Apollo Group Inc

Apollo Group, based in Greensboro, N.C., provides contract information technology professionals to clients all over the United States. Established in 1990, the information systems consultant recruits data processing professionals from both North America and overseas. It provides various personnel, including programmers and analysts, systems analysts, and business analysts. It also recruits staff for project management, enterprise resource planning, database administration, network administration, and systems administration. The contractors are available for short- and long-term assignments, and client companies pay the firm a flat hourly rate for each contract consultant. Apollo Group ensures that client companies do not have to deal with payroll, payroll taxes, employee benefits, unemployment tax, workers' compensation insurance for these consultants.