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Sydney, Australia, 16 August 2010 – Kelly Services has appointed Chrissy Pensabene to branch manager, Melbourne and Paul O’Brien to director of Kelly Scientific Resources.

Paul O’Brien brings to Kelly Scientific Resources over 14 years of recruitment and operational experience across the Asia Pacific. With a solid understanding of HR practices in the industry, Paul is responsible for managing a dynamic team of scientific recruitment specialists based in offices throughout Australia. He is well connected and on top of industry practices and new developments that impact this sector.

Chrissy Pensabene has over 11 years industry experience, specialising predominately in Support recruitment, across both the Victorian and Western Australian markets. Commencing as a consultant, Chrissy rapidly developed her skill base and moved into team leader and management roles. Throughout her career, Chrissy has also been responsible for managing key accounts from a whole of business perspective. This has provided her with exposure to executive recruitment and talent management products.

Karen Colfer, managing director and country general manager at Kelly Services Australia said, “We are very excited to have Paul and Chrissy join the team.

Paul’s experience in recruitment spans both Scientific and Technical industries, enabling Kelly Scientific Resources to deliver services across a range of occupations including biotechnology, chemical, clinical, food, mining and resources, pharmaceutical, medical and regulatory affairs.

Chrissy has gained extensive exposure in temporary, permanent and volume recruitment solutions. Her ability to build business within various blue chip organisations across a number of industry sectors will be beneficial to Kelly Services.

These appointments signify an important step for Kelly Services’ recruitment operations in Australia, as we advance our position as Australia’s leading workforce solutions 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.