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PeopleScout acquires Aon Hewitt’s RPO business

January 12, 2016

PeopleScout Inc., the RPO group subsidiary of TrueBlue Inc. (NYSE: TBI), acquired the RPO business of Aon Hewitt. The two firms also established a long-term relationship to connect PeopleScout’s recruiting services firm and Aon Hewitt’s broader talent solutions in assessment, employee engagement and people analytics.

Aon Hewitt’s RPO business, which includes 650 employees, joined the PeopleScout brand, and PeopleScout President Taryn Owen continues to lead the company and the combined staff. The global headquarters remains in Chicago, with Asia Pacific headquarters in Sydney, Australia.

“The need for sophisticated talent solutions is rising and this acquisition enables us to expand our global delivery capabilities,” said TrueBlue President and COO Patrick Beharelle. “Combining the strengths of PeopleScout with Aon Hewitt’s RPO solutions provides a tremendous growth opportunity for PeopleScout and its clients. We are also very excited about the broader relationship with Aon Hewitt and the incredible talent they bring to TrueBlue.”

PeopleScout is a global RPO provider with more than $150 million in annual revenue and 300,000 annual full-time placements.

TrueBlue is the largest US industrial staffing firm. It acquired Seaton Corp. in 2014 for $310 million — including its PeopleScout, Staff Management|SMX, HRX and StudentScout service lines — and now ranks eighth on Staffing Industry Analysts' 2015 list of largest staffing firms in the US.

“We are proud to have built end-to-end recruiting administration capabilities and to have established a scalable RPO business with employees in the US, Canada, Poland and India,” said Aon Hewitt CEO Kristi Savacool. “PeopleScout has significant experience in the market and is well-positioned to invest in and build on these capabilities for the benefit of our clients. We continue to see talent acquisition as an important part of the talent value chain, and we look forward to working with PeopleScout to bring a broader set of talent solutions to our clients.”

TrueBlue will provide more about the transaction during its fourth-quarter and year-end earnings results conference call on Feb. 3.