in temporary employment. Job-seekers received Lab Support placement services for free, but were promised no guaranteed placement. Over 6,000 resumes were stored in the company's computer system, and used to cross-reference employee qualifications with the needs of clients, including Chevron, Shell, Westinghouse, Monsanto, and Johnson & Johnson. Overall, company customers seemed to respond well to the temporary scientist solution, with over 75 percent of the company's revenue coming from repeat business from existing clients. When companies utilized Lab Support temporary workers, the employees technically worked for Lab Support, which provided them with a salary, insurance, a medical plan, and benefits. Lab Support then billed the company at a higher rate, keeping the profit. Although one reason job-seekers enlisted with Lab Support was in hopes of a full-time position, the company charged clients a fee for hiring workers who had been with Lab Support for less than six months. The fee, which did not apply when workers had been with the company for six months or more, amounted to as much as 25 percent of the worker's first-year salary. Typically, employment assignments for the company last about three months.

With its headquarters in Canoga Park, California, by 1987 the company also had opened five field offices, in Costa Mesa and Burlingame, California; Englewood, Colorado; Morristown, New Jersey; and Chicago. Such rapid growth, however, entailed a hefty investment in operating costs in an already slim-margin industry, and the company had not yet turned a profit. Expansion into new areas, including consulting and recruiting, was also hurting the bottom line. In 1989, the company's balance sheet looked pessimistic, with losses of $1.5 million on sales of only $7 million. This dilemma caused Culver and Dahlquist to invest in an experienced executive from the temporary personnel industry, to manage the next phase of the organization's development, expanding in the laboratory market and diversifying into other professional areas.

In March 1989, a new era of leadership began and the company was saved from near-extinction when H. Tom Buelter became Lab Support, Inc.'s president and CEO. Bavarian-born Buelter had a proven track record in the industry, having led Kelly Services, Inc.'s Assisted Living division through major growth in revenues between 1983 and 1988. He pulled in the reins on the consulting and recruiting businesses, and focused instead on client development. With the high number of companies that had downsized in the 1980s, Buelter had no trouble finding customers for temporary employees. Revenues continued to increase in 1989, and the company closed its first fiscal year without a loss, with earnings of $13.2 million and net income of $166,000. In fact, Buelter transformed Lab Support into a profitable company within a few months. That same year, both founders--Culver and Dahlquist--quit the company, leaving it in Buelter's more capable hands.

One of Buelter's restructuring brainstorms was the development of the account manager position in 1991. Under Buelter's plan, account managers must have scientific degrees and lab experience, so as to fully understand the technical needs of the company's clients. Account Managers were responsible for providing all client and employee services, including recruitment, training and coaching, business development, assignments, and followup.

Under Buelter's management, both revenues and net income continued to improve. In 1990, revenues increased 63 percent to $21.5 million and net income was $1.5 million--nine times that of the previous year. In 1991, revenues again increased to $26.2 million, with a decrease in net income to $1.1 million. The increase in revenues and profitability corresponded with more assignments made yearly. The average weekly number of temporary professionals on assignment went up from 392 in 1989 to 765 in 1991.

The background for the company's success was the rapid growth of the U.S. temporary services industry. Between 1975 and 1991, the industry's total payroll grew from $0.9 billion to $9.6 billion. The expansion of the temporary industry, in turn, was situated within the hiring of large numbers of white collar professionals, coupled with layoffs during the recession of the early 1980s. When the economy recovered, companies began to turn to temporary personnel, rather than replacing previous employees with permanent new workers. Companies using temporary personnel for a wide variety of needs were recognizing the benefits of nonpermanent employees, including decreased fixed overhead, increased staffing flexibility, elimination of expensive severance packages and low-risk, on-the-job evaluations of prospective employees.

The company took on its current name in 1992, in conjunction with its public offering. Operating under the new company name of On Assignment, Lab Support became the company's first operating division, with its specialization of industrial, pharmaceutical, and other laboratory positions. The company's intention, by establishing Lab Support as a division, was to soon expand into offering specialized services in other professional niches through additional divisions in the future. The public offering comprised 1.7 million shares at $7 per share.

