NEWS RELEASE

Contact:
Sally A. Jozwiak
CORESTAFF Services
Vice President, Marketing
713-438-1567

CORESTAFF SERVICES NAMES MARIA DIAZ ASSOCIATE OF THE YEAR

Houston, TX (September 21, 2005) - CORESTAFF Services is proud to name Maria Diaz of Los Angeles, California as the 2005 Associate of the Year! She receives a check for $1,000 and a certificate recognizing her exceptional performance and commitment to CORESTAFF and our client companies. Marilyn Smith of Memphis, TN, receives $500 as the first runner up. James Pazavila is second runner up and receives a check for $250.

CORESTAFF Services’ Associate of the Year contest is part of its annual Associate Appreciation Week, which occurred September 19 - 25. It runs in conjunction with Alexandria, Virginia-based American Staffing Association’s (ASA) National Staffing Employee Week, which celebrates the 2 million temporary and contract workers in the United States.

Staff employees in all CORESTAFF markets submit nominations for Associate of the Year. Steve Drexel, CORESTAFF Services president and chief executive officer, makes the final selections among those who best exemplify CORESTAFF’s high standard for serving our customers.

During Associate Appreciation Week, CORESTAFF Services recognizes its 42,000 temporary and contract employees who contribute to keeping America’s workplaces going. On any given week, nearly 10,000 of those associates are working on assignment at our client companies. “Associate of the Year selection is difficult, but I always enjoy the process because I get to hear about the endless ways our associates become valuable additions to our customer’s organizations,” said Drexel. “Maria Diaz personifies the professionalism, commitment and personality many of our CORESTAFF associates are known for. While Ms. Diaz is recognized during this week we set aside to show our appreciation, I want our associates to know that they have our gratitude every day of the year.”

CORESTAFF Services, a leading national staffing company headquartered in Houston, Texas, is part of The Corporate Services Group PLC, an international staffing firm headquartered in the United Kingdom. CORESTAFF provides a full range of supplemental staffing and outsourced solutions, including office support, light industrial, financial, engineering, library and records management, and information technology staffing. CORESTAFF has approximately 500 staff employees and an average of 10,000 temporary associates on assignment weekly throughout the U.S. The company currently operates over 100 branch offices and on-site client locations. CORESTAFF Services operates six Web sites: www.corestaff.com, www.it.corestaff.com, www.careertrust.com, www.techresources.coretaff.com, www.infocurrent.com and www.employmentzone.org.

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