SFN Group Launches Industry Leading Mobile Recruitment Tool

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Aug. 4, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- SFN Group, Inc. (NYSE: SFN), a leading strategic workforce solutions company, announced today that the company has launched the latest expansion of its mobile platform initiative, a proprietary software application called Mobile Recruiter.

Mobile Recruiter is a customized, mobile-friendly extension of Recruiter Workbench, SFN Group's front-office system, which allows recruiters to manage requisitions, access candidate profiles, review resumes and submit job offers, among other capabilities. With the launch of the Mobile Recruiter platform, recruiters will have operating functionality and access to their applicant tracking system and candidate pipeline from their mobile devices at anytime, from anywhere.

As an industry leader in mobile recruitment, SFN Group's objective is to shorten lead and placement times, as well as respond to recruiter requests for a lighter and more portable tool that allows them to get to and manage candidate data in a faster and more efficient method.

"The launch of Mobile Recruiter expands upon our mobile strategy, including mobile-optimized websites, text message alerts, job applications, career newsletters and job centers, and will allow our recruiters  to operate more efficiently," says Roy Krause, President and CEO of SFN Group, Inc. "The next generation of talent will no longer need to be tied to a desk, and as a result, companies will have to integrate mobile technologies into their sourcing strategies in order to reach this much more technologically savvy workforce. As a recognized leader in the social media and mobile communities, we continue to employ technologies that increase efficiencies, as well as deliver positive results for our clients, candidates and our enterprise back-office enterprise."

To learn more about SFN Group's integrated mobile strategy, including branded mobile-optimized websites, text alerts, mobile job centers, mobile applications and mobile-optimized career newsletters, visit http://www.sfngroup.com/.

About SFN Group, Inc.

SFN Group (NYSE: SFN) is a strategic workforce solutions company that provides professional services and general staffing to help businesses more effectively source, deploy and manage people and the work they do. As an industry pioneer, SFN Group has sourced, screened and placed millions of individuals in temporary, temp-to-hire and full-time jobs for more than 65 years.

With approximately 560 locations in the United States and Canada, SFN delivers strategic workforce solutions that improve business performance. From outsourcing to technology to professional services to staffing, SFN delivers the best combination of people, performance and service to improve the way work gets done. It provides its services to approximately 8,000 customers, from Fortune 500 companies to a wide range of small and mid-size organizations. The company employs more than 170,000 people annually through its network and is one of North America's largest employers. SFN provides its solutions through a family of specialized businesses: Technisource, Tatum, The Mergis Group, Todays Office Professionals, SourceRight Solutions and Spherion Staffing Services.

To learn more, visit www.sfngroup.com.

SOURCE SFN Group, Inc.

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