At the time of its public offering, On Assignment was the only nationwide temporary services provider specializing exclusively in scientific laboratory personnel. By 1992, over 400 clients were served by 26 company branch offices in 24 metropolitan areas, and 1,000 scientific temporary workers were placed in assignments during the year. Some of the company's success may have been attributable to the booming medical and biotechnology businesses, which were receptive to On Assignment's temporary workers with special skills needed in medical laboratories, hospitals, and health care clinics. The company counted some of America's biggest drugmaking firms among its clients, including Abbott Laboratories, Hoffman-La Roche, and Bristol-Myers Squibb. In all, in 1992 On Assignment had a company client base of over 400 companies, including more than 30 Fortune 500 companies.

The first year as a public company set new records for On Assignment, with $32.7 million in revenues (a 25 percent increase over the previous year) and $1.76 million in net income (a 60 percent increase). The company attributed this success to two accomplishments: the restructuring and subsequent emphasis on the Account Manager position, and a 24 percent increase in the average number of employees in assignment, from 765 in 1991 to 945 in 1992. The temporary services industry continued to grow, with one in three Americans in the contingency worker category according to On Assignment's 1992 annual report.

By 1993, On Assignment was active in 32 cities with offices from Seattle to Miami, and clients included major companies such as Hewlett-Packard, Exxon, and Johnson & Johnson. An exclusive sales and marketing agreement was reached with Baxter International Inc., whereby the pharmaceutical company's scientific products division began to offer On Assignment's temporary services to its customers. During 1993 the company employed over 3,600 science professionals in assignments averaging between three-and-a-half and four months for 1,145 client firms. That year, the company was Number 22 on Business Week Magazine's Hot Growth list and Number 58 on Forbes 's list of the "Best Small Companies in America." Stock prices soared to a high of $15 in February 1993, and settled at $12 by May. Revenues grew 17 percent to $38.08 million, and net income surged 40 percent to $2.46 million. With no competitors on the national scale, the company was supplying 1,100 scientists with work, filling most customer orders within a 24-hour period. Typically, clients paid On Assignment wages from $10 an hour (for lab technicians) to $35 an hour (for experienced microbiologists), which left the company with a 30 percent profit after employment taxes. The company began to explore offering medical coverage to its workers in 1993.

Taking its first step toward diversification, On Assignment acquired the 11th fastest growing company in the San Francisco Bay Area in January 1994--1st Choice Mortgage Personnel Inc. This acquisition supported the opening of On Assignment's second division, Finance Support, which used the same methods as Lab Support to match finance professionals with the temporary needs of banking, lending, credit, and mortgage institutions. The acquisition quickly showed its merit in sales numbers; first-quarter revenues were up 23 percent from the same quarter of the previous year, second-quarter profit showed a 37 percent increase, and the third quarter was up by 36 percent. The success was attributed to the new division as well as expense controls, including decreased workers' compensation insurance. For the year as a whole, revenues increased 27 percent to $48.4 million, and net income saw a 36 percent growth to $3.35 million. During that year, 5,200 scientists were placed in jobs. The company was up to Number 36 on Forbes 's list of the "Best Small Companies in America," and the Wall Street Journal noted that On Assignment was changing personnel practices of U.S. businesses. Now billing up to 40 percent over worker wages, On Assignment had become a profitable business requiring very little capital; a transformation over its earlier incarnation with Culver and Dahlquist at the helm. Due to its market niche, On Assignment's 7 percent net profit margins greatly exceeded those of temporary agencies placing clerical workers, which typically earned around 2 percent profit.

A second acquisition at the end of 1994--of Sklar Resources Group, Inc.--was made to increase the size of the Finance Support division, and to expand its service by adding finance professionals in credit and collections. The company especially sought out businesses with serious collection problems, including health care, automotive leasing, and publishing. By July 1995, the company had 44 branch offices across the country. Credibility had been built based on the high quality of its temporary employees, with over 20 percent of its workers hired by clients into permanent positions.

