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Business Segments | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2016
Segment Reporting [Abstract] |
Segment Reporting Disclosure [Text Block] | Business Segments On Assignment provides services through two operating segments, the Apex Segment and the Oxford Segment, with each addressing different sectors of the professional staffing market with distinct business models attuned to those sectors. The Apex Segment provides a broad spectrum of technical, scientific, digital and creative professionals for contract, contract-to-hire and permanent placement positions to Fortune 1000 and mid-market clients across the United States and Canada. Businesses in this segment include Apex Systems, Apex Life Sciences (formerly known as Lab Support) and Creative Circle. The Oxford Segment provides specialized staffing, permanent placement and consulting services in select skill and geographic markets. Businesses in this segment include Oxford Global Resources, LLC, CyberCoders and Life Sciences Europe. Effective January 1, 2016, there were two changes to the Company's segment configuration: 1) the Apex Segment now includes a small clinical research business which was previously included in the Oxford Segment and 2) costs associated with personnel located at the Corporate office that have shared services roles and support certain of the businesses, primarily within the Oxford Segment, are now presented in the segments they support whereas previously they were presented within Corporate. For comparability purposes, prior periods have been adjusted to reflect these changes. The Company’s management evaluates the performance of each segment primarily based on revenues, gross profit and operating income. The information in the following tables is derived directly from the segments’ internal financial reporting used for corporate management purposes. The Company's management does not evaluate, manage or measure performance of segments using asset information and such information is not readily available. Accordingly, assets by reportable segment are not disclosed. The following tables present revenues, gross profit, operating income and amortization by reportable segment (in thousands):
| Year ended December 31, 2016
| Apex |  | Oxford |  | Corporate(1) |  | Total
Revenues | $ | 1,836,488 |  |  | $ | 603,925 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 2,440,413 |
Gross profit | 548,421 |  |  | 246,762 |  |  | — |  |  | 795,183 |
Operating income | 195,133 |  |  | 51,294 |  |  | (56,701 | ) |  | 189,726 |
Amortization | 34,359 |  |  | 5,269 |  |  | — |  |  | 39,628 |
| Year ended December 31, 2015
| Apex |  | Oxford |  | Corporate(1) |  | Total
Revenues | $ | 1,493,608 |  |  | $ | 571,400 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 2,065,008 |
Gross profit | 439,586 |  |  | 239,159 |  |  | — |  |  | 678,745 |
Operating income | 151,450 |  |  | 59,059 |  |  | (58,401 | ) |  | 152,108 |
Amortization | 28,371 |  |  | 6,096 |  |  | — |  |  | 34,467 |
| Year ended December 31, 2014
| Apex |  | Oxford |  | Corporate(1) |  | Total
Revenues | $ | 1,198,140 |  |  | $ | 526,601 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 1,724,741 |
Gross profit | 338,023 |  |  | 219,412 |  |  | — |  |  | 557,435 |
Operating income | 121,838 |  |  | 58,741 |  |  | (42,797 | ) |  | 137,782 |
Amortization | 16,356 |  |  | 5,765 |  |  | 9 |  |  | 22,130 |
(1) | Corporate expenses primarily consist of consolidated stock-based compensation expense, compensation for corporate employees, acquisition, integration and strategic planning expenses, public company expenses and depreciation expense for corporate assets.
The following table presents revenues by type (in thousands):
|  | Year Ended December 31,
|  | 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2014
Revenues: |  |  |  |  |  |
Assignment |  | $ | 2,312,271 |  |  | $ | 1,947,001 |  |  | $ | 1,641,706 |
Permanent placement |  | 128,142 |  |  | 118,007 |  |  | 83,035 |
|  | $ | 2,440,413 |  |  | $ | 2,065,008 |  |  | $ | 1,724,741 |
The Company operates internationally, with operations in the United States, Europe and Canada. The following table presents revenues by geographic location (in thousands):
|  | Year Ended December 31,
|  | 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2014
Revenues: |  |  |  |  |  |
Domestic |  | $ | 2,324,713 |  |  | $ | 1,972,888 |  |  | $ | 1,643,598 |
Foreign |  | 115,700 |  |  | 92,120 |  |  | 81,143 |
|  | $ | 2,440,413 |  |  | $ | 2,065,008 |  |  | $ | 1,724,741 |
The following table presents long-lived assets by geographic location (in thousands):
|  | December 31,
|  | 2016 |  | 2015
Long-lived assets: |  |  |  |
Domestic |  | $ | 55,801 |  |  | $ | 52,228 |
Foreign |  | 1,141 |  |  | 968 |
|  | $ | 56,942 |  |  | $ | 53,196 |

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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 34 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=68060357&loc=d3e8981-108599 Reference 2: 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=68060357&loc=d3e9038-108599 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=68060357&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 12 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=68060357&loc=d3e8595-108599 Reference 5: 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=68060357&loc=d3e8380-108599 Reference 6: 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=68060357&loc=d3e8933-108599 Reference 7: 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=68060357&loc=d3e8844-108599 Reference 8: 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=68060357&loc=d3e8984-108599 Reference 9: 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=68060357&loc=d3e9031-108599 Reference 10: 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=68060357&loc=d3e9054-108599 Reference 11: 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=68060357&loc=d3e8538-108599 Reference 12: 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=68060357&loc=d3e8864-108599 Reference 13: 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=68060357&loc=d3e8924-108599 Reference 14: 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=68060357&loc=d3e8906-108599 + Details
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