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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.56

                           CHANGE IN CONTROL AGREEMENT

         THIS AGREEMENT, dated as of the 7th day of May, 2001, is by and between
SPHERION CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (hereinafter referred to as the
"COMPANY"), and [SEE ATTACHED SCHEDULE A] (hereinafter the "EXECUTIVE").

                                    RECITALS

         A. The Board of Directors of the Company (the "BOARD") considers it
essential to the best interests of the Company and its stockholders that its key
management personnel be encouraged to remain with the Company and its
subsidiaries and to continue to devote full attention to the Company's business
in the event that any third person expresses its intention to complete a
possible business combination with the Company, or in taking any other action
which could result in a "CHANGE IN CONTROL" (as defined herein) of the Company.
In this connection, the Board recognizes that the possibility of a Change in
Control and the uncertainty and questions which it may raise among management
may result in the departure or distraction of key management personnel to the
detriment of the Company and its stockholders. The Board has determined that
appropriate steps should be taken to reinforce and encourage the continued
attention and dedication of key members of the Company's management to their
assigned duties without distraction in the face of the potentially disturbing
circumstances arising from the possibility of a Change in Control of the
Company.

         B. The Executive currently serves as the Company's [SEE ATTACHED
SCHEDULE A], and his services and knowledge are valuable to the Company in
connection with the management of its business.

         C. The Board believes the Executive has made and is expected to
continue to make valuable contributions to the productivity and profitability of
the Company and its subsidiaries. Should the Company receive a proposal from a
third person concerning a possible business combination or any other action
which could result in a Change in Control, in addition to the Executive's
regular duties, the Executive may be called upon to assist in the assessment of
such proposal, advise management and the Board as to whether such proposal would
be in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders, and to take such
other actions as the Board might determine to be necessary or appropriate.

         D. Should the Company receive any proposal from a third person
concerning a possible business combination or any other action which could
result in a change in control of the Company, the Board believes it imperative
that the Company and the Board be able to rely upon the Executive to continue in
his position, and that the Company and the Board be able to receive and rely
upon his advice, if so requested, as to the best interests of the Company and
its stockholders without concern that he might be distracted by the personal
uncertainties and risks created by such a proposal, and to encourage Executive's
full attention and dedication to the Company.

         E. The Company and the Executive are parties to that certain Change in
Control Agreement dated November 18, 1998 (the "PRIOR CIC AGREEMENT").

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         F. The Company and the Executive desire to terminate the Prior CIC
Agreement (and any predecessor change in control agreements) and to enter into
this Agreement upon the terms and subject to the conditions hereinafter set
forth.

                              TERMS AND CONDITIONS

         NOW, THEREFORE, to assure the Company and its subsidiaries that it will
have the continued, undivided attention, dedication and services of the
Executive and the availability of the Executive's advice and counsel
notwithstanding the possibility, threat or occurrence of a Change in Control of
the Company, and to induce the Executive to remain in the employ of the Company
and its subsidiaries, and for other good and valuable consideration, the
adequacy and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Company and the
Executive agree as follows.

                  1. CHANGE IN CONTROL

                  (a) For purposes of this Agreement, a "CHANGE IN CONTROL" of
         the Company shall be deemed to have occurred upon (i) the acquisition
         at any time by a "PERSON" or "GROUP" (as that term is used in Sections
         13(d) and 14(d)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
         (the "EXCHANGE ACT")) (excluding, for this purpose, the Company or any
         of its subsidiaries, any employee benefit plan of the Company or any of
         its subsidiaries, an underwriter temporarily holding securities
         pursuant to such securities, or a corporation owned, directly or
         indirectly, by the stockholders of the Company in substantially the
         same proportions as their ownership of stock of the Company) of
         beneficial ownership (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act)
         directly or indirectly, of securities representing 25% or more of the
         combined voting power in the election of directors of the
         then-outstanding securities of the Company or any successor of the
         Company; (ii) the termination of service as directors, for any reason
         other than death, disability or retirement from the Board, during any
         period of two consecutive years or less, of individuals who at the
         beginning of such period constituted a majority of the Board, unless
         the election of or nomination for election of each new director during
         such period was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the
         directors still in office who were directors at the beginning of the
         period; (iii) approval by the stockholders of the Company of
         liquidation of the Company; (iv) approval by the stockholders of the
         Company and consummation of any sale or disposition, or series of
         related sales or dispositions, of 50% or more of the assets or earning
         power of the Company; or (v) approval by the stockholders of the
         Company and consummation of any merger or consolidation or statutory
         share exchange to which the Company is a party as a result of which the
         persons who were stockholders of the Company immediately prior to the
         effective date of the merger or consolidation or statutory share
         exchange shall have beneficial ownership of less than 50% of the
         combined voting power in the election of directors of the surviving
         corporation following the effective date of such merger or
         consolidation or statutory share exchange.

                  (b) Notwithstanding anything herein, no acquisition of
         beneficial ownership of securities of the Company, merger, sale of
         assets or other transaction shall be deemed to constitute a Change in
         Control for purposes of this Agreement if such transaction constitutes
         a "MANAGEMENT APPROVED TRANSACTION." For purposes of this Agreement, a
         "MANAGEMENT APPROVED TRANSACTION" shall be any transaction, which would
         otherwise

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         result in a Change in Control for purposes of this Agreement in which
         the acquiring "PERSON", "GROUP" or other entity is either beneficially
         owned by, or comprised of, in whole or in part, three or more members
         of the Company's executive management, as such was constituted twelve
         months prior to such transaction, or is majority owned by, or comprised
         of, any employee benefit plan of the Company.

                  2. ADJUSTMENT OF BENEFITS UPON CHANGE IN CONTROL

                  (a) The Company agrees that the Compensation Committee of the
         Board, or such other committee succeeding to such committee's
         responsibilities with respect to executive compensation (collectively,
         the "COMPENSATION COMMITTEE") may make such equitable adjustments to
         any performance targets contained in any awards under the Company's
         current incentive compensation plans, or any additional or successor
         plan in which the Executive is a participant (collectively, the
         "INCENTIVE PLANS"), as the Compensation Committee determines may be
         appropriate to eliminate any negative effects from any transactions
         relating to a Change in Control (such as costs or expenses associated
         with the transaction or any related transaction, including, without
         limitation, any reorganizations, divestitures, recapitalizations or
         borrowings, or changes in targets or measures to reflect the disruption
         of the business, etc.), in order to preserve reward opportunities and
         performance objectives.

                  (b) In the case of a Change in Control, all restrictions and
         conditions applicable to any awards of restricted stock or the vesting
         of stock options or other awards granted to the Executive under the
         Company's 2000 Stock Incentive Plan, Deferred Stock Plan, any similar,
         predecessor or successor plan, or otherwise shall be deemed to have
         been satisfied as of the date the Change in Control occurs, and this
         Agreement shall be deemed to amend any agreements evidencing such
         awards to reflect this provision.

                  3. TERMINATION FOLLOWING CHANGE IN CONTROL

                  (a) The Executive's employment may be terminated for any
         reason by the Company following a Change in Control of the Company. If
         the Executive's employment is terminated by the Company for any reason
         other than for the reasons set forth in subparagraphs (i), (ii), (iii),
         (iv) or (v) below within two years following a Change in Control, then
         the Executive shall be entitled to the benefits set forth in this
         Agreement in lieu of any termination, separation, severance or similar
         benefits under the Executive's Employment Agreement, if any, or under
         the Company's termination, separation, severance or similar plans or
         policies, if any. If the Executive's employment is terminated for any
         of the reasons set forth in subparagraphs (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) or (v)
         below, then the Executive shall not be entitled to any termination,
         separation, severance or similar benefits under this Agreement, and the
         Executive shall be entitled to benefits under the Executive's
         Employment Agreement, if any, or under the Company's termination,
         separation, severance or similar plans or policies, if any, only in
         accordance with the terms of such Employment Agreement, or such plans
         or policies.

                           (i) termination by reason of the Executive's death,
         PROVIDED the Executive has not previously given a "NOTICE OF
         TERMINATION" pursuant to Section 4;

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                           (ii) termination by reason of the Executive's
         "DISABILITY," PROVIDED the Executive has not previously given a "NOTICE
         OF TERMINATION" pursuant to Section 4;

                           (iii) termination by reason of "RETIREMENT" at or
         after age 65, PROVIDED the Executive has not previously given "NOTICE
         OF TERMINATION" pursuant to Section 4;

                           (iv) termination by the Company for "CAUSE;" or

                           (v) voluntary termination by the Executive (other
         than for "GOOD REASON" as provided in section 3(b) below).

                           For the purposes of this Agreement, "DISABILITY"
         shall be defined as the Executive's inability by reason of illness or
         other physical or mental disability to perform the principal duties
         required by the position held by the Executive at the inception of such
         illness or disability for any consecutive 180-day period. A
         determination of disability shall be subject to the certification of a
         qualified medical doctor agreed to by the Company and the Executive or,
         in the Executive's incapacity to designate a doctor, the Executive's
         legal representative. If the Company and the Executive cannot agree on
         the designation of a doctor, each party shall nominate a qualified
         medical doctor and the two doctors shall select a third doctor and the
         third doctor shall make the determination as to disability.

