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6Shareholder’s Letter Manpower Annual Report 2008
a velocity of talent churning within organizations, as both of these
trends – the aging workforce and the individual rules – become
exponentially more complicated in light of technological revolutions,
a third world of work trend that we will continue to monitor.
Causing discontinuity as mobile connectivity, dominance of user-
generated content on the Internet and social networking become
a way of life, in and out of work, technological revolutions are
changing the way people and businesses operate.
These three major trends are having a serious impact on our clients,
and that’s what drives the development and evolution of our services.
Our clients are looking for more from us. They want solutions that
work. These solutions cannot be created in a vacuum, and
innovation during a downturn must be more than just words. Our
innovation is derived from a maniacal pursuit to determine what
our clients around the world are asking for, directly or indirectly,
and applying solutions locally and then refining and implementing
them globally. In response to these trends:
We’ve launched MyPath,
™ our community-driven online career
management experience that will establish Manpower as
the de facto individual career reference and position us as
the individual’s trusted advisor.
We’ve invested in training nearly 16,000 Manpower staff members
on what it means to deliver a differentiated candidate
experience and upgrading the look and feel of our branch
offices through an initiative called Branch Experience.
We’ve strengthened our recruitment capability throughout our
organization, in the core part of our business and in
Manpower Professional; and we’re investing in building a
world-class Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) group.
We’ve launched
MyPath,
™ our
community-driven
online career
management
experience that
will establish
Manpower as
the de facto
individual career
reference and
position us as
the individual’s
trusted advisor.