Minneapolis / Minnesota / United States
Aquent was the first company in the United States to offer comprehensive benefits to temporary employees, including a company-matching 401(k) plan. The company is a professional services firm that specializes in helping companies throughout the world, across a variety of industries, make more efficient use of people, processes and technology. Since its founding in 1986, Aquent s approach to staffing, consulting and outsourcing has led to it becoming the first company in its field to offer an unconditional 110-percent money-back guarantee to clients, and the first to create a Web site featuring thousands of portfolios created by prequalified talent. The company has been internationally recognized for its innovative leadership by members of the business press, industry associations and thought leaders including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Forbes, the American Staffing Association, Staffing Industry Analysts, the British Academy of Arts and Sciences, Tom Peters, Adobe and IBM. Headquartered in Boston, Aquent maintains offices in cities such as Bloomington, Minn.