                           For purposes of this Agreement, "RETIREMENT" shall
         mean the Company's termination of the Executive's employment at or
         after the date on which the Executive attains age 65.

                           For purposes of this Agreement, "CAUSE" shall mean
         one or more of the following:

                  (I) the material violation of any of the terms and conditions
         of this Agreement or any written agreements the Executive may from time
         to time have with the Company (after 30 days following written notice
         from the Board specifying such material violation and Executive's
         failure to cure or remedy such material violation within such 30-day
         period);

                  (II) inattention to or failure to perform Executive's assigned
         duties and responsibilities competently for any reason other than due
         to Disability (after 30 days following written notice from the Board
         specifying such inattention or failure, and Executive's failure to cure
         or remedy such inattention or failure within such 30-day period);

                  (III) engaging in activities or conduct injurious to the
         reputation of the Company or its affiliates including, without
         limitation, engaging in immoral acts which become public information or
         repeatedly conveying to one person, or conveying to an assembled public
         group, negative information concerning the Company or its affiliates;

                  (IV) commission of an act of dishonesty, including, but not
         limited to, misappropriation of funds or any property of the Company;

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                  (V) commission by the Executive of an act which constitutes a
         misdemeanor (involving an act of moral turpitude) or a felony;

                  (VI) the material violation of any of the written Policies of
         the Company which are not inconsistent with this Agreement or
         applicable law (after 30 days following written notice from the Board
         specifying such failure, and the Executive's failure to cure or remedy
         such inattention or failure within such 30-day period);

                  (VII) refusal to perform the Executive's assigned duties and
         responsibilities or other insubordination (after 30 days following
         written notice from the Board specifying such refusal or
         insubordination, and the Executive's failure to cure or remedy such
         refusal or insubordination within such 30-day period); or

                  (VIII) unsatisfactory performance of duties by the Executive
         as a result of alcohol or drug use by the Executive.

                  (b) The Executive may terminate his employment with the
         Company following a Change in Control of the Company for "GOOD REASON"
         by giving Notice of Termination at any time within two years after the
         Change in Control. Any failure by the Executive to give such immediate
         notice of termination for Good Reason shall not be deemed to constitute
         a waiver or otherwise to affect adversely the rights of the Executive
         hereunder, PROVIDED the Executive gives notice to receive such benefits
         prior to the expiration of such two year period. If the Executive
         terminates his employment as provided in this Section 3(b), then the
         Executive shall be entitled to the benefits set forth in this Agreement
         in lieu of any termination, separation, severance or similar benefits
         under the Executive's Employment Agreement, if any, or under the
         Company's termination, separation, severance or similar plans or
         policies, if any.

                  For purposes of this Agreement, "GOOD REASON" shall mean the
         occurrence of any one or more of the following events:

                           (I) The assignment to the Executive of any duties
         inconsistent in any material adverse respect with his position,
         authority or responsibilities with the Company and its subsidiaries
         immediately prior to the Change in Control, or any other material
         adverse change in such position, including titles, authority, or
         responsibilities, as compared with the Executive's position immediately
         prior to the Change in Control;

                           (II) A reduction by the Company in the amount of the
         Executive's base salary or annual or long term incentive compensation
         paid or payable as compared to that which was paid or made available to
         Executive immediately prior to the Change in Control; or the failure of
         the Company to increase Executive's compensation each year by an amount
         which is substantially the same, on a percentage basis, as the average
         annual percentage increase in the base salaries of other executives of
         comparable status with the Company;

                           (III) The failure by the Company to continue to
         provide the Executive with substantially similar perquisites or
         benefits the Executive in the aggregate enjoyed under the Company's
         benefit programs, such as any of the Company's pension, savings,
         vacation, life insurance, medical, health and accident, or disability
         plans in which he was

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         participating at the time of the Change in Control (or, alternatively,
         if such plans are amended, modified or discontinued, substantially
         similar equivalent benefits thereto, when considered in the aggregate),
         or the taking of any action by the Company which would directly or
         indirectly cause such benefits to be no longer substantially
         equivalent, when considered in the aggregate, to the benefits in effect
         at the time of the Change in Control;

                           (IV) The Company's requiring the Executive to be
         based at any office or location more than 50 miles from that location
         at which he performed his services immediately prior to the Change in
         Control, except for a relocation consented to in writing by the
         Executive, or travel reasonably required in the performance of the
         Executive's responsibilities to the extent substantially consistent
         with the Executive's business travel obligations prior to the Change in
         Control;

                           (V) Any failure of the Company to obtain the
         assumption of the obligation to perform this Agreement by any successor
         as contemplated in Section 11 herein; or

                           (VI) Any breach by the Company of any of the material
         provisions of this Agreement or any failure by the Company to carry out
         any of its obligations hereunder, in either case, for a period of
         thirty business days after receipt of written notice from the Executive
         and the failure by the Company to cure such breach or failure during
         such thirty business day period.

                  4. NOTICE OF TERMINATION

                  Any termination of the Executive's employment following a
         Change in Control, other than a termination as contemplated by Sections
         3(a)(i) or 3(a)(iii) shall be communicated by written "NOTICE OF
         TERMINATION" by the party affecting the termination to the other party
         hereto. Any "NOTICE OF TERMINATION" shall set forth (a) the effective
         date of termination, which shall not be less than 15 or more than 30
         days after the date the Notice of Termination is delivered (the
         "TERMINATION DATE"); (b) the specific provision in this Agreement
         relied upon; and (c) in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances
         claimed to provide a basis for such termination and the entitlement, or
         lack of entitlement, to the benefits set forth in this Agreement.
         Notwithstanding the foregoing, if within fifteen (15) days after any
         Notice of Termination is given, the party receiving such Notice of
         Termination notifies the other party that a good faith dispute exists
         concerning the termination, the actual Termination Date shall be the
         date on which the dispute is finally determined in accordance with the
         provisions of Section 18 hereof. In the case of any good faith dispute
         as to the Executive's entitlement to benefits under this Agreement
         resulting from any termination by the Company for which the Company
         does not deliver a Notice of Termination, the actual Termination Date
         shall be the date on which the dispute is finally determined in
         accordance with the provisions of Section 18 hereof. Notwithstanding
         the pendency of any such dispute referred to in the two preceding
         sentences, the Company shall continue to pay the Executive his full
         compensation then in effect and continue the Executive as a participant
         in all compensation, benefits and perquisites in which he was then
         participating, until the dispute is finally resolved, PROVIDED the
         Executive is willing to continue to provide full time services to the
         Company and its subsidiaries in substantially

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         the same position, if so requested by the Company. Amounts paid under
         this Section 4 shall be in addition to all other amounts due under this
         Agreement and shall not be offset against or reduce any other amounts
         due under this Agreement. If a final determination is made, pursuant to
         Section 18, that Good Reason did not exist in the case of a Notice of
         Termination by the Executive, the Executive shall have the sole right
         to nullify and void his Notice of Termination by delivering written
         notice of same to the Company within three (3) business days of the
         date of such final determination. If the parties do not dispute the
         Executive's entitlement to benefits hereunder, the Termination Date
         shall be as set forth in the Notice of Termination.

                  5. TERMINATION BENEFITS

                  (a) SEVERANCE PAYMENT. Subject to the conditions set forth in
         this Agreement, on the Termination Date the Company shall pay the
         Executive (reduced by any applicable payroll or other taxes required to
         be withheld) a lump sum severance payment, in cash, equal to three (3)
         times the sum of Executive's annual salary for the current year plus
         his annual incentive award target for the current year (provided that
         if the Notice of Termination is given prior to the determination of the
         Executive's salary or annual incentive award target for the year in
         which the Termination Date occurs, the amounts shall be based on the
         annual salary for the prior year and the greater of the annual
         incentive award target for the prior year or the actual incentive award
         earned by the Executive for the prior year). The current year shall be
         (A) for the purposes of determining annual salary, the year then
         generally used by the Company for setting salaries for senior-level
         executives (currently April 1 through the following March 31), and (B)
         for purposes of determining annual incentive award target, the fiscal
         year then generally used by the Company for setting annual incentive
         award targets for senior-level executives, in which the Termination
         Date occurs, and the prior year shall be the twelve-month period
         immediately preceding the current year;

                  (b) EXPENSES. Reimbursement for expenses incurred by the
         Executive in accordance with the Company's policy but not reimbursed
         prior to the date of such termination of employment;

                  (c) PAYMENT OF DEFERRED COMPENSATION. Any compensation that
         has been earned by the Executive but is unpaid as of the Termination
         Date, including any compensation that has been earned but deferred
         pursuant to the Company's Deferred Compensation Plan or otherwise,
         shall be paid in full to the Executive on the Termination Date.

