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Business Segments | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2011
Business Segments [Abstract] |
Business Segments | Note M—Business Segments The Company, which aggregates its operating segments based on the nature of services, has three reportable segments: temporary and consultant staffing, permanent placement staffing, and risk consulting and internal audit services. The temporary and consultant segment provides specialized staffing in the accounting and finance, administrative and office, information technology, legal, advertising, marketing and web design fields. The permanent placement segment provides full-time personnel in the accounting, finance, administrative and office, and information technology fields. The risk consulting segment provides business and technology risk consulting and internal audit services. The accounting policies of the segments are set forth in Note A—Summary of Significant Accounting Policies. The Company evaluates performance based on income or loss from operations before net interest income, intangible amortization expense, and income taxes. The following table provides a reconciliation of revenue and operating income (loss) by reportable segment to consolidated results (in thousands):
|  | Years Ended December 31, |
|  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |  |  | 2009 |
Net service revenues |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Temporary and consultant staffing |  | $ | 3,050,999 |  |  | $ | 2,568,255 |  |  | $ | 2,471,132 |
Permanent placement staffing |  |  | 302,155 |  |  |  | 221,219 |  |  |  | 181,856 |
Risk consulting and internal audit services |  |  | 423,822 |  |  |  | 385,619 |  |  |  | 383,559 |
|  | $ | 3,776,976 |  |  | $ | 3,175,093 |  |  | $ | 3,036,547 |
Operating income (loss) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Temporary and consultant staffing |  | $ | 209,101 |  |  | $ | 108,443 |  |  | $ | 104,521 |
Permanent placement staffing |  |  | 35,340 |  |  |  | 17,502 |  |  |  | (6,973 | )
Risk consulting and internal audit services |  |  | 4,977 |  |  |  | (10,945 | ) |  |  | (30,768 | )
|  |  | 249,418 |  |  |  | 115,000 |  |  |  | 66,780 |
Amortization of intangible assets |  |  | 153 |  |  |  | 411 |  |  |  | 1,460 |
Interest income, net |  |  | (951 | ) |  |  | (579 | ) |  |  | (1,443 | )
Income before income taxes |  | $ | 250,216 |  |  | $ | 115,168 |  |  | $ | 66,763 |
The Company does not report total assets by segment. The following tables represent identifiable assets by business segment (in thousands):
|  | December 31, |
|  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |  |  | 2009 |
Accounts receivable |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Temporary and consultant staffing |  | $ | 342,122 |  |  | $ | 296,722 |  |  | $ | 257,918 |
Permanent placement staffing |  |  | 75,333 |  |  |  | 59,952 |  |  |  | 43,815 |
Risk consulting and internal audit services |  |  | 98,499 |  |  |  | 88,070 |  |  |  | 82,082 |
|  | $ | 515,954 |  |  | $ | 444,744 |  |  | $ | 383,815 |
|  | December 31, |
|  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |  |  | 2009 |
Goodwill |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Temporary and consultant staffing |  | $ | 134,507 |  |  | $ | 134,653 |  |  | $ | 134,780 |
Permanent placement staffing |  |  | 26,545 |  |  |  | 26,568 |  |  |  | 26,579 |
Risk consulting and internal audit services |  |  | 28,371 |  |  |  | 28,566 |  |  |  | 27,977 |
|  | $ | 189,423 |  |  | $ | 189,787 |  |  | $ | 189,336 |
The Company operates internationally, with operations in North America, South America, Europe, Asia and Australia. The following tables represent revenues and long-lived assets by geographic location (in thousands):
|  | Years Ended December 31, |
|  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |  |  | 2009 |
Net service revenues |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Domestic |  | $ | 2,655,443 |  |  | $ | 2,263,316 |  |  | $ | 2,161,826 |
Foreign |  |  | 1,121,533 |  |  |  | 911,777 |  |  |  | 874,721 |
|  | $ | 3,776,976 |  |  | $ | 3,175,093 |  |  | $ | 3,036,547 |
|  | December 31, |
|  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |  |  | 2009 |
Assets, long-lived |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Domestic |  | $ | 87,146 |  |  | $ | 86,689 |  |  | $ | 101,034 |
Foreign |  |  | 20,826 |  |  |  | 16,962 |  |  |  | 23,624 |
|  | $ | 107,972 |  |  | $ | 103,651 |  |  | $ | 124,658 |

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- Definition The entire disclosure for reporting segments including data and tables. Reportable segments include those that meet any of the following quantitative thresholds a) it's reported revenue, including sales to external customers and intersegment sales or transfers is 10 percent or more of the combined revenue, internal and external, of all operating segments b) the absolute amount of its reported profit or loss is 10 percent or more of the greater, in absolute amount of 1) the combined reported profit of all operating segments that did not report a loss or 2) the combined reported loss of all operating segments that did report a loss c) its assets are 10 percent or more of the combined assets of all operating segments. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 12 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8595-108599 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 10 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8538-108599 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 33 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8971-108599 Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 34 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8981-108599 Reference 5: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 29 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8864-108599 Reference 6: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8380-108599 Reference 7: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 35 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8984-108599 Reference 8: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 41 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e9038-108599 Reference 9: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 32 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8933-108599 Reference 10: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS) -Number 131 -LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy. Reference 11: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 30 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8906-108599 Reference 12: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 26 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8844-108599 Reference 13: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 40 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e9031-108599 Reference 14: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 42 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e9054-108599 Reference 15: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 31 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8924-108599 + Details
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