In late 1995, On Assignment continued its rapid diversification with the creation of Advanced Science Professionals. Launched in New York, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey, this division was formed to serve the needs of biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies requiring employees with advanced science degrees and very specific skills for finite projects. For the company, Advanced Science Professionals marked its entry into the upper levels of the flexible staffing pyramid, and the resulting opportunity to secure higher wage levels. Revenues continued to grow, with a 28 percent increase to $62.04 million, and net income saw a corresponding jump of 29 percent to $4.33 million. By the end of 1995, 46 branch offices were operating in 41 markets, and 6,750 workers had been employed at over 2,000 client companies (including 800 new clients in 1995 alone). All employees were now offered benefits including access to group insurance, paid holidays, a 401(k) plan, an Employee Stock Purchase Plan, and an annual appreciation bonus.

Entering the environmental services industry, On Assignment acquired EnviroStaff, Inc. in 1996. This was the company's biggest acquisition by far, which involved the issuance of stocks valued at about $6.2 million to purchase the $10.6 million company. EnviroStaff became the name of On Assignment's third division, serving the environmental services, regulatory compliance and health and safety markets. Revenues in 1996 increased 21 percent to $88.2 million, with net income also healthy at $5.6 million (a 29 percent increase). The growth was attributed to the success of all three operating divisions. In addition to the new environmental division, in 1996 On Assignment initiated other new programs, including Assignment Ready (a service through which clients and prospects are notified of promising candidates through summaries and weekly reports), additional recruitment and training of Account Managers, and a new video-teleconferencing system allowing such interviews to be arranged faster and more efficiently.

As On Assignment looks toward the future, it plans to pursue the strategy that has worked so well since 1989: expanding in new and existing markets, providing highly valued services, and applying its assignment methods to a growing list of professional and technical job categories, through acquisitions or internal development. Since the company was made profitable when Buelter took over, its track record is glowing. Given consistent leadership and well-planned acquisitions and expansion projects, and with no major competitors in the nationwide market, On Assignment should continue to prosper.

Source: International Directory of Company Histories , Vol. 20. St. James Press, 1998.

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On Assignment: A Leader In Global Staffing

Short Term (within the year): Q4 earnings report and continued growth of its business segments.
Mid Term (1-2 years): Government regulation promoting domestic employment and lower taxes.
Long Term (3+): Experienced management team with a focused capital allocation method to outperform competition.

On Assignment ( NYSE: ASGN ) has established itself as a leader in global staffing. Its strong and diversified segments appeal to a wide range of clients, mainly within the United States. With massive government reformation in employment and taxes looming, ASGN is set up to benefit tremendously in the near future. Its experienced management team has increased the share price vastly over the last few years through acquisitions and EBITDA growth. This focused capital allocation strategy bodes well for continued long-term growth. ASGN currently trades for $63.06. Using my personal pro forma that is linked to Capital IQ statistics, I have calculated a one-year target price of $75.20, approximately 20% return. We can expect to see ASGN's stock price grow relative to the industrials index, with very little downside.

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Company Description

ASGN is a leading global provider of highly skilled professionals in the growing technology, life sciences, digital and creative sectors. It matches workers looking for employment into positions they understand for contract, contract-to-hire and direct hire assignments. ASGN provides services through two segments, the Apex Segment and the Oxford Segment.

Q3 2017 Earnings Performance

On the Q3 2017 earnings call , ASGN reported revenues and gross margins within the range of past financial estimates, as well as adjusted EBITDA margin and EPS that exceeded the high end of these estimates. Revenues increased by 6% year over year to $667.1 million. Adjusted EBITDA increased to $83.4 million (12.5% of revenue) from $77.8 million (12.4% of revenue) in Q3 2016. Net Income also increased 17% year over year to $34.9 million. While revenues are not growing exceptionally fast, management has found methods to reduce cost and still increase profits. The company has also repaid $286.5 million from the acquisition of Creative Circle, lowering its leverage ratio to 2.08 times. ASGN projects this number to continue to decrease to 1.91 times by the end of Q4 2017. Also, the $150 million share repurchase remains on schedule as the company purchased nearly 1 million shares in Q3 2017. Looking ahead to Q4 2017, ASGN estimates revenues to be between $658 million and $668 million. Adjusted EBITDA is estimated to be between $77.5 million and $80.5 million (approximately 12% of revenue). Finally, net income is estimated to be between $30.9 million and $32.7 million. These figures could lead to a year-over-year growth rate of 6.3% to 7.9%.

