ManpowerGroup and our family of companies develop a variety of research studies, books, white papers and articles. These publications help our clients and other organizations keep up-to-date on the latest labor market trends, HR theories and practices that can help improve business performance. Please visit this page often to view our most current offerings.
In the past 60 years, ManpowerGroup provide Innovative Workforce Solutions to help them win in the world of work. ManpowerGroup announced that we are entering the Human Age at the 2011 World Economic Forum. At the past, it was human wisdom and innovation
that brought the new technology to drive the evolution. The former eras were basically defined by raw materials such as the Stone Age, the Bronze Age and the Iron Age. Through continuously advanced technology, human had conquered different fields, including industry, space and information. From now on, human potential will be the catalyst and driving force of the economic, political and social development. Whether we could be adapt to the brand new reality depends on developing human passion, creation, innovation and potential and wisdom in all aspects.
2012-01 |
HOW TO NAVIGATE THE HUMAN AGEDownload Full Report (PDF)Find the best talent, and implement the right work models and people practices to win in the Human Age. |
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2011-11 |
Hire and Retain the Best with Success MappingDownload Full Report (PDF)Despite high unemployment, employers globally face an impending challenge to find the right talent. According to ManpowerGroup’s 2011 Talent Shortage Survey, one in three respondents report difficulty filling vacant roles, while 28 percent of employers report a lack of experience in candidates as a key barrier to filling vacancies. |
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2011-07 |
“Manufacturing”Talent for the HUMAN AGEDownload Full Report (PDF)The world stands on the brink of a global employability crisis—an over-supply of available workers and an undersupply of qualified talent. Faced with the most acute talent shortage since 2007—before the start of the world’s first global recession. |
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2011-05 |
Entering The Human AgeDownload Full Report (PDF)The world is on the cusp of entering a new reality in which human potential itself will become the major agent of economic growth. Unleashing this spirit and potential will become the ultimate quest that we must seek to conquer, as the world enters the Human Age. |
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2010-08 |
Teachable Fit:A New Approach for Easing the Talent MismatchDownload Full Report (PDF)The connective power of social network can push innovation. Employers should channel the use of social networks in the directions that benefit their organizations and employees alike. |
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2010-06 |
IPO and Internationalization: Chinese Private Companies' Talent StrategyDownload Full Report (PDF)Chinese private companies to put more efforts in their own employer brand building, construct systematic management culture, and grow talent internally and recruit new talent from outside of company in order to succeed in the process of IPO and internationalization. |
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2010-04 |
Social Networks vs. Management? Harness the Power of Social MediaDownload Full Report (PDF)The connective power of social network can push innovation. Employers should channel the use of social networks in the directions that benefit their organizations and employees alike. |
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2009-11 |
Rules of Engagement: Harnessing the Potential of the Contingent WorkforceDownload Full Report (PDF)The mini white paper urges companies to boost contingent employees’ engagement and loyalty in order to unleash their potentials and values to their employers. |
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2009-07 |
The Global Talent Crunch：Why Employer Branding Matters NowDownload Full Report (PDF)Mini White Paper: Having a strong brand as an employer, which accurately reflects what it is like to work in the organization, will help employers attract and retain the right talent; and therefore enabling them to win in these challenging time and achieve their goals. |
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2009-07 |
Expansion Success Factor: Cross-city Talent RelocationDownload Full Report (PDF)Mini White Paper: Along with the new wave of economic expansion in China, companies will need adequate qualified candidates to help them explore the untapped opportunities in emerging cities. This needs joint efforts from companies, the government, job seekers and human resources service providers to better attract and retain talents. |
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2009-03 |
The Underworked Solution:Women and the Talent CrunchDownload Full Report (PDF)Mini White Paper: Women have made dramatic strides in the workforce across the globe, but as study after study has documented, they still lag men significantly. Actually, women can play a key role in plugging the gap in demand for the rapidly growing service sector. The five-day, 40-hour week is impractical for many women who bear primary responsibility for childcare and other family obligations. We must revise outdated job structures-along with the policies that reinforce them-and move towards true employment flexibility. |
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2008-09 |
The Borderless Workforce: 2008Download Full Report (PDF)White Paper: This white paper explores the complexities of today's global workforce, how employers and governments are responding to the fluidity of talent and the challenges and opportunities that talent mobility poses for both employers and individuals. |
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2008-05 |
Confronting the Talent Crunch: 2008Download Full Report (PDF)This paper (updated since its original publication in 2006) explores which trends are likely to become more pronounced, and how governments, employers and individuals can prepare themselves to confront the growing talent shortage. |
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2006-08 |
The China Talent ParadoxDownload Full Report (PDF)White Paper: As one of the fastest growing economies in the world, China is a primary market for Manpower and its clients. Manpower recently conducted research on the attraction, engagement and retention of talent in China. The primary output of the research is an employee engagement and retention White Paper called The China Talent Paradox: How there can be a talent shortage in a country of 1.3 billion people...and what to do about it. |
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2006-05 |
Engaging the Total WorkforceDownload Full Report (PDF)White Paper: As skill shortages permeate the world's workforces, optimizing and engaging talent will be critical in the future. This white paper highlights an international study, conducted by Manpower, which examines the engagement drivers of contingent and permanent employees around the world. Solutions, a few quick fixes, and a three-phase process toward developing a strategy on how Human Resource Executives can effectively impact employees to generate greater productivity and bring new light to understanding how to optimize the total workforce is also discussed. |
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