The Nelson Family of Companies' Nelson & Associates division opened a new office in the Redwood Shores area of Redwood City CA to provide finance and accounting staffing. Steven Strawser will serve as branch manager. The Nelson Family of Companies also opened a new office in Hollister CA; it will support the wine and agricultural industries as well as provide general staffing.

AVID Technical Resources, a Boston-based information technology staffing firm, opened an office in Nashua NH. "It will allow us to not only service clients located north of Boston, and those in the states of New Hampshire and Maine, it will also provide us with the opportunity to attract internal talent who otherwise would not commute into the city," said AVID principal owner Brian Tomasello.

Cadre Staffing Inc., an engineering and technical staffing firm with offices in Toronto and Calgary, Alberta, opened a new office in Sudbury, Ontario, to serve the northern Ontario market.