The Company’s revenue, direct costs and gross margin were as follows:



	Three Months Ended March 31, 2015
	Temporary Contracting		Permanent Recruitment		Other		Total
Revenue	$	86,580	$	28,106	$	9,631	$	124,317
Direct costs (1)	73,616		485		2,312		76,413
Gross margin	$	12,964	$	27,621	$	7,319	$	47,904

	Three Months Ended March 31, 2014
	Temporary Contracting		Permanent Recruitment		Other		Total
Revenue	$	102,169	$	29,697	$	12,301	$	144,167
Direct costs (1)	86,795		486		2,857		90,138
Gross margin	$	15,374	$	29,211	$	9,444	$	54,029

(1)

Direct costs in Temporary Contracting include the direct staffing costs of salaries, payroll taxes, employee benefits, travel expenses, rent and insurance costs for the Company’s contractors and reimbursed out-of-pocket expenses and other direct costs. Other than reimbursed out-of-pocket expenses, there are no other direct costs associated with the Permanent Recruitment and Other category. Gross margin represents revenue less direct costs. The region where services are provided, the mix of contracting and permanent recruitment, and the functional nature of the staffing services provided can affect gross margin. The salaries, commissions, payroll taxes and employee benefits related to recruitment professionals are included under the caption "Selling, general and administrative expenses" in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Other Comprehensive Income (Loss).