                  6. OTHER BENEFITS

                  Subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement hereof,
the following benefits (subject to any applicable payroll or other taxes
required to be withheld) shall be paid or provided to the Executive:

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                  (a) HEALTH/WELFARE BENEFITS

                           (i) During the thirty-six (36) months following the
         Termination Date (the "CONTINUATION PERIOD"), the Company shall
         continue to keep in full force and effect all programs of medical,
         dental, vision, accident, disability, life insurance, including
         optional term life insurance, and other similar health or welfare
         programs with respect to the Executive and his dependents with the same
         level of coverage, upon the same terms and otherwise to the same extent
         as such programs shall have been in effect immediately prior to the
         Termination Date (or, if more favorable to the Executive, immediately
         prior to the Change in Control), and the Company and the Executive
         shall share the costs of the continuation of such insurance coverage in
         the same proportion as such costs were shared immediately prior to the
         Termination Date (or, if more favorable to the Executive, immediately
         prior to the Change in Control) or, if the terms of such programs do
         not permit continued participation by the Executive (or if the Company
         otherwise determines it advisable to amend, modify or discontinue such
         programs for employees generally), the Company shall otherwise provide
         benefits substantially similar to and no less favorable to the
         Executive in terms of cost or benefits ("EQUIVALENT BENEFITS") than he
         was entitled to receive at the end of the period of coverage, for the
         duration of the Continuation Period.

                           (ii) All benefits which the Company is required by
         this Section 6(a) to provide, which will not be provided by the
         Company's programs described herein, shall be provided through the
         purchase of insurance unless the Executive is uninsurable. If the
         Executive is uninsurable, the Company will provide the benefits out of
         its general assets.

                           (iii) If the Executive obtains other employment
         during the Continuation Period which provides health or welfare
         benefits of the type described in Section 6(a)(i) hereof ("OTHER
         COVERAGE"), then Executive shall notify the Company promptly of such
         other employment and Other Coverage and the Company shall thereafter
         not provide the Executive and his dependents the benefits described in
         Section 6(a)(i) hereof to the extent that such benefits are provided
         under the Other Coverage. Under such circumstances, the Executive shall
         make all claims first under the Other Coverage and then, only to the
         extent not paid or reimbursed by the Other Coverage, under the plans
         and programs described in Section 6(a)(i) hereof.

                  (b) RETIREMENT BENEFITS

                           (i) For purposes of this Agreement, "RETIREMENT"
         shall mean the Company's termination of the Executive's employment
         within two years following a Change in Control of the Company and at or
         after the date on which the Executive attains age 65; provided,
         however, that any termination for Cause or due to Death or Disability
         shall not constitute Retirement.

                           (ii) Subject to Section 6(b)(ii), the Executive shall
         be deemed to be completely vested under the Company's 401(k) Plan,
         Deferred Compensation Plan or other similar or successor plans which
         are in effect as of the date of the Change in Control (collectively,
         the "PLANS"), regardless of the Executive's actual vesting service
         credit thereunder.

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                           (iii) Any part of the foregoing retirement benefits
         which are otherwise required to be paid by a tax-qualified Plan but
         which cannot be paid through such Plan by reason of the laws and
         regulations applicable to such Plan, shall be paid by one or more
         supplemental non-qualified Plans or by the Company.

                           (iv) The payments calculated hereunder which are not
         actually paid by a Plan shall be paid thirty (30) days following the
         Date of Termination in a single lump sum cash payment (of equivalent
         actuarial value to the payment calculated hereunder using the same
         actuarial assumptions as are used in calculating benefits under the
         Plan but using the discount rate that would be used by the Company on
         the Date of Termination to determine the actuarial present value of
         projected benefit obligations).

                  (c) EXECUTIVE OUTPLACEMENT COUNSELING. During the Continuation
         Period, unless the Executive shall reach normal retirement age during
         the Continuation Period, the Executive may request in writing and the
         Company shall at its expense engage within a reasonable time following
         such written request an outplacement counseling service to assist the
         Executive in obtaining employment.

                  (d) LOAN ABATEMENT

                           (i) All loans and advances (as well as accrued but
         unpaid interest thereon) made by the Company to the Executive under the
         terms and conditions of the Company's Stock Purchase Assistance Plan
         (the "SPAP") shall be forgiven; and

                           (ii) All loans (as well as accrued but unpaid
         interest thereon) with third parties incurred by the Executive to
         purchase the Company's stock under the terms and conditions of the SPAP
         shall be satisfied by the Company provided that the Executive forfeit
         to the Company all shares of the Company's stock purchased with or
         related to the advance of such funds.

                  7. PAYMENT OF CERTAIN COSTS

                  Except as otherwise provided in Section 18, if a dispute
         arises regarding a termination of the Executive or the interpretation
         or enforcement of this Agreement, subsequent to a Change in Control,
         all of the reasonable legal fees and expenses incurred by the Executive
         and all Arbitration Costs (as hereafter defined) in contesting any such
         termination or obtaining or enforcing all or part of any right or
         benefit provided for in this Agreement or in otherwise pursuing all or
         part of his claim will be paid by the Company, unless prohibited by
         law. The Company further agrees to pay pre-judgment interest on any
         money judgment obtained by the Executive calculated at the prime
         interest rate reported in THE WALL STREET JOURNAL in effect from time
         to time from the date that payment to his should have been made under
         this Agreement.

                  8. EXCISE TAX PAYMENTS.

                  (a) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to
         the contrary, in the event that any payment (within the meaning of
         Section 280G(b)(2) of the Internal

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         Revenue Code of 1986, as amended or replaced (the "CODE")), or
         distribution to or for the benefit of the Executive, whether paid or
         payable or distributed or distributable pursuant to the terms of this
         Agreement or otherwise in connection with, or arising out of, his
         employment with the Company (a "PAYMENT" or "PAYMENTS"), would be
         subject to the excise tax imposed by Section 4999 of the Code or any
         interest or penalties are incurred by the Executive with respect to
         such excise tax (such excise tax, interest and penalties collectively
         referred to as the "EXCISE TAX"), the Executive shall be entitled to
         receive an additional payment (a "GROSS-UP PAYMENT") in an amount such
         that after payment by the Executive of all such taxes (including any
         interest or penalties imposed with respect to such taxes), including
         any Excise Tax imposed upon the Gross-Up Payment, the Executive retains
         an amount of the Gross-Up Payment equal to the Excise Tax imposed upon
         the Payments; PROVIDED, that the Executive shall not be entitled to
         receive any additional payment relating to any interest or penalties
         attributable to any action or omission by the Executive in bad faith.

                           (b) An initial determination shall be made by an
         accounting firm mutually agreeable to the Company and the Executive
         and, if not agreed to within three days after the Date of Termination,
         a national independent accounting firm selected by the Executive (the
         "ACCOUNTING FIRM"), as to whether a Gross-Up Payment is required
         pursuant to this Section 8 and the amount of such Gross-Up Payment. To
         permit the Accounting Firm to make the initial determination the
         Company shall furnish the Accounting Firm with all information
         reasonably required for such firm to complete such determination as
         soon as practicable after the Date of Termination, but in no event more
         than fifteen (15) days thereafter. All fees, costs and expenses
         (including, but not limited to, the cost of retaining experts) of the
         Accounting Firm shall be borne by the Company and the Company shall pay
         such fees, costs and expense as they become due. The Accounting Firm
         shall provide detailed supporting calculations, reasonable acceptable
         both to the Company and the Executive within thirty (30) days of the
         Date of Termination, if applicable, or such other time as requested by
         the Company or by the Executive (provided the Executive reasonably
         believes that any of the Payments may be subject to the Excise Tax).
         The Gross-Up Payment, if any, as determined pursuant to this Section
         8(b) shall be paid by the Company to the Executive within five (5)
         business days of the receipt of the Accounting Firm's determination. If
         the Accounting Firm determines that no Excise Tax is payable by the
         Executive with respect to a Payment or Payments, it shall furnish the
         Executive with an opinion reasonably satisfactory to the Executive that
         no Excise Tax will be imposed with respect to any such Payment or
         payments. Any such initial determination by the Accounting Firm of the
         Gross-Up Payment shall be binding upon the Company and the Executive
         subject to the application of Section 8(c).

