Press Releases
31/03/2011
Manpower Inc. Evolves to Anticipate Clients' Needs
As part of ManpowerGroup, the World's First Innovative Solutions Company, Manpower is Uniquely Qualified to Deliver Solutions that Help Clients in Australia Win in the Human Age
Australia (31 March 2011) Manpower Inc., Manpower Australia's parent company and the world's first innovative workforce solutions company, today announces that it is differentiating and evolving its brand to reflect the new complexity and challenges brought by the Human Age. Manpower Inc is changing its name to ManpowerGroup, reflecting the organisation's global leadership in providing innovative workforce solutions for clients. ManpowerGroup is also revealing new logos that clearly connect the organisation's working brands together, including Right Management, and reflect how the group of companies is built for solutions and speed.
Lincoln Crawley, Managing Director of Manpower Australia and New Zealand, explains: "We recognise that in order to successfully unleash the passion and potential of their workforce, employers need solutions that are tailored to their needs. At Manpower, we provide clients with
dynamic and flexible solutions that complement ManpowerGroup's family of brands that operate worldwide. As an organisation, we continue to evolve, anticipating the ever-increasing sophistication and needs of our clients, and developing a robust suite of innovative workforce solutions that are operationally grounded and strategically confront the complexity of the Human Age. We have seen this coming, we understand the challenge and we are ready to serve clients with the strongest suite
of services and solutions in the industry."
In Australia, Manpower has been helping employers navigate the changing complexities of the local labour market, making it possible for rganisations and individuals to achieve all they imagined and more for 46 years through Manpower Australia, now part of ManpowerGroup.
Post-financial crisis, everyone has had to adjust to the fact that there will be no economic reset to "normal." Doing more with less has become the reality, and, for employers, business growth will now come from having access to talent rather than access to capital. ManpowerGroup has been monitoring the macro-economic forces and trends impacting the world of work for many years and this has led to it uniquely identifying a new world era: the Human Age. This is the first age to be identified before the end of its era and represents a time when people themselves are beginning to take center stage, and unleashing human potential is becoming the key building block of growth.
This evolution of Manpower Australia as part of the innovative workforce solutions company ManpowerGroup is designed to respond to this new world era, and marks the next chapter for a company that has pioneered what it means to deploy truly innovative workforce solutions.
Today's talent shortage and mismatch - in which employers are eager to hire the right talent, but can't identify the right candidates - demand a holistic global solutions provider, as ManpowerGroup research continues to reveal worldwide. In Australia, 45 percent of employers are already having difficulty filling key positions, according to Manpower's Talent Shortage Survey, with key skills shortages in skilled trades, sales representatives and engineers.
Unveiling the new parent company name and logo in New York with a simultaneous unveiling of signage at the company's world headquarters in Milwaukee, Jeffrey A. Joerres, Chairman, CEO and President of ManpowerGroup, adds: "We are pioneering what it means to be an innovative workforce solutions company not only for our industry, but for the wider business services sector and ultimately for the benefit of our existing and future clients and candidates. We have an unmatched
global footprint with local expertise and understanding of each market in which we work, and take a holistic view of the world of work - gained by interviewing more than 12 million people each year and working with hundreds of thousands of companies of all sizes globally. This insight means we have a deep understanding of human potential and are uniquely positioned to offer innovative workforce solutions that help organisations and individuals win."
ManpowerGroup is able to deliver solutions to clients across recruitment and assessment, training and development, career management, outplacement, outsourcing and workforce consulting. Together, ManpowerGroup's innovative workforce solutions deliver faster time to value to help clients win in the marketplace.
ManpowerGroup's suite of solutions includes:
ManpowerGroup Solutions
Providing clients with human resources and outsourcing services and outcome-based workforce initiatives, ManpowerGroup Solutions shares in the risk and reward with its clients.
Experis
The new name for ManpowerGroup's combined, consolidated professional resourcing business that will be rolled out over time. Experis is the global leader in professional resourcing and project-based workforce solutions that accelerate clients' business. With operations in more than 50 countries, Experis delivers 53 million hours of professional talent each year - specialising in IT, Engineering, Finance & Accounting and Health.
Manpower
Manpower is the global leader in contingent and permanent recruitment workforce solutions and the core of ManpowerGroup's business. Its combination of global reach and local expertise allows for greater flexibility and agility to respond to changing business needs, providing a continuum of staffing solutions.
Right Management
Right Management is the world's largest outplacement company and world leader in talent and career management workforce solutions, focused on increasing productivity and optimising business performance to help clients win.
17/03/2011
Manpower Inc. Named One of World's Most Ethical Companies by Ethisphere Institute
Today's Workforce Demands More Transparent and Socially Conscious Employers
MILWAUKEE, March 16, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Manpower Inc. (NYSE: MAN), world leader in innovative workforce solutions, was today named to the Ethisphere Institute's 2011 World's Most Ethical Companies list for its proven commitment to ethical business practices, including an outstanding commitment to ethical leadership, compliance practices and corporate social responsibility. Manpower was the only company from the staffing industry to be named to the prestigious list.
