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Yoh Services

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Yoh
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryTalent and outsourcing
Founded1940
HeadquartersPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Area served
Continental United States, Canada, UK, Germany
Key people
Emmett McGrath (President)
RevenueUS$ 374 million (2007)
Number of employees
4,000 (2007)[1][dubiousdiscuss]
ParentDay & Zimmermann
Websitewww.yoh.com

Yoh Services LLC is an American talent and outsourcing company that is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[2] Yoh's primary services include temporary placement, direct hire, managed staffing services and outsourced solutions.[clarification needed]

The company specializes in providing short- and long-term professionals for the information technology, scientific, clinical, engineering, health care, and telecommunications industries.

History

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Yoh was founded by Harold L. Yoh and his investment partners in 1940[3] as Duncan Tool Design, renamed to H.L. Yoh Company in 1946 after Yoh bought out his partners' shares.[4] As the country's first temporary technical staffing firm,[3] Yoh got its start staffing the United States government and private industry's engineering needs during World War II.[5]

Yoh is a business unit in the larger company Day & Zimmermann,[3] with which it merged in 1961.[4]

It is headquartered in Philadelphia.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Contract Staffing Company: Easy Source".
  2. ^ a b "Company Profile". Yoh Services LLC. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
  3. ^ a b c "About Yoh". Yoh Services LLC. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
  4. ^ a b "History" (interactive timeline). Day & Zimmermann. Retrieved 19 October 2012. 1940: What would become the Yoh Company was founded as Duncan Tool Design by a group of partners including Harold Yoh.
  5. ^ "History". Day & Zimmermann. Archived from the original on August 2, 2008.
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