CALABASAS, Calif., Dec 01, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) --

On Assignment, Inc. (NASDAQ:ASGN), a leading global provider of professional staffing solutions, celebrates its 25th anniversary this month.

"We are excited to celebrate this great milestone," says Peter Dameris, President and CEO of On Assignment. "The success of our business has always been about the quality of our people and focus on the specialized industries that we serve."

Founded as Lab Support, the Company incorporated on December 30, 1985 and later went public as On Assignment in 1992, under the ticker symbol ASGN. Through the years On Assignment has grown, developed, and diversified through several acquisitions, expansion of business lines, and moving into the international marketplace.

Today, On Assignment boasts one of the most diversified professional staffing service offerings in the world. Each division delivers a niche service through a team of highly qualified staffing consultants who are experts in the field they represent. With a People First approach to staffing, the team at On Assignment builds long-term relationships with both candidates and clients that greatly contribute to the success of the business.

Another important contributing factor is that On Assignment continues to align their business with specialized, high-end skill sets in the markets they serve, while identifying other markets that will drive global economic growth over the coming decades.

"I think we have incredible opportunity ahead with our focus on highly sought-after skills sets, such as math and science, along with our commitment to service excellence," continues Dameris. "I look forward to the many other milestones in On Assignment's future."

About On Assignment

On Assignment, Inc. (http://www.onassignment.com) is a leading global provider of highly skilled, hard-to-find professionals in the growing life science, technology, and healthcare sectors, where quality people are the key to success. We go beyond matching resumes with job descriptions to place people we know into positions we understand on a temporary, project, or permanent basis. Our corporate headquarters is located in Calabasas, California, with a network of approximately 75 branch offices throughout the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Ireland, Belgium, and China. We also place physicians in Australia and New Zealand.

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On Assignment, Inc.
Alison Richmond
Marketing Director
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