Exhibit 21

SUBSIDIARIES OF SPHERION CORPORATION

Following is a list of the direct and indirect subsidiaries of Spherion Corporation a Delaware corporation. Certain inactive subsidiaries have been excluded from
the list below as such subsidiaries, when considered in the aggregate as one subsidiary, would not constitute a "significant subsidiary." All active subsidiaries do business under their corporate name
listed below, or close derivatives thereof, except where indicated otherwise:

|3210570 Canada Inc.                      |  | Canada        
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|3736008 Canada Inc.                      |  | Canada        
|6063721 Canada Inc.                      |  | Canada        
|Atrium (AU-B) Pty Limited                |  | Australia     
|Atrium (NL-A) Inc.                       |  | Florida       
|Atrium (U.S.-B) Inc.                     |  | Delaware      
|C.C. Agency Services Limited             |  | United Kingdom
|Comtex Information Systems, Inc.         |  | Delaware      
|Crone Corkill Limited                    |  | United Kingdom
|Employment Centre Trucking Services Inc. |  | Canada        
|Equus People Pty Ltd                     |  | Australia     
|FSS International Limited                |  | United Kingdom
|HCAHome Care Services, Inc.             |  | New York      
|Human Resource Capital Group Inc.        |  | Canada        
|JobOptions, Inc.                         |  | Delaware      
|Miss Hall's Personnel Service Limited    |  | Canada        
|NorCross Holdings LLC                    |  | Delaware      
|NorCross Teleservices L.P.               |  | Delaware      
|Norrell Corporation                      |  | Delaware      
|Norrell Health Care of New York, Inc.    |  | New York      
|Norrell Health Care, Inc.                |  | Georgia       
|Norrell International Ltd.               |  | Nevada        
|Norrell Resources Corporation            |  | Delaware      
|Norrell Services, Ltd                    |  | Canada        
|Norrell Temporary Services, Inc.         |  | Georgia       
|Parity People Pty Ltd                    |  | Australia     
|Pec3.com Pty Ltd                         |  | Australia     
|Plusbox Limited                          |  | United Kingdom
|Rich Field Agency, Inc.                  |  | Florida       
|RTO Insurance Limited                    |  | Bermuda       
|Spherion (ACT) Pty Ltd                   |  | Australia     
|Spherion Assessment Inc.                 |  | North Carolina
|Spherion Atlantic Enterprises LLC *      |  | Delaware      
|Spherion Atlantic Operations LLC *       |  | Delaware      
|Spherion Atlantic Resources LLC *        |  | Delaware      
|Spherion Atlantic Workforce LLC *        |  | Delaware      
|Spherion Australia Pty Ltd               |  | Australia     
|Spherion Cybercentre B.V.                |  | Netherlands   
|Spherion Education (S) Pte Ltd           |  | Singapore     
|Spherion Education Limited               |  | United Kingdom
|Spherion Education Limited               |  | Hong Kong     
|Spherion Education Pty Ltd               |  | Australia     
|Spherion Education Pty Ltd               |  | New Zealand   
|Spherion (Europe) Inc.                   |  | Delaware      
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|Spherion (Europe) Staffing Limited                   |  | United Kingdom
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|Spherion Financial Corporation                       |  | Delaware      
|Spherion Flex Support B.V.                           |  | Netherlands   
|Spherion Group Limited                               |  | Australia     
|Spherion Holdings Ltd.                               |  | Cayman Islands
|Spherion Limited                                     |  | Hong Kong     
|Spherion Ltd                                         |  | United Kingdom
|Spherion Ltd                                         |  | Ireland       
|Spherion Netherlands B.V.                            |  | Netherlands   
|Spherion Office & Professional Limited               |  | New Zealand   
|Spherion Operations Inc.                             |  | Delaware      
|Spherion Outsourcing Solutions Pty Ltd               |  | Australia     
|Spherion Pacific Enterprises LLC *                   |  | Delaware      
|Spherion Pacific Operations LLC *                    |  | Delaware      
|Spherion Pacific Resources LLC *                     |  | Delaware      
|Spherion Pacific Workforce LLC *                     |  | Delaware      
|Spherion Panama S.A.                                 |  | Panama        
|Spherion Panama Staffing, S.A.                       |  | Panama        
|Spherion Payroll Pty Ltd                             |  | Australia     
|Spherion Recruitment Group B.V.                      |  | Netherlands   
|Spherion Recruitment Solutions Pty Ltd               |  | Australia     
|Spherion Recruitment Solutions Pty Ltd               |  | New Zealand   
|Spherion (S) Pte Ltd                                 |  | Singapore     
|Spherion Technology Infrastructure Solutions Limited |  | United Kingdom
|Spherion Technology Solutions Pty Ltd                |  | Australia     
|Spherion U.S. Inc.                                   |  | Florida       
|Spherion (UK) Holdings Limited                       |  | United Kingdom
|Spherion UK PLC                                      |  | United Kingdom
|Spherion UK Services Limited                         |  | United Kingdom
|Spherion Worldwide Holding B.V.                      |  | Netherlands   



SpherionStaffing
Services
SpherionOutsourcing
SpherionTechnology
SpherionProfessional Recruiting
SpherionProfessional Services
SpherionHuman Capital Consulting
SpherionLegal
SpherionDeposition Services
SpherionHR Consulting
Norrell
Bossler Hix
Enthusian
Personnel Pool
DepoLab

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