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                         SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  
                               WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
  
                                  --------------
  
                                      FORM 8-K
  
                                   CURRENT REPORT
  
                       PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                          SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
  
  DATE OF REPORT (DATE OF EARLIEST EVENT REPORTED):   JANUARY 13, 1998
                                                    ------------------------------
  
  
                          HALL, KINION & ASSOCIATES, INC.
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                 (EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN CHARTER)
  
  
            Delaware                    0-22869                  77-0337705
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  (State or other jurisdiction        (Commission               (IRS Employer
       of incorporation)              File Number)           Identification No.)
   
  
  19925 Stevens Creek Boulevard, Suite 180, Cupertino, California          95014
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  (Address of Principal Executive Offices)                             (Zip Code)
  
  
  Company's telephone number, including area code   (408) 863-5600
                                                  --------------------------------
  
  Same
  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          (Former name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report.)
  <PAGE>
   
  ITEM 2.   ACQUISITION OF ASSETS.
  
       (a)  On January 13, 1998, pursuant to a Stock Purchase Agreement, dated
  December 20, 1997 (the "Stock Purchase Agreement"), by and among Hall, Kinion &
  Associates, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Registrant"), Group-Ipex Inc., a
  California corporation ("Ipex"), and Lalit M. Kapoor and Satindra Kapoor
  (collectively, the "Shareholders"), the Registrant acquired all of the
  outstanding capital stock of Ipex (the "Shares") from the Shareholders.
  
            Pursuant to the terms of the Stock Purchase Agreement, the Registrant
  paid or caused to be paid to the Shareholders $6,175,000 in cash and issued and
  delivered to the Shareholders 46,285 shares of common stock of the Registrant
  for the Shares.  Under the terms of the Stock Purchase Agreement, the
  Shareholders may also receive additional cash consideration of up to an
  aggregate of $3,375,000 payable in accordance with certain performance
  objectives as described in Section 1.6 of the Stock Purchase Agreement.  The
  amount and nature of the consideration was determined by arms-length negotiation
  among the parties.
  
            At the time of the acquisition, there was no material relationship
  between Ipex (including its officers, directors and shareholders) and the
  Registrant or any of its affiliates, or any director or officer of the
  Registrant, or any associate of any such director or officer of the Registrant.
  
            The Registrant used the proceeds obtained from its initial public
  offering of common stock to pay the cash portion of the consideration for the
  Shares.
  
            The foregoing description is qualified in its entirety by reference to
  the Stock Purchase Agreement, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 2.1
                                                                      -----------
  and incorporated herein by reference.
  
       (b)  At the time of the acquisition, Ipex was engaged in the information
  technology staffing business, which it operated from one facility in Lafayette,
  California.  The Registrant presently intends to continue to engage in the same
  business in substantially the same manner and for the same purposes.
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  ITEM 7.   FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.
  
            No financial statements are required to be filed in connection with 
  the acquisition.
  
       (c)  Exhibits:
  
            Exhibit
            Number    Description
            -------   -----------
            2.1       Stock Purchase Agreement, dated December 20, 1997, by and
                      among Hall, Kinion & Associates, Inc., Group-Ipex Inc., and
                      Lalit M. Kapoor and Satindra Kapoor.*
  
  
  
  * Pursuant to Item 601(b)(2) of Regulation S-K, the exhibits and schedules to
  this Stock Purchase Agreement have been omitted.  Such exhibits and schedules 
  will be submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon request.
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                                     SIGNATURES
  
            Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
  the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
  undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
  
                               HALL, KINION & ASSOCIATES, INC.
  
  Date:  January 26, 1998      By:     /s/ Martin A. Kropelnicki
                                       ----------------------------------------
                                       Martin A. Kropelnicki
                                       Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
                                        and Secretary
  <PAGE>
   
                                   EXHIBIT INDEX
  
                                                                     Sequentially
  Exhibit                                                                Numbered
  Number    Description                                                      Page
  ------    -----------                                                      ----
  
  2.1       Stock Purchase Agreement dated December 20, 1997 by and
            among Hall, Kinion & Associates, Inc., Group-Ipex Inc., and
            Lalit M. Kapoor and Satindra Kapoor.*
  
  
  
  *Pursuant to Item 601(b)(2) of Regulation S-K, the exhibits and schedules to
  this Stock Purchase Agreement have been omitted. Such exhibits and schedules 
  will be submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon request.
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text: SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  
                               WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
  
                                  --------------
  
                                      FORM 8-K
  
                                   CURRENT REPORT
  
                       PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                          SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
  
  DATE OF REPORT (DATE OF EARLIEST EVENT REPORTED):   JANUARY 13, 1998
                                                    ------------------------------
  
                          HALL, KINION & ASSOCIATES, INC.
  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                 (EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN CHARTER)
  
            Delaware                    0-22869                  77-0337705
  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  (State or other jurisdiction        (Commission               (IRS Employer
       of incorporation)              File Number)           Identification No.)
   