Segment Breakdown

To further get an understanding of ASGN, a segment breakdown and analysis of growth is necessary. The Apex Segment, the larger of the two segments, contributed 77.1% of revenue LTM and a 10.6% EBITDA margin. Business in the Apex Segment serves large markets with a local talent pool, where clients value speed, reliability and price. This segment is comprised of Apex Systems, Apex Life Sciences and Creative Circle. Apex Systems, a 2012 acquisition, provides IT staffing and consulting services for clients across the U.S. and Canada. Apex Life Sciences provides scientific, engineering, clinical research staffing and consultant services for clients across the U.S. and Canada. Creative Circle, a 2015 acquisition, provides creative, marketing, advertising and digital talent to companies in North America.

In Q3 2017, revenues in the Apex Segment were up 9.3% year over year to $517.5 million. Apex Systems, which accounts for 74.8% of the segment's revenue, reported double-digit revenue growth again. This can be attributed to continued high growth in four of the seven industries it services. Creative Circle grew revenues in the mid-single-digit levels despite management's belief that it did not meet its expectations. This miss in revenues can be due to a volatility in job order flow for the quarter and the fact that this acquisition is still in the early adoption phase for ASGN. Life Sciences maintained 3.8% growth with the acquisition of StratAcuity. Overall, the Apex Segment is doing well by management's beliefs and continues to grow in every area and industry.

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The smaller Oxford segment contributed 22.9% of revenue LTM and an 8.5% EBITDA margin. Business in the Oxford Segment serves high-end markets that require specialized skills from a national recruiting effort. This segment is comprised of Oxford Global Resource (Oxford Core), CyberCoders and Life Sciences Europe. Oxford Core specializes in recruiting and delivering experienced IT, engineering and regulatory and compliance consultants to clients for temporary assignments. CyberCoders, a 2013 acquisition, specializes in recruiting professionals for permanent placements in engineering, technology, sales, executive, financial, accounting, scientific, legal and operations positions. Life Sciences Europe provides locally based contract and permanent professionals to clients with research and development projects across different scientific industries.

In Q3 2017, the Oxford Segment revenues were down 4% year over year to $149.6 million. Oxford Core revenues, which account for 74.8% of the segment's revenue, were down mid-single digits year over year, although still beating management's forecast for the quarter. This decline in revenue is due to the successful completion of two large projects from Q4 2016. Despite these projects, Oxford Core's revenues are growing and will soon experience the effects of these projects to increase growth rates and profitability. On the other hand, CyberCoders and Life Sciences each experienced positive single-digit growth for the quarter. Overall, the Oxford Segment is performing on track with management's strategy to improve EBITDA margin. Throughout the end of the year, management will focus on repositioning its go-to marketing strategy and installing a more progressive sales strategy. These activities will be finished in the coming weeks and will start to show physical topline growth in mid-2018.

Industry Outlook

ASGN is, by definition, an industrial company. This industry has performed well throughout the year as you can see by the index from the first page. This also shows that ASGN is following the macro trends throughout the industry and increasing with this index. Beyond this general industry classification, ASGN is a staffing company that provides professional and commercial services. This means that the company's success relies heavily on factors regarding employment, especially in the U.S. where most of its business is. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates U.S. employment to grow by 9.8 million jobs, or 6.5%, by 2024. Even with an aging workforce and decrease in labor force participation, the job market continues to grow. The Staffing Industry Analysts also expect to see a near $6 billion increase in industry revenues to $144.9 billion by the end of 2017. This includes an increase of 4% in the staffing industry's largest segment, temporary staffing, and a 6% increase in permanent placement. In the Information Technology segment, the company has beat the staffing industry's annual growth rate for 15 consecutive quarters. This shows the strength of the company's position in the industry and its ability to capitalize on emerging market and workforce trends.

Government Regulation

President Trump and the U.S. government have placed a tremendous focus on growing the economy. So far during his presidency, the stock market has posted all time-highs and shown no signs of slowing down. Two of Trump's target areas to continue growth are employment and taxes. Specifically in employment, Trump wants U.S. companies to hire domestically rather than overseas. He wants to limit the number of work visas allowed and inspect companies with 15% of their workforce on visas, especially offshore IT service companies. With this pressure from government, there will be an increase in demand for domestic labor. ASGN's majority of revenues occur domestically using U.S. citizen employees. Given the reduction of foreign workers, U.S. employees will be paid more, meaning ASGN will have increased bill rates and profits.

