UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): October 6, 2006

SPHERION CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	1-11997	36-3536544
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

2050 Spectrum Boulevard
Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33309

(Address, including zip code, of Principal Executive Offices)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (954) 308-7600

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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ITEM 1.01 ENTRY INTO A MATERIAL DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT.

     On October 6, 2006, Spherion Corporation (the “Company”) entered into an Indemnification Agreement with Barbara Pellow, the Company’s newly appointed director. The form of this agreement is filed as Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 24, 1999. The Agreement provides indemnification protections to Ms. Pellow in her role as a member of the Company’s Board of Directors.

ITEM 5.02 DEPARTURE OF DIRECTORS OR PRINCIPAL OFFICERS; ELECTION OF DIRECTORS; APPOINTMENT OF PRINCIPAL OFFICERS.

     On October 6, 2006, Barbara Pellow was appointed as a Class I director of the Company and was named to the Board’s Corporate Governance Committee.

ITEM 9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.

     Press release dated October 9, 2006 announcing that the Company appoints Barbara Pellow to the Board of Directors is attached hereto as exhibit 99.1.

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SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

SPHERION CORPORATION

Date: October 10, 2006	By:	/s/ Roy G. Krause
		President & Chief Executive Officer

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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.	Description
99.1	Press Release dated October 9, 2006

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