                           (c) As a result of the uncertainty in the application
         of Sections 4999 and 280G of the Code, it is possible that a Gross-Up
         Payment (or a portion thereof) will be paid which should not have been
         paid (an "OVERPAYMENT") or a Gross-Up Payment (or a portion thereof)
         which should have been paid will not have been (an "UNDERPAYMENT"). An
         Underpayment shall be deemed to have occurred upon a "Final
         Determination" (as hereinafter defined) that the tax liability of the
         Executive (whether in respect of the then current taxable year of the
         Executive or in respect of any prior taxable year of the Executive)
         will be increased by reason of the imposition of the Excise Tax on a
         Payment

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         or payments with respect to which the Company has failed to make a
         sufficient Gross-Up Payment. An Overpayment shall be deemed to have
         occurred upon a "FINAL DETERMINATION" (as hereinafter defined) that the
         Excise Tax shall not be imposed (or shall be reduced) upon a Payment or
         Payments with respect to which the Executive had previously received a
         Gross-Up Payment. A Final Determination shall be deemed to have
         occurred when (i) in the case of an Overpayment, the Executive has
         received from the applicable governmental taxing authority a refund of
         taxes or other reduction in his tax liability imposed as a result of a
         Payment will be increased, and (ii) in the case of an Overpayment or an
         Underpayment, upon either (x) the date a determination is made by, or
         an agreement is entered into with, the applicable governmental taxing
         authority which finally and conclusively binds the Executive and such
         taxing authority, or in the event that a claim is brought before a
         court of competent jurisdiction, the date upon which a final
         determination has been made by such court and either all appeals have
         been taken and finally resolved or the time for all appeals has expired
         or (y) the statute of limitations with respect to the Executive's
         applicable tax return has expired. If an Underpayment occurs, the
         Executive shall promptly notify the company and the Company shall
         promptly pay to the Executive an additional Gross-Up Payment equal o
         the amount of the Underpayment plus any interest and penalties imposed
         on the Underpayment (other than interest and penalties attributable to
         any action or omission by the Executive in bad faith). If an
         Overpayment occurs, the amount of the Overpayment shall be treated as a
         loan by the Company to the Executive and the executive shall, within
         ten (10) business days of the occurrence of such Overpayment, pay the
         Company the amount of the Overpayment, with interest computed in the
         same manner as for an Underpayment.

                           (d) Notwithstanding anything contained in this
         Agreement to the contrary, in the event it is determined that an Excise
         Tax will be imposed on any Payment or payments, the Company shall pay
         to the applicable governmental taxing authorities as Excise Tax
         withholding, the amount of the Excise Tax that the Company has actually
         withheld from the Payment or Payments.

                  9. MITIGATION

                  The Executive is not required to seek other employment or
otherwise mitigate the amount of any payments to be made by the Company pursuant
to this Agreement, and employment by the Executive will not reduce or otherwise
affect any amounts or benefits due the Executive pursuant to this Agreement,
except as otherwise provided in Section 6(a)(iii).

                  10. CONTINUING OBLIGATIONS REGARDING CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION

                  (a) ACKNOWLEDGMENTS BY THE EXECUTIVE. The Executive hereby
         recognizes and acknowledges the following:

                           (i) In connection with the Business, the Company has
         expended a great deal of time, money and effort to develop and maintain
         the secrecy and confidentiality of substantial proprietary trade secret
         information and other confidential business information which, if
         misused or disclosed, could be very harmful to the Company's business.

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                           (ii) The Executive desires to become entitled to
         receive the benefits contemplated by this Agreement but which the
         Company would not make available to the Executive but for the
         Executive's signing and agreeing to abide by the terms of this Section
         10.

                           (iii) The Executive's position with the Company
         provides the Executive with access to certain of the Company's
         confidential and proprietary trade secret information and other
         confidential business information.

                           (iv) The Company compensates its employees to, among
         other things, develop and preserve business information for the
         Company's ownership and use.

                           (v) If the Executive were to leave the Company, the
         Company in all fairness would need certain protection in order to
         ensure that the Executive does not appropriate and misuse any
         confidential information entrusted to the Executive during the course
         of the Executive's employment with the Company.

                  (b) CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION

                           (i) The Executive agrees to keep secret and
         confidential, and not to use or disclose to any third parties, except
         as directly required for the Executive to perform the Executive's
         employment responsibilities for the Company, or except as required by
         law, any of the Company's confidential and proprietary trade secret
         information or other confidential business information concerning the
         Company's business acquired by the Executive during the course of, or
         in connection with, the Executive's employment with the Company (and
         which was not known by the Executive prior to the Executive's being
         hired by the Company). Confidential information means information which
         would constitute material, nonpublic information under the Securities
         Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations
         promulgated thereunder, regardless of whether the Executive's use or
         disclosure of such information is in connection with or related to a
         securities transaction.

                           (ii) The Executive acknowledges that any and all
         notes, records, reports, written information or documents of any kind,
         computer files and diskettes and other documents obtained by or
         provided to the Executive, or otherwise made, produced or compiled
         during the course of the Executive's employment with the Company,
         regardless of the type of medium in which it is preserved, are the sole
         and exclusive property of the Company and shall be surrendered to the
         Company upon the Executive's termination of employment and on demand at
         any time by the Company.

                  (c) ACKNOWLEDGMENT REGARDING RESTRICTIONS. The Executive
         recognizes and agrees that the provisions of this Section 10 are
         reasonable and enforceable because, among other things, (i) the
         Executive is receiving compensation under this Agreement and (ii) this
         Section 10 therefore does not impose any undue hardship on the
         Executive. The Executive further recognizes and agrees that the
         provisions of this Section 10 are reasonable and enforceable in view of
         the Company's legitimate interests in protecting its confidential
         information.

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                  (d) BREACH. In the event of a breach of Section 10(b), the
         Company's sole remedy shall be the discontinuation of the payment,
         allocation, accrual or provision of any amounts or benefits as provided
         in Sections 5 or 6. The Executive recognizes and agrees, however, that
         it is the intent of the parties that neither this Agreement nor any of
         its provisions shall be construed to adversely affect any rights or
         remedies that Company would have had, including, without limitation,
         the amount of any damages for which it could have sought recovery, had
         this Agreement not been entered into. Accordingly, the parties hereby
         agree that nothing stated in this Section 10 shall limit or otherwise
         affect the Company's right to seek legal or equitable remedies it may
         otherwise have, or the amount of damages for which it may seek
         recovery, in connection with matters covered by this Section 10 but
         which are not based on breach or violation of this Section 10
         (including, without limitation, claims based on the breach of fiduciary
         or other duties of the Executive or any obligations of the Executive
         arising under any other contracts, agreements or understandings).
         Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, nothing in this
         Section 10 or any other provision of this Agreement shall limit or
         otherwise affect the Company's right to seek legal or equitable
         remedies it may otherwise have, or the amount of damages for which it
         may seek recovery, resulting from or arising out of statutory or common
         law or any Company policies relating to fiduciary duties, confidential
         information or trade secrets. Further, the Executive acknowledges and
         agrees that the fact that Section 10(c) is limited to the Continuation
         Period, and that the sole remedy of the Company hereunder is the
         discontinuation of benefits, shall not reduce or otherwise alter any
         other contractual or other legal obligations of the Executive during
         any period or circumstance, and shall not be construed as establishing
         a maximum limit on damages for which the Company may seek recovery.

                  11. BINDING AGREEMENT; SUCCESSORS

                  (a) This Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to
         the benefit of the Company and its successors and assigns. The Company
         shall require any successor (whether direct or indirect, by purchase,
         merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the
         business and/or assets of the Company, by agreement to assume expressly
         and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same
         extent that the Company would be required to perform it if no such
         succession had taken place. For purposes of this Agreement, "COMPANY"
         shall mean the Company as hereinbefore defined and any successor to its
         business and/or assets as aforesaid.

                  (b) This Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to
         the benefit of the Executive and the Executive's personal or legal
         representatives, executors, administrators, successors, heirs,
         distributees, beneficiaries, devises and legatees. If the Executive
         should die while any amounts are payable to him hereunder, all such
         amounts, unless otherwise provided herein, shall be paid in accordance
         with the terms of this Agreement to the Executive's devisee, legatee,
         beneficiary or other designee or, if there be no such designee, to the
         Executive's estate.

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                  12. NOTICES

                  For the purposes of this Agreement, notices and all other
communications provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be deemed to
have been duly given (i) on the date of delivery if delivered by hand, (ii) on
the date of transmission, if delivered by confirmed facsimile, (iii) on the
first business day following the date of deposit if delivered by guaranteed
overnight delivery service, or (iv) on the third business day following the date
delivered or mailed by United States registered or certified mail, return
receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed as follows:

                  If to the Executive:

                  -------------------

                  -------------------

                  -------------------

                  If to the Company:

                  Spherion Corporation
                  2050 Spectrum Boulevard
                  Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33309
                  Attention:  General Counsel

or to such other address as either party may have furnished to the other in
writing in accordance herewith, except that notices of change of address shall
be effective only upon receipt.

                  13. GOVERNING LAW

                  The validity, interpretation, construction and performance of
this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Florida, without
regard to principles of conflicts of laws.

                  14. MISCELLANEOUS

                  No provisions of this Agreement may be amended, modified,
waived or discharged unless such amendment, waiver, modification or discharge is
agreed to in writing signed by the Executive and the Company. No agreements or
representations, oral or otherwise, express or implied, with respect to the
subject matter hereof have been made by either party which are not set forth
expressly in this Agreement. Section headings contained herein are for
convenience of reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of this
Agreement.

                  15. COUNTERPARTS

                  This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts,
each of which shall be deemed to be an original but all of which will constitute
one and the same instrument.

