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2004 Annual Report MANPOWER INC.26
Throughout 2004, we made great progress in expanding our permanent place-
ment market share, adding over 450 dedicated permanent placement recruiters
across the world. Our goal is to become the de facto leader in permanent
placement worldwide, across all 67 countries and territories in our network. This
includes our French unit where a legislative change in late 2004 allows us, for
the first time, to provide permanent placement services to the French market.
So what’s next for Manpower? As I’ve stated before, we are determined to
redefine the industry by offering a unique approach to solving our customers’
problems, now, and as they are traveling the road that lies ahead. As we listen
to our customers and experience what’s happening in their workplaces throughout
the globe, we see the next big need that we intend to fulfill. It is the requirement
to optimize all of the talent that is involved in the company. It is the key to
delivering a critical competitive advantage to companies that are facing fierce
competition at both the global and local levels.
For many years, companies have optimized various facets of their business
through supply chain management and offshoring/outsourcing of transactional
functions or manufactured products. The one element that has been left out
of this intense movement toward optimization, and one that companies are
coming to realize that they must address, is the entire talent pool that works
within their organization, including permanent, temporary and contract staff, as
well as consultants.
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