Manpower Founded.
Manpower is founded in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S., in 1948 by attorneys Elmer Winter and Aaron Scheinfeld. Manpower began with an idea — Winter and Scheinfeld needed a typist to work on a deadline project but were unable to source a substitute on a temporary basis. This led them to ask other businesses how they coped with staffing emergencies — none had a satisfactory answer. Winter and Scheinfeld concluded that there was a market for a temporary help agency — and Manpower was born.
Manpower launches the Manpower Employment Outlook Survey, a quarterly forecast of employment intentions across regions and sectors, in the United States and Canada.
“White Glove Girl” Campaign Introduced. During a time when women were uncommon in the workplace, Manpower introduces its “White Glove Girl” marketing campaign, which provides women with a bridge to employment.
Manpower becomes a public company with an initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol: MAN.
Mitchell Fromstein joins Manpower as President and CEO. He will serve in this capacity for the next 23 years.
As a sponsor/supplier of the 1998 World Cup football (soccer) tournament in France, Manpower hires and trains people for every World Cup-related job, from the site managers who have overall responsibility for operations at each World Cup venue to the more than 12,000 volunteers. This year Manpower creates the Global Learning Center (GLC) to deliver computer-based training via the Internet to its global workforce. An ever-expanding library of administrative and computer training courses is available online to Manpower temporary employees and contractors in nine languages through the GLC, which provides them with greater ability to improve their skills and advance their careers.
Mitchell Fromstein retires as president, CEO and chairman of the board of directors. Fromstein is named chairman emeritus, Jeffrey Joerres is named president and CEO, a promotion from his previous position as senior vice president of European Operations and Global Account Management and Development. John Walter, retired president and COO of AT&T, is named non-executive chairman of the board.
Jeffrey A. Joerres, president and CEO of Manpower Inc., is given the additional title of chairman of the board at the annual shareholder meeting on May 1. John Walter, who was non-executive chairman since April of 1999, remains on the Manpower Inc. board of directors. This year Manpower acquires Jefferson Wells International, Inc., a rapidly growing professional services provider of internal audit, accounting, technology and tax services, for $174 million in July of 2001. The firm is based in Milwaukee and has offices throughout the U.S. and Canada.
Manpower’s network expands to more than 4000 offices around the world.
Manpower acquires Right Management, the world’s largest career transition and organizational consulting firm, for approximately $488 million in January of 2004. The firm is headquartered in Philadelphia and serves clients through a global network of 300 service locations in 35 countries and via the Internet.
For the first time in Manpower’s 58-year history, the company undertakes a global rebranding, emerging as a leader in the employment services industry and an expert in what’s now and what’s next in the world of work.
Manpower Inc. announces the dawn of a new world era: the Human Age. In this transformational new world era, human potential becomes the major agent of economic growth and access to talent replaces access to capital as the key competitive differentiator for organizations.
ManpowerGroup is recognized for its proven commitment to ethical leadership, compliance, corporate social responsibility and business practices at large. ManpowerGroup is once again the only company in its industry named one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies.
New CEO of ManpowerGroup is Jonas Prising.
Managing Director of ManpowerGroup Russia and CIS - Hugh Piper
ManpowerGroup Russia & CIS is registered with the Chamber of Commerce of the Russian Federation.
For the 10th year in a row, MapowerGroup has been recognized as one of the world's most ethical companies by the World's Most Ethical Companies.
ManpowerGroup in Russia and CIS is the winner in the category "Best Client Experience in B2B Consulting and Outsourcing" at the international CX World Awards.
For the 10th time ManpowerGroup Solutions is the world leader in recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) according to the analytical company Everest Group.
ManpowerGroup Russia & CIS is a member of the Anti-Corruption Charter of the Russian Business.
Sergio Basto is appointed as a Managing Director of the ManpowerGroup Russia and CIS.