                  16. NON-ASSIGNABILITY

                  This Agreement is personal in nature and neither of the
parties hereto shall, without the consent of the other, assign, or transfer this
Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder,

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except as provided in Section 11. Without limiting the foregoing, the
Executive's right to receive payments hereunder shall not be assignable or
transferable, whether by pledge, creation of a security interest or otherwise,
other than a transfer by his will or trust or by the laws of descent or
distribution, and in the event of any attempted assignment or transfer contrary
to this paragraph the Company shall have no liability to pay any amount so
attempted to be assigned or transferred.

                  17. TERM OF AGREEMENT

                  The term of this Agreement (the "TERM") shall commence on the
date hereof and shall continue in effect for a period of three (3) years, unless
further extended or sooner terminated as hereinafter provided. At the end of
this three year period and on the first day of each one-year anniversary
thereafter, the Term shall automatically be extended for one additional year
unless either party shall have given notice to the other party, at least six
months prior to such anniversary that it does not wish to extend the Term.
However, if a Change in Control of the Company shall have occurred during the
original or any extended term of this Agreement, this Agreement shall continue
in effect for a period of twenty-four (24) months beyond the month in which such
Change in Control occurred; and, PROVIDED FURTHER, that if the Company shall
become obligated to make any payments or provide any benefits pursuant to
Section 5 or 6 hereof, this Agreement shall continue for the period necessary to
make such payments or provide such benefits.

                  18. RESOLUTION OF DISPUTES

                  (a) The parties hereby agree to submit any claim, demand,
dispute, charge or cause of action (in any such case, a "CLAIM") arising out of,
in connection with, or relating to this Change in Control Agreement to binding
arbitration in conformance with the J*A*M*S/ENDISPUTE Streamlined Arbitration
Rules and Procedures or the J*A*M*S/ ENDISPUTE Comprehensive Arbitration Rules
and Procedures, as applicable, but expressly excluding Rule 28 of the
J*A*M*S/ENDISPUTE Streamlined Rules and Rule 32 of the J*A*M*S/ENDISPUTE
Comprehensive Rules, as the case may be. All arbitration procedures shall be
held in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and shall be subject to the choice of law
provisions set forth in Section 13 of this Agreement.

                  (b) In the event of any dispute arising out of or relating
to this Agreement for which any party is seeking injunctive relief, specific
performance or other equitable relief, such matter may be resolved by
litigation. Accordingly, the parties shall submit such matter to the
exclusive jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the Southern
District of Florida or, if jurisdiction is not available therein, any other
court located in Broward County, Florida, and hereby waive any and all
objections to such jurisdiction or venue that they may have. Each party
agrees that process may be served upon such party in any manner authorized
under the laws of the United States or Florida, and waives any objections
that such party may otherwise have to such process.

                  19. RELEASE AND CONDITIONS

                  Any and all payments and benefits provided by the Company to
the Executive under this Agreement shall be conditioned on the following: (i)
Executive's continued compliance with the confidentiality provisions contained
herein; (ii) the Executive's execution of

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a full release and settlement of any and all claims against the Company; and
(iii) the Executive's execution of a non-disparagement agreement and continued
compliance therewith.

                  20. NO SETOFF

                  The Company shall have no right of setoff or counterclaim in
respect of any claim, debt or obligation against any payment provided for in
this Agreement.

                  21. NON-EXCLUSIVITY OF RIGHTS

                  Nothing in this Agreement shall prevent or limit the
Executive's continuing or future participation in any benefit, bonus, incentive
or other plan or program provided by the Company or any of its subsidiaries or
successors and for which the Executive may qualify, nor shall anything herein
limit or reduce such rights as the Executive may have under any other agreements
with the Company or any of its subsidiaries or successors, except to the extent
payments are made pursuant to Section 5, they shall be in lieu of any
termination, separation, severance or similar payments pursuant to the
Executive's Employment Agreement, if any, and the Company's then existing
termination, separation, severance or similar plans or policies, if any. Amounts
which are vested benefits or which the Executive is otherwise entitled to
receive under any plan or program of the Company or any of its subsidiaries
shall be payable in accordance with such plan or program, except as explicitly
modified by this Agreement.

                  22. NO GUARANTEED EMPLOYMENT

                  The Executive and the Company acknowledge that this Agreement
shall not confer upon the Executive any right to continued employment and shall
not interfere with the right of the Company to terminate the employment of the
Executive at any time.

                  23. INVALIDITY OF PROVISIONS

                  In the event that any provision of this Agreement is
adjudicated to be invalid or unenforceable under applicable law in any
jurisdiction, the validity or enforceability of the remaining provisions thereof
shall be unaffected as to such jurisdiction and such adjudication shall not
affect the validity or enforceability of such provision in any other
jurisdiction. To the extent that any provision of this Agreement, including,
without limitation, Section 10 hereof, is adjudicated to be invalid or
unenforceable because it is overbroad, that provision shall not be void but
rather shall be limited to the extent required by applicable law and enforced as
so limited. The parties expressly acknowledge and agree that this Section 23 is
reasonable in view of the parties' respective interests.

                  24. NON-WAIVER OF RIGHTS

                  The failure by the Company or the Executive to enforce at any
time any of the provisions of this Agreement or to require at any time
performance by the other party of any of the provisions hereof shall in no way
be construed to be a waiver of such provisions or to affect either the validity
of this Agreement, or any part hereof, or the right of the Company or the
Executive thereafter to enforce each and every provision in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement.

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                  25. EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT.

                  If the Executive has an Employment Agreement with the Company,
and if circumstances arise which cause both the Employment Agreement and this
Agreement to apply to the Company and the Executive, then, to the extent of any
inconsistency between the provisions of this Agreement and the Employment
Agreement, the terms of this Agreement alone shall apply. However, if this
Agreement does not apply, then the provisions of the Employment Agreement shall
control and be unaffected by this Agreement.

                  26. UNFUNDED PLAN.

                  The Company's obligations under this Agreement shall be
entirely unfunded until payments are made hereunder from the general assets of
the Company, and no provision shall be made to segregate assets of the Company
for payments to be made under this Agreement. The Executive shall have no
interest in any particular assets of the Company but rather shall have only the
rights of a general unsecured creditor of the Company.

         PLEASE NOTE: BY SIGNING THIS AGREEMENT, THE EXECUTIVE IS HEREBY
CERTIFYING THAT THE EXECUTIVE (A) HAS RECEIVED A COPY OF THIS AGREEMENT FOR
REVIEW AND STUDY BEFORE EXECUTING IT; (B) HAS READ THIS AGREEMENT CAREFULLY
BEFORE SIGNING IT; (C) HAS HAD SUFFICIENT OPPORTUNITY BEFORE SIGNING THE
AGREEMENT TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS THE EXECUTIVE HAS ABOUT THE AGREEMENT AND HAS
RECEIVED SATISFACTORY ANSWERS TO ALL SUCH QUESTIONS; AND (D) UNDERSTANDS THE
EXECUTIVE'S RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE AGREEMENT.

         THIS AGREEMENT IN SECTION 18 CONTAINS A BINDING ARBITRATION PROVISION
WHICH MAY BE ENFORCED BY THE PARTIES.

                   [signatures appear on the following page]

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                  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Change in
Control Agreement to be executed and delivered as of the day and year first
above set forth.

                                    SPHERION CORPORATION

                                    By:  ______________________________

                                    Name:  ____________________________

                                    Title:  ___________________________

                                    EXECUTIVE

                                    By:  _______________________________

                                    Name:  _____________________________

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                                   SCHEDULE A

<Table>
<Caption>
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EXECUTIVE'S NAME           EXECUTIVE'S POSITION
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<S>                        <C>
Roy G. Krause              Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
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Robert E. Livonius         Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.57

                              EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

                  THIS AGREEMENT, dated as of [SEE ATTACHED SCHEDULE A], is by
and between SPHERION CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (hereinafter referred
to as the "COMPANY"), and [SEE ATTACHED SCHEDULE A] (hereinafter the
"EXECUTIVE").

                                    RECITALS

                  A. The Executive currently serves as the Company's
[SEE ATTACHED SCHEDULE A], and her services and knowledge are valuable to the
Company in connection with the management of its business.

                  B. The Company and the Executive are parties to that
certain Employment Agreement dated [SEE ATTACHED SCHEDULE A] (the "PRIOR
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT").

                  C. The Company and the Executive desire to terminate the
Prior Employment Agreement (and any predecessor employment agreements) and to
enter into this Agreement upon the terms and subject to the conditions
hereinafter set forth.

                  D. The Company desires to continue to employ the Executive
and to enter into a new agreement embodying the terms of such employment.

                  E. The Executive desires to continue the Executive's
employment and to enter into a new agreement embodying the terms of such
employment.