Trump also plans on creating major corporate tax reform in the future. His proposal is to reduce the federal corporate income tax rate from 35% to 15-20%. This would have a tremendous impact on ASGN's net income as it currently pays a high fee in U.S. taxes. The proposal also calls for a mandatory 10% repatriation tax on accumulated foreign earnings. Since ASGN has few of its revenues in foreign markets, this would not have a great impact on its business. In fact, it may move more business back domestically which would call for a need in staffing, turning a negative into a positive for ASGN. Although these are all proposals at the moment requiring votes from Congress, economic reform is bound to happen. Trump and other Republican government officials have three years left to fulfill one of their top campaign promises. With this reformation, ASGN will see a great increase in demand as well as major savings in taxes.

As seen in the image above, ASGN has a very experienced management team. The whole management team has been together for five years now, and they all have minimum of 15 years of experience in the industry. This chemistry of the team and knowledge of the industry is crucial to maintaining growth for the company. This can be proven by looking at the stock performance before and after 2012 when the team was completed. Before 2012, ASGN's stock price increased 450% over 20 years . After 2012, ASGN's stock price has also increased by 450%, but over just five years. It is also worth noting that before 2012 the stock price traded in the single digits with no consistent pattern in growth. After 2012, the stock broke out of single digits and has still maintained a consistent growth trend year to year. Part of this share price increase has been due to management's acquisition strategy.

It has acquired six different companies since 2007. ASGN's largest revenue portion of the Apex Segment, Apex Systems, was an acquisition from only five years ago. It plans these acquisitions based on emerging trends in the industry that can prove to be the most lucrative. Right now, Professional and IT Services are management's focus to foster growth in emerging areas. It is no surprise that these decisions by the management team have translated to an increase in stock price. While it is possible that this trend of growth slows down in the future, a management team like this provides a level of comfort and security for shareholders. It has have knowledge to pick the right future acquisitions that will prove to be lucrative for ASGN.

Competition

ASGN competes with a wide range of companies that offer similar services to theirs. Each of its business segments has unique competitors on national and international levels. These categories listed above represent the company's dominance in the industry over the past year. Particularly, sales growth and EBITDA margins are close to double that of its competitors. These key metrics give a basis of comparison for ASGN showing that its operations this year have been quite successful. Although a 1.11% CAPEX/Sales ratio seems low, it is not for staffing companies. It is one of the top capital expenditure spenders in its industry which shows its forward thinking strategy to invest in future projects. ASGN is able to do so well against its competitors because of its industry awareness and ability to meet its clients' needs. Some of the main competitive factors for staffing companies are speed, quality of candidates and retention of clients. ASGN's 155 branch offices give it the ability to deploy clients in a vast range of locations, depending on the client. It focuses on the appropriateness of the employee assigned to the client to ensure the best match. This creates relationships with its clients that give ASGN a competitive advantage over the rest of the staffing industry.

ASGN has a relatively low downside over the next year. I expect the stock price to continue to grow, based on the trend of its segments and the industries it is involved in. With the imminent help of government reformation, the company will be in high demand over the next few years. Management's experience and ability to allocate capital in the proper way reaffirms my belief that we should buy this stock. Investors should buy this stock now and can expect to see positive return over the end of this year and likely beyond.

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Overview of Contract jobs at On Assignment Staffing Agency

On Assignment, Inc. ASGN , is a leading global provider of in-demand, skilled professionals in the growing technology, healthcare, and life sciences sectors, where quality people are the key to success. We provide short- and long-term placement of contract, contract-to-hire, and direct hire professionals. With nearly three decades of experience, On Assignment focuses on positions that advance our clients' competitive advantage while remaining the employer of choice for professionals at various stages in their career.

On Assignment was founded in 1985 and went public in 1992. The corporate headquarters is located in Calabasas, California, with a network of approximately 130 branch offices throughout the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Ireland, and Belgium. Additionally, physician placements are made in Australia and New Zealand.

