I own a few shares of Manpower (MAN) stock in order to get their annual report. I have heard and seen their CEO Jeff Joerres speak twice at national staffing conventions (of the ASA) and he is truly visionary and motivating in the business field within which I work. Manpower is ranked by Fortune magazine as one of World's Most Admired Companies. He totally gets staffing and placement and runs a great organization. Their 2010 annual report, titled Empowering the World of Work, has really nice opening feature on how this next decade and beyond will be the Human Age. Stating, "It's not about technology. Or Systems. Or money. The talent, ambition and imagination of people will be the key building blocks of growth."
I like that - and I agree. To be sure, my staffing firm is no Manpower, nor does it wish to be. It is just a microscopic, granular spec of a version of the same model, and in a narrow niche segment (legal) and geographic (Chicago area) area. But based on their shear size and breadth - they are standard bearers in the staffing and placement industry. I applaud them for all that they do to lead by example and for what they do in terms of lobbying for laws (local and Federal) that are enacted to be fair and not harmful to employers in the temporary staffing business.
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