                                   AGREEMENTS

                  NOW, THEREFORE, to induce the Executive to remain in the
employ of the Company and its subsidiaries, and for other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged,
the Company and the Executive agree as follows:

                  1. EMPLOYMENT.

                  During the Term of Employment (as defined in Section 2
hereof), the Executive shall serve as [SEE ATTACHED SCHEDULE A]. The
Executive shall perform and assume all duties and responsibilities customary
to such position and shall devote all of her business time and energies
thereto. In carrying out such duties and responsibilities, the Executive
shall report to, and be subject to the direction of, the
[SEE ATTACHED SCHEDULE A] and the Board of Directors of the Company (the
"BOARD").

                  2. TERM.

                  The Term of Employment under this Agreement shall commence
as of the date of this Agreement and shall continue at the will of the
Company and the Executive (the "TERM OF

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EMPLOYMENT"). Either party may terminate the Executive's employment at any time
and for any reason.

                  3. BASE SALARY.

                  The Company shall pay the Executive, in accordance with the
Company's regular payroll practices applicable to salaried employees, an
annualized base salary at the rate in effect on the date of this Agreement,
as the same may from time to time be increased or decreased at the sole
discretion of the Compensation Committee of the Board (the "COMPENSATION
COMMITTEE").

                  4. INCENTIVE AWARDS.

                  a) The Executive shall participate in the Company's annual
incentive plan for senior-level executives as in effect from time to time,
subject to the performance standards set by the Compensation Committee.
Payment of any annual incentive award shall be made at the same time that
such awards are paid to other senior-level executives of the Company. The
Executive's annual incentive award target shall be set by the Compensation
Committee.

                  b) The Executive shall be eligible to receive grants under
the Company's long-term incentive plans as in effect from time to time;
provided, however, that the size, type and other terms and conditions of any
such grant to the Executive shall be determined by the Compensation Committee.

                  5. BENEFITS, FRINGES AND PERQUISITES.

                  The Executive shall be entitled to participate in all
employee pension and welfare benefit, fringe benefit and perquisite plans and
programs made available to the Company's senior-level executives as in effect
from time to time.

                  6. VACATION.

                  The Executive shall be entitled to vacation in accordance
with the Company's vacation policy applicable to its senior-level executives.
Vacations shall be arranged in order that they not materially interfere with
the normal functioning of the Company's business activities or the
performance of the Executive's duties hereunder.

                  7. BUSINESS EXPENSES.

                  The Company shall reimburse the Executive for any ordinary,
necessary and reasonable business expenses that the Executive incurs in
connection with the performance of her duties under this Agreement, in
accordance with the Company's policy regarding the reimbursement of business
expenses.

                  8. TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT.

                  a) DEATH OR DISABILITY. The Executive's employment shall
terminate upon the Executive's Death, and Company may terminate the
Executive's employment due to Disability

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(as defined herein). If, during the Term of Employment, the Executive's
employment is terminated due to Death or Disability, the Executive (or
Executive's estate or legal representative, as the case may be) shall be
entitled to receive:

                       i) Executive's base salary through the date of such
         termination of employment (the "TERMINATION DATE") at the rate in
         effect at the time thereof;

                      ii) an amount, payable at the same time that annual
         incentive awards for the year in which the Executive's employment
         so terminates are paid to senior-level executives of the Company,
         equal to the product of the Executive's annual incentive award target
         for such year and a fraction, the numerator of which is the number
         of days in such year through the date of such termination of
         employment, and the denominator of which is 365; provided, however,
         that no such amount shall be paid to the Executive (or to Executive's
         estate or legal representative, as the case may be) if annual
         incentive awards for such year are not paid to senior-level executives
         of the Company generally;

                     iii) reimbursement for expenses incurred by the Executive
         in accordance with the Company's policy but not reimbursed prior to the
         date of such termination of employment;

                      iv) any vested deferred base salary and annual incentive
         awards (including, without limitation, interest or other credits on
         such deferred amounts); and

                       v) any other compensation or benefits that may be owed
         or provided to the Executive in accordance with the terms and
         conditions of any applicable plans and programs of the Company.

         For purposes of this Agreement, "DISABILITY" shall mean the
Executive's inability, by reason of illness or other physical or mental
disability, to perform the principal duties required by the position held by
the Executive at the inception of such illness or disability, for any
consecutive 180-day period. A determination of Disability shall be subject to
the certification of a qualified medical doctor agreed to by the Company and
the Executive or, in the Executive's incapacity to designate a doctor, the
Executive's legal representative. If the Company and the Executive cannot
agree on the designation of a doctor, then each party shall nominate a
qualified medical doctor and the two doctors shall select a third doctor, and
the third doctor shall make the determination as to Disability.

                  b) FOR CAUSE. The Company may terminate the Executive's
employment for Cause (as defined herein) if the Board determines that Cause
exists and serves written notice of such termination to the Executive. If,
during the Term of Employment, the Company terminates the Executive's
employment for Cause, all of the Executive's annual incentive awards,
long-term incentive awards, stock options and other stock or long-term
incentive grants which are not then vested or not then exercisable shall be
canceled as of the date of the Board's written notice of termination, and the
Executive shall be entitled to receive:

                       i) Executive's base salary through the date of such
         termination of employment at the rate in effect at the time thereof;

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                      ii) reimbursement for expenses incurred by the Executive
         in accordance with the Company's policy but not reimbursed prior to the
         date of such termination of employment;

                     iii) any vested deferred base salary and vested annual
         incentive awards (including, without limitation, interest or other
         credits on such deferred amounts but not including unvested annual
         incentive awards or amounts payable for the year in which the Board's
         written notice of termination for Cause is made, or unvested annual
         incentive awards or amounts payable after the Board's written notice of
         termination for Cause is made); and

                      iv) any other compensation or benefits that may be owed or
         provided to the Executive in accordance with the terms and conditions
         of any applicable plans and programs of the Company.

                  The Executive shall be entitled to receive no other
         compensation or benefits, whether pursuant to this Agreement or
         otherwise, except as and to the extent required by law.

                  For purposes of this Agreement, "CAUSE" shall mean one or more
         of the following:

                  (I) the material violation of any of the terms and conditions
         of this Agreement or any written agreements the Executive may from time
         to time have with the Company (after 30 days following written notice
         from the Board specifying such material violation and Executive's
         failure to cure or remedy such material violation within such 30-day
         period);

                  (II) inattention to or failure to perform Executive's assigned
         duties and responsibilities competently for any reason other than due
         to Disability (after 30 days following written notice from the Board
         specifying such inattention or failure, and Executive's failure to cure
         or remedy such inattention or failure within such 30-day period);

                  (III) engaging in activities or conduct injurious to the
         reputation of the Company or its affiliates including, without
         limitation, engaging in immoral acts which become public information or
         repeatedly conveying to one person, or conveying to an assembled public
         group, negative information concerning the Company or its affiliates;

                  (IV) commission of an act of dishonesty, including, but not
         limited to, misappropriation of funds or any property of the Company;

                  (V) commission by the Executive of an act which constitutes a
         misdemeanor (involving an act of moral turpitude) or a felony;

                  (VI) the material violation of any of the Policies referred to
         in Section 9 hereof (after 30 days following written notice from the
         Board specifying such failure, and the

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         Executive's failure to cure or remedy such inattention or failure
         within such 30-day period);

                  (VII) refusal to perform the Executive's assigned duties and
         responsibilities or other insubordination (after 30 days following
         written notice from the Board specifying such refusal or
         insubordination, and the Executive's failure to cure or remedy such
         refusal or insubordination within such 30-day period); or

                  (VIII) unsatisfactory performance of duties by the Executive
         as a result of alcohol or drug use by the Executive.

                  c)   WITHOUT CAUSE.   The Company may terminate the
Executive's employment without Cause. If, during the Term of Employment, the
Company terminates the Executive's employment without Cause, other than due
to Disability, then in lieu of any amount otherwise payable under this
Agreement, or as damages for termination of Executive's employment without
Cause, the Executive shall be entitled to receive:

                       i) A cash severance payment (reduced by any applicable
         payroll or other taxes required to be withheld) equal to one and
         one-half (1.5) (the "MULTIPLIER") times the sum of the Executive's
         annual salary for the current year plus her annual incentive award
         target for the current year (the "SEVERANCE PAYMENT"). However, should
         Executive's employment be terminated without Cause prior to April 10,
         2002, the Multiplier shall be reduced to one (1.0). The Severance
         Payment shall be payable in twelve equal, monthly installments
         beginning within thirty (30) days of the date of the Board's written
         notice of termination without Cause. If the notice of termination is
         given prior to the determination of the Executive's salary or annual
         incentive award target for the year in which the notice of termination
         is given, then the amounts shall be based on the annual salary for the
         prior year and the greater of the annual incentive award target for
         the prior year or the actual annual incentive award earned by the
         Executive for the prior year. The current year shall be (A) for
         purposes of determining the Executive's annual salary, the year then
         generally used by the Company for setting salaries for senior-level
         executives (currently April 1 through the following March 31), and
         (B) for purposes of determining annual incentive award targets, the
         fiscal year then generally used by the Company for setting annual
         incentive award targets for senior-level executives, in which the
         Board gives the Executive written notice of termination, and the
         prior year shall be the twelve-month period immediately preceding
         the current year;

                       ii)  Reimbursement for expenses incurred by the
         Executive in accordance with the Company's policy but not reimbursed
         prior to the date of such termination of employment;

                       iii) Any vested deferred base salary and annual
         incentive awards (including, without limitation, interest or other
         credits on such deferred amounts);

                        iv) Any other compensation or benefits that may be owed
         or provided to the Executive in accordance with the terms and
         conditions of any applicable plans and programs of the Company;

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                         v) The forgiveness of all loans and advances (as well
         as accrued but unpaid interest thereon) made by the Company to the
         Executive under the terms and conditions of the Company's Stock
         Purchase Assistance Plan (the "SPAP");

                        vi) The satisfaction, by the Company, of all loans
         (as well as accrued but unpaid interest thereon) with third parties
         incurred by the Executive to purchase the Company's stock under the
         terms and conditions of the SPAP provided that the Executive forfeit
         to the Company all shares of the Company's stock purchased with or
         related to the advance of such funds; and

                       vii) The immediate and full satisfaction of any vesting
         or service requirements with respect to any employee stock options,
         restricted stock or deferred stock units (or other stock awards)
         previously granted to the Executive and then outstanding.

