The Swiss group Adecco announced on Tuesday a new acquisition, with the purchase for 65 million euros of the French QAPA, which will allow it to strengthen its online recruitment for temporary work.
Digital recruitment is one of its main areas of growth, the Swiss group recalled in a press release.
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We see this acquisition of QAPA as an important step in expanding our offering for our clients with a state-of-the-art 100% online solution focused on flexible (staff) placement
,” said Adecco Managing Director Alain Dehaze, cited in the press release.
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Launched in 2017, the QAPA platform offers candidates temporary assignments by email, SMS and voice message once their CV has been downloaded and analyzed, QAPA indicates on its site. It has more than 500 clients ranging from small and medium-sized enterprises to large groups, with a base of around 4.5 million workers, underlines Adecco. QAPA, which is part of the French Tech 120 selection of the country's most promising technology companies, relies on artificial intelligence to offer offers and profiles to candidates and companies.
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We can see it especially at the moment, we are facing adjustment problems between job supply and demand.
This technology should allow us to have a better fit, a precise fit.
With more and more individualized proposals
, ”Alexandre Viros, France president of Adecco, told AFP.
World number one in temporary work
The Swiss group, number one in the world in temporary work and with a strong presence in France, its largest market, expects significant synergies, in particular by deploying QAPA's offer through its own network and its base of candidates.
He initially plans to focus on large clients.
QAPA, which employs around 60 people, achieved 12-month revenue of 45 million euros between the end of June 2020 and the end of June 2021, Adecco said.
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The transaction should be finalized towards the end of the third quarter, according to the Swiss group. At the end of July, Adecco had already announced one of the biggest acquisitions in its history with the takeover of French company Akka Technologies, valued at 2 billion euros. The following week, he unveiled exclusive negotiations with the French investment fund Perceva to take over the French human resources consulting firm BPI Group.