"We have entered the Human Age, where the key competitive differentiator will be whether companies are able to attract and retain the key talent they need to win in an era where the right talent is becoming increasingly difficult to find," said Jeffrey A. Joerres, Manpower Inc. Chairman and CEO. "In many cases, those skilled individuals will dictate terms to employers, of how, where and when they work. They will naturally gravitate toward industries which offer the best career development options, display a commitment to corporate social responsibility, contribute to the communities where they are located and have the best environment to unlock their human potential."
With a commitment to ethical business practices widely acknowledged as a key driver of employee engagement due to increased transparency in the new post-recession era, Manpower advises companies around the world to revisit their code of conduct to ensure it reflects their contemporary corporate culture and gives employees strong guidelines to follow so they can live the organization's values.
Manpower recently updated its Code of Business Conduct and Ethics to ensure that the company's 30,000 employees in 82 countries and territories continue to live up to the company's values through their actions, as clients, candidates, associates, suppliers, governments and employees select Manpower on the strength of its solid ethical foundation. Manpower's updated Code of Business Conduct and Ethics can be found here: www.manpowergroup.com/about/ethics.cfm.
"It is a point of pride for all of us within the Manpower group of companies that we have been named as one of the World's Most Ethical Companies," added Joerres. "Our strong mission-driven culture is founded on the powerful principle that we do well by doing good because the success of our clients and candidates leads to our success. When our deep understanding of human potential is connected to the ambition of business, a dynamic power is created: Power that drives organizations forward, power that accelerates personal success and power that builds more sustainable communities."
Ethisphere, an international think-tank dedicated to creating, advancing and sharing best practices in business ethics, corporate social responsibility, anti-corruption and sustainability, received more nominations and applications than ever before for this year's ranking, which as a result was exceptionally competitive. Candidacy was based on the organization's Ethics Quotient (EQ) process, in which nominated companies are queried on corporate governance, risk, sustainability, compliance and ethics. The Ethisphere recognition is the second prestigious award Manpower has received this month after being named to Fortune magazine's 2011 list of the Most Admired Companies, ranking number 1 in the industry.
08/02/2011
QLD floods fail to dent national hiring outlook: Manpower 29 percent of Australian companies set to increase hiring for Q.2. 2011
Despite concerns about the impact of floods on the Australian economy, the national employment outlook for the second quarter of 2011 remains steady, according to the latest Manpower Employment Outlook Survey.
The survey of more than 1,900 Australian employers indicates that the hiring pace for the upcoming quarter has not been significantly affected by the flood aftermath, with the seasonally adjusted Net Employment Outlook holding steady at +21% for the nation.
With the exception of Queensland employers, who were omitted from the Q2 survey as research was being conducted during the state’s flooding crisis, the number of employers planning to increase hiring has remained relatively stable in comparison to Q.1. Meanwhile, the percentage of employers planning to decrease headcount has dropped to 6 percent (down from 7 percent last quarter).
“The Manpower Employment Outlook Survey points to a strong and resilient Australian job market. Despite Mother Nature giving us a tough start to the year, national hiring intentions remain strong. The Net Employment Outlook is just one percentage point weaker than the same time last year (+22%), and worlds away from the gloomy outlook in Q2 of 2009, when the Outlook was -1%,” said Mr Lincoln Crawley, Managing Director of Manpower Australia & New Zealand.
However, employer expectations vary significantly across the states. Victorian employers are most optimistic, with a Net Employment Outlook of +26% (up from +23% last quarter). At the other end of the spectrum, Tasmanian employer confidence has taken a hit, with the Net Employment Outlook falling to +3% (down from +14% last quarter).
“While we’re seeing some big differences in the employment outlooks for the states, overall positivity and growth is winning out,” said Mr Crawley. “It's good to see that employer hiring plans in New South Wales remain strong, with a Net Employment Outlook of +21%, despite the political uncertainty in the lead-up to the March state election.”
Once again, employers in the Mining & Construction sector report some of the most positive hiring intentions in the country, with 37 per cent of employers planning to grow their headcount. However, the sector also has the highest proportion planning to decrease hiring (8 per cent), suggesting a high level of turnover for its workforce, as opportunities move from project to project.
“Mining and construction employers continue to provide lots of opportunities for workers in the sector, but individuals need to be flexible, agile and willing to move to where the work is. Employers, on the other hand, need to ensure they have strategies in place to attract this highly mobile and in-demand workforce,” Mr Crawley said.
The Manpower Employment Outlook Survey also suggests that the Services sector is the quiet achiever of the national labour market, with a seasonally adjusted NEO of +28%. It is on par with the Finance, Insurance & Real Estate sector, where one third of employers plan to increase their hiring next quarter, also giving the sector a seasonally adjusted NEO of +28%.
