Spherion officials did not return telephone calls for comment.
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Spherion, Fort Lauderdale, Fla ., 485, $ 3.740
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Instead, the money went back to Spherion.
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Melissa Amschwand sued Spherion earlier this week.
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Spherion, a human resource firm that supplies temporary workers, manages call centers and provides outplacement services.
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Clients included Dun and Bradstreet, IBM, Intel, Probusiness, Sun Microsystems, Accenture, Spherion, and Unisys.
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Spherion, for example, says it saves money for corporate clients through a computerized screening system that quickly matches applicants to jobs.
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John Gramer, branch director for the New York office of Spherion, a professional recruiting firm, says financial services companies have been stepping up their use of interns.
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The company now needs just 8 minutes to screen an applicant, down from 14 minutes five years ago, said A . Kenneth Kunda, managing director of Spherion's assessment division.
