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ManpowerGroup

Type

Public

Traded as

NYSE: MAN

Industry

Professional services

Founded

1948

Founder

Elmer Winter
Aaron Scheinfeld

Headquarters

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

Number of locations

3,900 offices in 80 countries and territories.

Area served

Worldwide

Key people

Jonas Prising
(CEO)

Services

Revenue

Operating income

Profit

Employment agencies,recruitments, human resource consulting and outsourcing

US$ 22.00 billion (2011)[1]

US$ 524 million (2011)[1]

US$ 251 million (2011)[1]

US$ 6.89 billion (2011)[1]

Total assets

US$ 2.48 billion (2011)[1]

Total equity

Number of employees

31,000 (2012)

Website

www.manpowergroup.com

Manpower logo

ManpowerGroup (formerly known as ManPower Inc.) is an American multinational human resource

consulting firm headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. Manpower provides recruitment and
assessment, training and development, career management, outsourcing, and workforce consulting.
Founded by Elmer Winter and Aaron Scheinfeld in 1948, the company was acquired by Blue
Arrow of Britain in 1987, but became independent again in 1991.
Contents
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1 History

2 Subsidiaries

3 See also

4 References

5 External links

History[edit]
In 1948, Manpower was founded in Milwaukee, Wisconsin by attorneys Elmer Winter and Aaron
Scheinfeld. The first offices were located in Milwaukee and Chicago, Illinois. In 1954, Manpower
continued expanding in the United States by offering franchise business opportunities in addition to
company owned branch offices. In 1956, The company became an international company:

1956 - offices in Montreal and Toronto, Canada.

1956 - offices in the UK

1957 - offices opened in France

1963 - opened in South America

1964 - presence in Asia

In 1962, Manpower launched the Employment Outlook Survey,

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which covers 39 countries.

In 1976, upon Elmer Winter's retirement, Manpower was sold to The Parker Pen Company. It
became independent again in 1986, and a year later was acquired by Blue Arrow of the United
Kingdom. It again became independent in 1991.
Elmer Winter died on October 22, 2009 at the age of 97.
On 30 March 2011, Manpower Inc. changed its name to ManpowerGroup to better reflect its
offerings. Under the parent brand, ManpowerGroup's working brands became known as
ManpowerGroup Solutions, Manpower, Experis and Right Management. ManpowerGroup also
revamped its logos in an attempt to provide a uniform look and a better representation of how its
brands fit together.
As of 2011, ManpowerGroup had over 3,900 offices
in 82 countries
and an "office" in web
based online universe Second Life. In 2010, the company's total sales equaled US$19 billion
worldwide
. ManpowerGroup's customer base, which stands at approximately 400,000
companies, includes multinational corporations such as IBM, Monsanto
Company, ntl and Danaher subsidiaries. The number of direct staff ManpowerGroup has is
estimated at more than 30,000
and the agency employs more than 4.4 million workers each
year. ManpowerGroup is a Fortune 500 company.
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Subsidiaries[edit]
ManpowerGroup has several brands including: Manpower, Experis (Professional Resourcing), Right
Management (Outplacement and Talent Management), and ManpowerGroup Solutions (RPO, MSP,
and Talent Based Outsourcing). Experis was formed through merger of Elan (acquired in 2000),
Jefferson Wells (acquired in 2001), and Manpower Professional.
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In 2007, it acquired Clarendon Parker, an employment business based in the Middle East; in April
2011 it acquired WDC, an IT services and staffing company in India.

See also[edit]
Wisconsin portal
Companies portal

Professional employer organization

Employment agency

Recruiter

Recruitment

Temporary work

UK agency worker law

References[edit]
1.

^ Jump up to:a b c d e "2010 Form 10-K, Manpower Inc.". Google Finance.

2.

Jump up^ "Fortune Global 500 2009: The World's Biggest Companies - Manpower - MAN". Money.cnn.com. 2009-07-20. Retrieved 2012-05-31.