“It’s a good sign for the broader labour market that employment growth isn’t limited to just one or two sectors. While mining and resources may be a key driver of our economic performance, it's certainly not the entire engine room. In every industry sector we surveyed, at least 1 in 5 employers is planning to increase hiring for the next quarter, and for some sectors it’s as much as 1 in 3, so we can expect the jobs market to remain buoyant for some time yet,” Mr. Crawley said.
27/01/2011
Manpower Inc. Identifies the Dawn of the Human Age
Talent is the New “it” as Human Potential Rises Up as the New Driver of Economic Growth
Australia 27th January 2011. Manpower Inc. (NYSE:MAN), world leader in innovative workforce solutions, today announced at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, the dawn of a new world era; the Human Age.
Some of the world’s most powerful business, political and academic leaders attend the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, which provides an unrivalled platform to shape the global agenda and catalyse solutions at the start of each year.
Manpower Inc. Chairman & CEO, Jeffrey A. Joerres kicked off the WEF with the announcement, followed by a panel discussion with CNBC, “Entering the Human Age - unleashing and leveraging human potential in the new reality” with moderator Frank Brown, Dean of INSEAD and co-panelists Don Tapscott, Chairman of Moxie Insight and best-selling author of Macrowikinomics, Sharan Burrow, General Secretary of the International Confederation of Trade Unions, Kris Gopalakrishnan, CEO and Managing Director of Infosys, and Jim Quigley, CEO of Deloitte.
Previous eras were defined first by the raw materials that transformed them - the Stone Age, Bronze Age and Iron Age, then they were characterised by the domains people conquered with ever-improving technology - the Industrial Age, Space Age and Information Age. Now we’re entering a new age: The Human Age. Manpower confirms that this new reality has significant implications both for employers and for individuals, as human potential now becomes the major agent of economic growth. The world is experiencing an era of great transformation, where business models will have to be redesigned, value propositions redefined and social systems reinvented. Existing models and social systems have been strained to the point that they’re no longer sustainable. The resulting chaos and post-recession pressure to do more with less is creating a very challenging environment.
“Our ability as companies, as governments and of course individuals to adjust to this new reality, this new way of doing things, will depend upon to what extent we can tap into inner human potential - talent has become the key differentiator,” said Joerres. “Understanding how to unleash this spirit, passion and potential is not a one-size-fits-all approach and will require employers to engage with their people on a human level.”
Global forces also at play, including the recession, rapid technological development, a shifting demographic landscape and the rise in power of emerging markets are conspiring to bring about the Human Age, and the velocity of change is increasing. The effects of these forces can be felt everywhere including here in Australia.
Lincoln Crawley, Managing Director of Manpower Australia and New Zealand comments “Through the economic downturn and now into the recovery, many organisations have streamlined and redefined their people practices, cutting costs while driving efficiency.
Consequently, many companies have come to realise that if they are able to unlock the potential of the right people in the right place, they can achieve all they did before and more - even in a challenging environment.”
“This pressure is driving innovation and passion in a way never seen before” continues Mr Crawley. “We are hearing from our clients that the right talent is more important than ever, but at the same time, talent is becoming a scarce resource; employers are struggling with a mismatch - finding the right talent in the right place at the right time, despite relatively high levels of unemployment.” According to Manpower's most recent Talent Shortage Survey of more than 35,000 employers across 36 countries, more than 30% are struggling to fill key jobs that are vital to the success of their organisation. In Australia, 45% of employers are experiencing talent shortages.
“Talent isn’t just people, it's more than people,” commented Mr Crawley. “It's the person that fits what you need right now; the skills, the behaviors, the way of operating; the ability to operate in a chaotic, global environment. Talent is specific. In the past, for companies to grow their business, they needed access to capital. What we're seeing now and what we're hearing from the companies we're dealing with is that in order to get ahead you have to have access to talent - not just capital. As this process evolves, we’ll see capitalism shifting to talentism, and access to talent, rather than capital, become the definitive competitive advantage.”
In the Human Age, it is more important than ever that companies take the time to understand exactly what their talent needs will be, not just now but five or ten years down the line - and align their talent strategy closely with their business strategy. Then, they must become more agile in terms of how they attract, retain and develop their employees. Employers need to ensure that they update their work models and people practices to allow them to unlock the potential that they need to thrive in this new reality.
Understanding how to unleash this spirit, passion and potential is not a one-size-fits-all approach and will require employers to engage with their people on a human level. Technology and the growth of social media have led to a new level of transparency and the ability to directly engage and have a human-to-human conversation with almost anyone - whether as employer to employee or retailer to consumer.
The Human Age presents a challenging and exciting opportunity for organizations to leverage the potential of their greatest asset - their people - to drive the business forward. The recession, combined with advances in technology, expectations of business transparency and social mobility, have brought us to the cusp of a new age. Now, governments, businesses and individuals must work together to unleash the potential of the human spirit, that will help us to make sense of this new era.
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