Business Segments

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Business Segments [Abstract]

Business Segments

Note M—Business Segments

The Company, which aggregates its operating segments based on the nature of services, has three reportable segments: temporary and consultant staffing, permanent placement staffing, and risk consulting and internal audit services. The temporary and consultant segment provides specialized staffing in the accounting and finance, administrative and office, information technology, legal, advertising, marketing and web design fields. The permanent placement segment provides full-time personnel in the accounting, finance, administrative and office, and information technology fields. The risk consulting segment provides business and technology risk consulting and internal audit services.

The accounting policies of the segments are set forth in Note A—Summary of Significant Accounting Policies. The Company evaluates performance based on income or loss from operations before net interest income, intangible amortization expense, and income taxes.

The following table provides a reconciliation of revenue and operating income (loss) by reportable segment to consolidated results (in thousands):

	Years Ended December 31,
	2011			2010			2009
Net service revenues
Temporary and consultant staffing	$	3,050,999		$	2,568,255		$	2,471,132
Permanent placement staffing		302,155			221,219			181,856
Risk consulting and internal audit services		423,822			385,619			383,559
	$	3,776,976		$	3,175,093		$	3,036,547
Operating income (loss)
Temporary and consultant staffing	$	209,101		$	108,443		$	104,521
Permanent placement staffing		35,340			17,502			(6,973	)
Risk consulting and internal audit services		4,977			(10,945	)		(30,768	)
		249,418			115,000			66,780
Amortization of intangible assets		153			411			1,460
Interest income, net		(951	)		(579	)		(1,443	)
Income before income taxes	$	250,216		$	115,168		$	66,763

The Company does not report total assets by segment. The following tables represent identifiable assets by business segment (in thousands):

	December 31,
	2011		2010		2009
Accounts receivable
Temporary and consultant staffing	$	342,122	$	296,722	$	257,918
Permanent placement staffing		75,333		59,952		43,815
Risk consulting and internal audit services		98,499		88,070		82,082
	$	515,954	$	444,744	$	383,815
	December 31,
	2011		2010		2009
Goodwill
Temporary and consultant staffing	$	134,507	$	134,653	$	134,780
Permanent placement staffing		26,545		26,568		26,579
Risk consulting and internal audit services		28,371		28,566		27,977
	$	189,423	$	189,787	$	189,336

The Company operates internationally, with operations in North America, South America, Europe, Asia and Australia. The following tables represent revenues and long-lived assets by geographic location (in thousands):

	Years Ended December 31,
	2011		2010		2009
Net service revenues
Domestic	$	2,655,443	$	2,263,316	$	2,161,826
Foreign		1,121,533		911,777		874,721
	$	3,776,976	$	3,175,093	$	3,036,547
	December 31,
	2011		2010		2009
Assets, long-lived
Domestic	$	87,146	$	86,689	$	101,034
Foreign		20,826		16,962		23,624
	$	107,972	$	103,651	$	124,658