SFN Group Furthers Commitment to Diversity, Women in the Workplace

FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla., June 21, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- SFN Group, Inc. today announced the launch of Bottomless Briefcase, a career blog to support working women everywhere and its latest initiative in support of workforce diversity and inclusion. SFN Group's strong commitment to promoting equal opportunity for all in the workplace has led to several innovative platforms that support the advancement of women at every stage of their career.

The Bottomless Briefcase blog celebrates modern professional women everywhere, and serves to support and encourage working women in all the multi-dimensional challenges of their lives. The company has assembled an impressive and diverse group of bloggers, ranging from high-profile authors, career and workplace experts, to working mothers. Various contributors hail from SFN Group, tapping into the experience and knowledge from sourcing, screening and employing millions of individuals in jobs for more than 65 years.

"We know without question that the depth and diversity of a company's workforce can directly impact its overall performance and success," says Roy Krause, President and CEO of SFN Group, Inc. "It is why we are so deeply committed to promoting inclusion and equality in the workplace in relevant, meaningful ways. Given that working women between the ages of 25 and 44 spend an average 350 minutes online every day, according to Nielsen research, we've launched online platforms to meet the preferences and career needs of this workforce segment.

"Our Bottomless Briefcase blog is a venue to share career strategies, tools, humor and support among working women everywhere," continued Krause. "Based on our own research, we know that many working moms are not satisfied with their career, feel it is more stressful than staying at home, and most agree that achieving work/life balance is most important to their career happiness. Bottomless Briefcase provides a place to lean on other working women, share tips and insight, and share frustrations or a laugh or two."    

In addition, SFN Group recently launched Bestsellers, a multi-generational dramedy web series about five modern professional women balancing life, career and book club. Available at http://thebestsellers.tv, YouTube, Twitter, iTunes and Facebook, the web series tells stories of real-life working women and mothers as they navigate life and work. Season one has garnered over 300,000 views.

SFN Group has also been recognized for its diversity and inclusion of female leaders in the executive suite. The company is among the minority of organizations that have two or more women directors on their board of directors.

About SFN Group, Inc.

SFN Group (NYSE: SFN) is a strategic workforce solutions company that provides professional services and general staffing to help businesses more effectively source, deploy and manage people and the work they do. As an industry pioneer, SFN Group has sourced, screened and placed millions of individuals in temporary, temp-to-hire and full-time jobs for more than 65 years.

With approximately 560 locations in the United States and Canada, SFN delivers strategic workforce solutions that improve business performance. From outsourcing to technology to professional services to staffing, SFN delivers the best combination of people, performance and service to improve the way work gets done. It provides its services to approximately 8,000 customers, from Fortune 500 companies to a wide range of small and mid-size organizations. The company employs more than 160,000 people annually through its network and is one of North America's largest employers. SFN provides its solutions through a family of specialized businesses: Technisource, Tatum, The Mergis Group, Todays Office Professionals, SourceRight Solutions and Spherion Staffing Services.

To learn more, visit www.sfngroup.com.

SOURCE SFN Group, Inc.