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Our Technology Segment – Apex Systems and Oxford Global Resources – provides a broad spectrum of staffing service offerings in information technology, engineering, and related technical disciplines in North America and Europe.

Apex Systems provides organizations with scalable IT staffing solutions to address critical gaps in their current workforce and augment workforce management strategies. Complementing their staffing solutions with deliverable-based services enables Apex to also help organizations drive better business performance. Apex specializes in 13 skill disciplines across the entire IT project lifecycle and services all industries and sub-sectors. This commitment to specialization strengthens each client relationship.

Oxford Global Resources proactively recruits and delivers senior-level information technology, engineering, and regulatory & compliance professionals for consulting assignments and permanent placements across the United States, Canada, and Europe.

Healthcare and Physician Segments - offer comprehensive staffing for most disciplines within the healthcare industry, including physician, nursing, advanced practice, respiratory therapy, rehab therapy, pharmacy, office/administrative, dental, clinical lab, diagnostic imaging, and health information management. Healthcare professionals are placed in contract, contract-to-hire, direct hire, and travel positions at hospitals, physicians’ offices, clinics, reference laboratories, and managed healthcare organizations.

Our Healthcare Segment – Healthcare Staffing , Health Information Management , and Allied Travel – focuses on delivering experienced, quality professionals to meet the unique needs of healthcare facilities throughout the United States.

Our Physician Segment, VISTA Staffing Solutions , works with physicians from nearly every medical specialty, placing them in hospitals, clinics, urgent care centers, community-based practices, and government facilities (VA) – both in the United States and abroad.

Our Life Sciences Segment – Lab Support , Valesta and Sharpstream – provides staffing service offerings in the core areas of scientific, engineering and clinical research with operations in the United States, Canada, and Europe.

Through these dedicated divisions, we provide professionals at all levels of an organization for project-based, contract, contract-to-hire, direct hire and executive search placement. We serve a diverse range of industries, such as automotive, biometrics, biotechnology, chemical, consumer care, environmental, food and beverage, medical device, pharmaceutical, and CROs (contract research organizations) as well as government and academia.

Google's mission is to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful and the more famous "Don't be Evil". Since it's founding in 1998, Google has grown by leaps and bounds. From offering search in a single language it now offers dozens of products and services-including various forms of advertising and web applications for all kinds of tasks-in scores of languages. And starting from two computer science students in a university dorm room, it now has thousands of employees and offices around the world. Rated as one of the 'best places to work' consistently and well known for its perks like free shuttle buses with WiFi, free food, 20% personal project time, onsite massage, fitness, daycare, etc Google is rightfully one of the most desirable companies to work for in the Bay Area.

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What kind of jobs google hires contractors for and whats involved.

Software Engineer contractors at Google typically work on non-core products on projects such as "Planning, estimation and resource allocation, requirement analysis, design, implementation, peer reviews, testing, web applications, data pipeline and API design and development" "Develop internal single-page web application. Key technologies used include AngularJS, Python, and Google Cloud Platform" "Development in Django, python, Google app engine/datastore, Java Development and unit testing of data Migration scripts "Develop and maintain internal web-based applications used by over ten thousand google employee. Used WebWork framework to support Model2(MVC) architecture and used Hibernate to persist with database. Developed under IntelliJ IDEA IDE - MySql database server" Contract rates range from $50/hr-$125/hr on W2 (salary)

As a contract Software Engineer in Test at Google you might get to work on projects such as "Designing, developing, implementing and testing Google's various front-end web application and back-end sever side code testing native search, live search and competitors search results using Java, HTML, Google JavaScript, Furball, JSON, Google "Write tests to automate various aspects of browser testing using Chromedriver. Extend and maintain existing test frameworks written in Python. Set up BuildBot configurations on Windows, Mac, and Linux machines to test new builds. Automate feature testing by developing new test frameworks. Develop test tools to be used by manual testers." Contractor Rate: Expect rates in the $45-$75/hr range on W2 (salary)

Contract UI developers at Google work on javascript, html, css and frameworks like Angularjs "Develop AS3/AS2 text rendering utilities for dynamic content ads, produce rich media templates for top brands" Contractor rates: $50-&100/hr on W2

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