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8Shareholder’s Letter
seven percent. Smaller companies are coming to us in larger numbers
than ever before to help them with talent management issues, and we
have a strategy in place to rapidly enhance our ability to provide more
focused service for these clients. We know they will continue to need us
more in the years to come as talent shortages make it more diffi cult for
them to attract and retain the right people, and we are prepared to be the
best choice available to them in the marketplace.
In 2007, we continued to focus on investing resources in the right places
and removing unnecessary costs from the business. These efforts have
fueled our network expansion and service development that will drive
future growth. We are also investing in technology to continue streamlining
and powering our business, as well as in our brand and our people.
We built a new world headquarters in 2007, which combined employees
from four different locations into one, and the effi ciencies we gained by
bringing everyone together enabled us to develop the building without
increasing our costs. As an added benefi t, it is a “green” building, which
is currently under review for a LEED rating, the U.S. benchmark for the
design, construction and operation of high performance green buildings that
are created to the highest standards of human and environmental health.
Our headquarters is only one example of our commitment to social
responsibility and sustainability, which we consider to be one of our most
important investments. In 2007, we released our fi rst social responsibility
report and it energized our team to do even more. From our inception in
1948, we have been the industry standard in helping the underprivileged
to fi nd their way to sustainable jobs through our workforce development
programs. In the past few years, we have extended this work to help
victims of disasters and refugees to get jobs and training to help them
get a new start in the world after tremendous trauma. We’re also working
to end today’s form of slavery, known as human traffi cking or forced
labor. These are important efforts to help individuals, families and
communities to build a better future. Our CSR programs are also
important elements of building the Manpower brand worldwide and
establishing the kind of character and substance that can be expected
of us when we put down roots in a community.
Over the past year, we have broadened our geographic presence,
expanding into seven new countries and territories for a total
of 80, and expanding our offi ce network by another 100 offi ces,
to a total of 4,500.
80
Our CSR
programs are
also important
elements of
building the
Manpower brand
worldwide and
establishing the
kind of character
and substance
that can be
expected of us
when we put
down roots in
a community.