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FT. LAUDERDALE, FL—December 13, 2001—Spherion® Corporation (NYSE: SFN), a Recruitment, Outsourcing and Technology services provider, today announced that Compaq Computer Corporation has named Spherion as an All Star Service Provider for the first quarter of 2001 in the New York/New Jersey metropolitan area. Each quarter, the award is presented to the region's top 10% of Compaq's Authorized Service Providers for excellence in operations and customer satisfaction.

Spherion supports a wide range of clients seeking management, enhancement and support solutions for their technology infrastructure. Spherion offers its highly specialized infrastructure solutions team to provide outsourcing, consulting, project support and staffing in three core areas: networking/desktop, help desk and data center.

"We are delighted to be recognized by Compaq for our dedication to outstanding professional service, technical support and customer satisfaction," said Wayne Mincey, president of the Technology Group of Spherion. "The All Star Award truly showcases our talents to clients and candidates alike."

Walter Mello, Director of Channel Services for Compaq, stated "As services become increasingly important in today's market, partnerships are becoming more critical to our success. With partners like Spherion, Compaq can look forward with confidence to continued growth that will benefit our company, customers and partners."

About Spherion

For over 30 years, the Technology Group of Spherion has helped clients realize the value of their IT application and infrastructure investments. Clients choose from consulting solutions, project support, outsourcing solutions and staff augmentation. Spherion's skilled IT professionals are qualified subject matter experts with the business knowledge and technical expertise needed to implement world-class application integration and development and infrastructure operations and maintenance solutions. Visit our Web site at http://www.spherion.com/technology

Spherion Corporation provides Recruitment, Outsourcing and Technology services. Founded in 1946, with operations in North America , Europe and Asia/Pacific, Spherion helps companies efficiently plan, acquire and optimize talent to improve their bottom line. Visit the Company's Web site at http://www.spherion.com