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Sydney, Australia, 23 August 2010 – Melissa Tinworth joins Kelly Services as director of service operations in Australia.

Melissa is responsible for driving operational improvements across the country, with specific focus on company recruitment processes, learning and development, quality and client implementation.

Prior to joining Kelly Services, Melissa has held a variety of roles during her 11 years in the recruitment industry. Most recently, Melissa was as director of client services for a large banking and finance organisation, where she was responsible for the strategic planning and delivery across all streams of business for both recruitment services and human resource consulting solutions.

Melissa’s expertise lies in strategic account management, client review, design and implementation, project management, quality assurance, volume recruitment, and recruitment process design, including training and mentoring people to drive profitability for organisations.

Melissa’s professional career commenced within the IT industry with specific focus on quality management and facilities, then progressed to the medical industry, before transitioning to recruitment.  During this time Melissa had international exposure working in Asia and the Middle East.

Karen Colfer, managing director and country general manager at Kelly Services Australia said, “We are thrilled to have Melissa join the Kelly Services team. She has an in-depth understanding of both private and public sectors, and a strong background in banking and finance, information technology and consumer industries, which will be very helpful in driving operational improvements across the Australian organisation.”

About Kelly Services

Kelly Services, Inc. (NASDAQ: KELYA, KELYB) is a leader in providing workforce solutions.  Kelly offers a comprehensive array of outsourcing and consulting services as well as world-class staffing on a temporary, temporary-to-hire and direct-hire basis.  Serving clients around the globe, Kelly provides employment to 480,000 employees annually.  Revenue in 2009 was $4.3 billion.  Visit www.kellyservices.com.