Yoh Services

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Yoh
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryTalent and outsourcing
Founded1940
Headquarters Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Area served
Continental United States, Canada, UK, Germany
Key people
Emmett McGrath (President)
Revenue US$ 374 million (2007)
Number of employees
4,000 (2007) [1] [ dubious ]
Parent Day & Zimmermann
Website www.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 ]

Contents

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

History

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]

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References

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  2. 1 2 "Company Profile". Yoh Services LLC. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
  3. 1 2 3 "About Yoh". Yoh Services LLC. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
  4. 1 2 "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.