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New Adecco brand aims to become "smart industry leader"

Adecco Group has launched its much-awaited new brand, which aims to become "the smart industry leader in Australia"; meanwhile it's piloting a project that head of tech talent services Jaryd Wallis says solves a major problem in skills strategies.

Akkodis Australia is the combination of Adecco Group's technology brand Modis and Akka, a global engineering business that Adecco acquired a controlling stake in about 18 months ago.

"The logic behind the merger was to create a powerhouse in the smart industry where IT and engineering converge," Wallis tells Shortlist. The acquisition added 20,000 engineers to a global team of 30,000...