  
  19925 Stevens Creek Boulevard, Suite 180, Cupertino, California          95014
  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  (Address of Principal Executive Offices)                             (Zip Code)
  
  Company's telephone number, including area code   (408) 863-5600
                                                  --------------------------------
  
  Same
  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          (Former name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report.)
  ITEM 2.   ACQUISITION OF ASSETS.
  
       (a)  On January 13, 1998, pursuant to a Stock Purchase Agreement, dated
  December 20, 1997 (the "Stock Purchase Agreement"), by and among Hall, Kinion &
  Associates, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Registrant"), Group-Ipex Inc., a
  California corporation ("Ipex"), and Lalit M. Kapoor and Satindra Kapoor
  (collectively, the "Shareholders"), the Registrant acquired all of the
  outstanding capital stock of Ipex (the "Shares") from the Shareholders.
  
            Pursuant to the terms of the Stock Purchase Agreement, the Registrant
  paid or caused to be paid to the Shareholders $6,175,000 in cash and issued and
  delivered to the Shareholders 46,285 shares of common stock of the Registrant
  for the Shares.  Under the terms of the Stock Purchase Agreement, the
  Shareholders may also receive additional cash consideration of up to an
  aggregate of $3,375,000 payable in accordance with certain performance
  objectives as described in Section 1.6 of the Stock Purchase Agreement.  The
  amount and nature of the consideration was determined by arms-length negotiation
  among the parties.
  
            At the time of the acquisition, there was no material relationship
  between Ipex (including its officers, directors and shareholders) and the
  Registrant or any of its affiliates, or any director or officer of the
  Registrant, or any associate of any such director or officer of the Registrant.
  
            The Registrant used the proceeds obtained from its initial public
  offering of common stock to pay the cash portion of the consideration for the
  Shares.
  
            The foregoing description is qualified in its entirety by reference to
  the Stock Purchase Agreement, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 2.1
                                                                      -----------
  and incorporated herein by reference.
  
       (b)  At the time of the acquisition, Ipex was engaged in the information
  technology staffing business, which it operated from one facility in Lafayette,
  California.  The Registrant presently intends to continue to engage in the same
  business in substantially the same manner and for the same purposes.
  ITEM 7.   FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.
  
            No financial statements are required to be filed in connection with 
  the acquisition.
  
       (c)  Exhibits:
  
            Exhibit
            Number    Description
            -------   -----------
            2.1       Stock Purchase Agreement, dated December 20, 1997, by and
                      among Hall, Kinion & Associates, Inc., Group-Ipex Inc., and
                      Lalit M. Kapoor and Satindra Kapoor.*
  
  * Pursuant to Item 601(b)(2) of Regulation S-K, the exhibits and schedules to
  this Stock Purchase Agreement have been omitted.  Such exhibits and schedules 
  will be submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon request.
  SIGNATURES
  
            Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
  the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
  undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
  
                               HALL, KINION & ASSOCIATES, INC.
  
  Date:  January 26, 1998      By:     /s/ Martin A. Kropelnicki
                                       ----------------------------------------
                                       Martin A. Kropelnicki
                                       Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
                                        and Secretary
  EXHIBIT INDEX
  
                                                                     Sequentially
  Exhibit                                                                Numbered
  Number    Description                                                      Page
  ------    -----------                                                      ----
  
  2.1       Stock Purchase Agreement dated December 20, 1997 by and
            among Hall, Kinion & Associates, Inc., Group-Ipex Inc., and
            Lalit M. Kapoor and Satindra Kapoor.*
  
  *Pursuant to Item 601(b)(2) of Regulation S-K, the exhibits and schedules to
  this Stock Purchase Agreement have been omitted. Such exhibits and schedules 
  will be submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon request.