         The initial and continued payment of the Severance Payment as well as
all other payments and benefits provided by the Company to the Executive under
this Agreement shall be conditioned on the following: (i) Executive's continued
compliance with the non-competition and confidentiality provisions provided
herein; (ii) the Executive's execution of a full release and settlement of any
and all claims against the Company; and (iii) the Executive's execution of a
non-disparagement agreement and continued compliance therewith.

                  d)   VOLUNTARY TERMINATION. If, during the Term of
Employment, the Executive terminates her employment other than due to
Retirement, the Executive shall be entitled to receive:

                       i) Executive's base salary through the date of such
         termination of employment at the rate in effect at the time thereof;

                      ii) reimbursement for expenses incurred by the Executive
         in accordance with the Company's policy but not reimbursed prior to
         the date of such termination of employment;

                     iii) any vested deferred base salary and annual incentive
         awards (including, without limitation, interest or other credits on
         such deferred amounts); and

                      iv) no other compensation or benefits except as and to
         the extent required by law.

                  e) INELIGIBILITY FOR SEVERANCE PLAN PAYMENTS. Anything in
this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, Executive shall not be
entitled to any payment under any of the Company's severance plans, programs
or arrangements.

                  9. COMPANY POLICIES.

                  The Executive shall strictly follow and adhere to all
written policies of the Company which are not inconsistent with this
Agreement or applicable law including, without

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limitation, securities laws compliance (including, without limitation, use or
disclosure of material nonpublic information, restrictions on sales of Company
stock, and reporting requirements), conflicts of interest (including, without
limitation, doing business with the Company or its affiliates without the prior
approval of the Board), and employee harassment.

                  10. CONFIDENTIALITY.

                  The Executive will not at any time (whether during or after
Executive's employment with the Company) disclose or use for Executive's own
benefit or purposes, or for the benefit or purpose of any other person, firm,
partnership, joint venture, association, corporation or other business
organization, entity or enterprise, any trade secrets, information, data, or
other confidential information relating to customers, employees, job
applicants, services, development programs, prices, costs, marketing,
trading, investment, sales activities, promotion, processes, systems, credit
and financial data, financing methods, plans, proprietary computer software,
request for proposal documents, or the business and affairs of the Company
generally, or of any affiliate of the Company; provided, however, that the
foregoing shall not apply to information which is generally known to the
industry or the public other than as a result of the Executive's breach of
this covenant. The Executive agrees that upon termination of her employment
with the Company for any reason, she will return to the Company immediately
all memoranda, books, papers, plans, information, letters and other data, and
all copies thereof or therefrom (whether in written, printed or electronic
form), in any way relating to the business of the Company and its affiliates.

                  The Executive acknowledges and agrees that the Company's
remedies at law for a breach or threatened breach of any of the provisions of
this Section would be inadequate and, in recognition of this fact, the
Executive agrees that, in the event of such a breach or threatened breach, in
addition to any remedies at law, the Company, without posting any bond, shall
be entitled to obtain equitable relief in the form of specific performance, a
temporary restraining order, a temporary or permanent injunction or any other
equitable remedy which may then be available.

                  11. COVENANT NOT TO COMPETE.

                  a) IN GENERAL. The Executive agrees that during Executive's
employment with the Company and for a period of one (1) year after the
termination of such employment for whatever reason (the "NON-COMPETE
PERIOD"), she shall not, anywhere in the United States:

                       i) act as an employee, director, consultant, partner,
         principal, agent, representative, owner or stockholder (other than as a
         stockholder of less than a one percent (1%) equity interest) for (1)
         any public company that derives any revenue from any business line in
         which the Company derives $25 million or more in annualized revenues as
         of the Termination Date or from the principal business line in which
         the Executive was directly involved immediately prior to the
         Termination Date (collectively, the "BUSINESS LINES") or (2) any
         private company that derives $25 million or more in annualized revenues
         from any combination of one or more of the Business Lines;

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                   ii) solicit business from, or perform services for, or induce
         others to perform services for, any company or other business entity
         which at any time during the one (1) year period immediately preceding
         the Termination Date was a client of the Company or its affiliates; or

                  iii) offer, or cause to be offered, employment with any
         business, whether in corporate, proprietorship, or partnership form or
         otherwise, either on a full-time, part-time or consulting basis, to any
         person who was employed by the Company or its affiliates or for whom
         the Company or its affiliates performed outplacement services, in
         either case at any time during the one (1) year period immediately
         preceding the Termination Date.

                   iv) For purposes of this Agreement, affiliates of the Company
         include subsidiaries 50% or more owned by the Company and the Company's
         franchisees and licensees.

                 b) CONSIDERATION. The consideration for the foregoing
covenant not to compete, the sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, is
the Company's agreement to employ the Executive and provide compensation and
benefits pursuant to this Agreement.

                 c) EQUITABLE RELIEF AND OTHER REMEDIES. The Executive
acknowledges and agrees that the Company's remedies at law for a breach or
threatened breach of any of the provisions of this Section would be
inadequate and, in recognition of this fact, the Executive agrees that, in
the event of such a breach or threatened breach, in addition to any remedies
at law, the Company, without posting any bond, shall be entitled to obtain
equitable relief in the form of specific performance, temporary restraining
order, a temporary or permanent injunction or any other equitable remedy
which may then be available.

                 d) REFORMATION. If the foregoing covenant not to compete
would otherwise be determined invalid or unenforceable by a court of
competent jurisdiction, such court shall exercise its discretion in reforming
the provisions of this Section to the end that the Executive be subject to a
covenant not to compete, reasonable under the circumstances, enforceable by
the Company.

                 12. COMPANY POLICIES, PLANS AND PROGRAMS.

                 Whenever any rights under this Agreement depend on the terms
of a policy, plan or program established or maintained by the Company, any
determination of these rights shall be made on the basis of the policy, plan
or program in effect at the time as of which the determination is made. No
reference in this Agreement to any policy, plan or program established or
maintained by the Company shall preclude the Company from prospectively or
retroactively changing or amending or terminating that policy, plan or
program or adopting a new policy, plan or program in lieu of the
then-existing policy, plan or program.

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                 13. BINDING AGREEMENT; SUCCESSORS.

                 a) This Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to
the benefit of the Company and its successors and assigns. The Company shall
require any successor (whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger,
consolidation or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the business
and/or assets of the Company, by agreement to assume expressly and agree to
perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the
Company would be required to perform it if no such succession had taken
place. For purposes of this Agreement, "Company" shall mean the Company as
hereinbefore defined and any successor to its business and/or assets as
aforesaid.

                 b) This Agreement shall be binding up and shall inure to the
benefit of the Executive and the Executive's personal or legal
representatives, executors, administrators, successors, heirs, distributees,
beneficiaries, devises and legatees. If the Executive should die while any
amounts are payable to him hereunder, all such amounts, unless otherwise
provided herein, shall be paid in accordance with the terms of this Agreement
to the Executive's devisee, legatee, beneficiary or other designee or, if
there be no such designee, to the Executive's estate.

                 14. CHANGE IN CONTROL AGREEMENTS.

                 Simultaneously with the execution and delivery of this
Agreement, the Company and the Executive have executed and delivered a Change
In Control Agreement ("C-I-C AGREEMENT"), which applies under the
circumstances and during the period described therein. If circumstances arise
which cause both the C-I-C Agreement and this Agreement to apply to the
Company and the Executive, then, to the extent of any inconsistency between
the provisions of this Agreement and the C-I-C Agreement, the terms of the
C-I-C Agreement alone shall apply. However, if the C-I-C Agreement does not
apply (as, for example, if there is no Change in Control as described
therein, or the C-I-C Agreement has expired, or the C-I-C Agreement simply
does not apply), then the provisions of this Agreement shall control and be
unaffected by the C-I-C Agreement.

