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As the world becomes a smaller place, with commerce criss-crossing the globe in all industries,
the world of work has also been transformed in profound ways. This is especially important for
national governments as they bear the responsibility for ensuring that their country and its people
can compete in the world economy.
Labor ministries play an increasingly important role in developing the Human Resources strategy
and programs for current and future generations of their countrymen and women. For developing
countries, this strategic role is critically important to the country’s ability to compete for foreign
investment, build their national commercial infrastructure and provide the means for individuals
to succeed.
For more than 40 years, Manpower has played a unique role in the world’s labor markets, working
in partnership with national governments and non-government organizations to solve the most
pressing labor market needs. Many of our programs – like Working Links in the U.K. – are
designed to serve as a bridge to employment, providing basic job skills to the unemployed,
underemployed and people with disabilities, and placing them in jobs at the end of their training.
Other programs – like TechReach in the U.S. and Canada – are designed to help individuals
transition from jobs that have become obsolete, to sustainable new careers in fields where there
are shortages of skilled workers.
Increasingly, we are working with governments to identify underemployed populations such as
older workers, to engage or re-engage them in the labor market. The expertise that we have gained
from our commercial experience, coupled with our pragmatic approach to putting people to work,
has proven invaluable to governments throughout the world.
IMPROVING JOB SKILLS OF A NATION