                 15. NOTICES.

                 For the purposes of this Agreement, notices and all other
communications provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be deemed to
have been duly given (i) on the date of delivery if delivered by hand, (ii)
on the date of transmission, if delivered by confirmed facsimile, (iii) on
the first business day following the date of deposit if delivered by
guaranteed overnight delivery service, or (iv) on the third business day
following the date delivered or mailed by United States registered or
certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed as
follows:

         If to the Executive:

         --------------------

         --------------------

         --------------------

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         If to the Company:

         Spherion Corporation
         2050 Spectrum Boulevard
         Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33309
         Attention:  Chief Executive Officer

or to such other address as either party may have furnished to the other in
writing in accordance herewith, except that notices of change of address shall
be effective only upon receipt.

                 16. GOVERNING LAW.

                 The validity, interpretation, construction and performance
of this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Florida,
without regard to principles of conflicts of laws.

                 17. ENTIRE AGREEMENT; AMENDMENT.

                 This Agreement and the C-I-C Agreement contain the entire
agreement between the parties concerning the subject matter hereof and
supersede all prior agreements, understandings, discussions, negotiations and
undertakings, whether written or oral, between the parties with respect to
the subject matter hereof. No provisions of this Agreement may be amended,
modified, waived or discharged unless such amendment, waiver, modification or
discharge is agreed to in writing signed by the Executive and the Company. No
agreements or representations, oral or otherwise, express or implied, with
respect to the subject matter hereof have been made by either party which are
not set forth expressly in this Agreement.

                 18. COUNTERPARTS.

                 This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts,
each of which shall be deemed to be an original but all of which will
constitute one and the same instrument.

                 19. NON-ASSIGNABILITY.

                 This Agreement is personal in nature and neither of the
parties hereto shall, without the consent of the other, assign, or transfer
this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder, except as provided in
Section 13. Without limiting the foregoing, the Executive's right to receive
payments hereunder shall not be assignable or transferable, whether by
pledge, creation of a security interest or otherwise, other than a transfer
by her will or trust or by the laws of descent or distribution, and in the
event of any attempted assignment or transfer contrary to this paragraph the
Company shall have no liability to pay any amount so attempted to be assigned
or transferred.

                 20. RESOLUTION OF DISPUTES.

                 a) The parties shall submit any claim, demand, dispute,
charge or cause of action (in any such case, a "CLAIM") arising out of, in
connection with, or relating to this Agreement to binding arbitration in
conformance with the J*A*M*S/ENDISPUTE Streamlined

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Arbitration Rules and Procedures or the J*A*M*S/ENDISPUTE Comprehensive
Arbitration Rules and Procedures, as applicable, but expressly excluding Rule 28
of the J*A*M*S/ ENDISPUTE Streamlined Rules and Rule 32 of the J*A*M*S/ENDISPUTE
Comprehensive Rules, as the case may be. All arbitration procedures shall be
held in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and shall be subject to the choice of law
provisions set forth in Section 16 of this Agreement.

                 b) In the event of any dispute arising out of or relating to
this Agreement for which any party is seeking injunctive relief, specific
performance or other equitable relief, such matter may be resolved by
litigation. Accordingly, the parties shall submit such matter to the
exclusive jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the Southern
District of Florida or, if jurisdiction is not available therein, any other
court located in Broward County, Florida, and hereby waive any and all
objections to such jurisdiction or venue that they may have. Each party
agrees that process may be served upon such party in any manner authorized
under the laws of the United States or Florida, and waives any objections
that such party may otherwise have to such process.

                 21. NO SETOFF.

                 The Company shall have no right of setoff or counterclaim in
respect of any claim, debt or obligation against any payment provided for in
this Agreement.

                 22. NON-EXCLUSIVITY OF RIGHTS.

                 Nothing in this Agreement shall prevent or limit the
Executive's continuing or future participation in any benefit, bonus,
incentive or other plan or program provided by the Company or any of its
subsidiaries or successors and for which the Executive may qualify, nor shall
anything herein limit or reduce such rights as the Executive may have under
any other agreements with the Company or any of its subsidiaries or
successors. Amounts which are vested benefits or which the Executive is
otherwise entitled to receive under any plan or program of the Company or any
of its subsidiaries shall be payable in accordance with such plan or program,
except as explicitly modified by this Agreement.

                 23. WITHHOLDING.

                 The Company may withhold from any amounts payable under this
Agreement such federal, state and local taxes as are required to be withheld
(with respect to amounts payable hereunder or under any benefit plan or
arrangement maintained by the Company) pursuant to any applicable law or
regulation.

                 24. INVALIDITY OF PROVISIONS.

                 In the event that any provision of this Agreement is
adjudicated to be invalid or unenforceable under applicable law in any
jurisdiction, the validity or enforceability of the remaining provisions
thereof shall be unaffected as to such jurisdiction and such adjudication
shall not affect the validity or enforceability of such provision in any
other jurisdiction. To the extent that any provision of this Agreement is
adjudicated to be invalid or unenforceable because it is overbroad, that
provision shall not be void but rather shall be limited to the extent
required

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by applicable law and enforced as so limited. The parties expressly acknowledge
and agree that Sections 11 and 24 are reasonable in view of the parties'
respective interests.

                 25. NON-WAIVER OF RIGHTS.

                 The failure by the Company or the Executive to enforce at
any time any of the provisions of this Agreement or to require at any time
performance by the other party of any of the provisions hereof shall in no
way be construed to be a waiver of such provisions or to affect either the
validity of this Agreement, or any part hereof, or the right of the Company
or the Executive thereafter to enforce each and every provision in accordance
with the terms of this Agreement.

         PLEASE NOTE: BY SIGNING THIS AGREEMENT, THE EXECUTIVE IS HEREBY
CERTIFYING THAT THE EXECUTIVE (A) HAS RECEIVED A COPY OF THIS AGREEMENT FOR
REVIEW AND STUDY BEFORE EXECUTING IT; (B) HAS READ THIS AGREEMENT CAREFULLY
BEFORE SIGNING IT; (C) HAS HAD SUFFICIENT OPPORTUNITY BEFORE SIGNING THE
AGREEMENT TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS THE EXECUTIVE HAS ABOUT THE AGREEMENT AND HAS
RECEIVED SATISFACTORY ANSWERS TO ALL SUCH QUESTIONS; AND (D) UNDERSTANDS THE
EXECUTIVE'S RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE AGREEMENT.

         THIS AGREEMENT IN SECTION 20 CONTAINS A BINDING ARBITRATION PROVISION
WHICH MAY BE ENFORCED BY THE PARTIES.

                    [signatures appear on the following page]

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         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be
executed and delivered as of the day and year first above set forth.

                                    SPHERION CORPORATION

                                    By:  _____________________________________

                                    Name:  ___________________________________

                                    Title: ___________________________________

                                    EXECUTIVE

                                    By: ______________________________________

                                    Name:  ___________________________________

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                                   SCHEDULE A

<Table>
<Caption>
------------------------- ---------------------- ----------------------- ---------------------- ----------------------
Executive's Name          Date of Executive's    Date of Executive's     Executive's Position   Executive Reports To:
                          Employment Agreement   Prior Employment
                                                 Agreement
------------------------- ---------------------- ----------------------- ---------------------- ----------------------
<S>                       <C>                    <C>                     <C>                    <C>
Lisa G. Iglesias          May 7, 2001            February 29, 2000       General Counsel,       Chief Executive
                                                                         Vice President and     Officer
                                                                         Secretary
------------------------- ---------------------- ----------------------- ---------------------- ----------------------
Wayne L'Heureux           May 7, 2001            February 29, 2000       Vice President,        Chief Executive
                                                                         Human Resources        Officer
------------------------- ---------------------- ----------------------- ---------------------- ----------------------
Mark Smith                May 7, 2001            November 18, 1998       Vice President,        Chief Financial
                                                                         Finance and            Officer
                                                                         Administration
------------------------- ---------------------- ----------------------- ---------------------- ----------------------
Shannon W. Russo          May 7, 2001            November 18, 1998       Vice President,        Chief Financial
                                                                         Business Services      Officer
                                                                         and Treasurer
------------------------- ---------------------- ----------------------- ---------------------- ----------------------
Liza F. Palermo           May 7, 2001            February 29, 2000       Vice President,        Chief Executive
                                                                         Corporate              Officer
                                                                         Communications and
                                                                         Marketing
------------------------- ---------------------- ----------------------- ---------------------- ----------------------
Janet Wahby               August 1, 2001         N/A                     Vice President,        Chief Operating
                                                                         Global Marketing       Officer
------------------------- ---------------------- ----------------------- ---------------------- ----------------------
Douglas P. Cormany        May 10, 2001           N/A                     Vice President and     Chief Financial
                                                                         Chief Information      Officer
                                                                         Officer
------------------------- ---------------------- ----------------------- ---------------------- ----------------------
</Table>

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