It cites Manpower's 240 offices in the US and Canada and 15 offices in Europe.

They symbolize quality and efficiency.” A 1962 advertisement from TIME features model Judy Newton who was the public face of Manpower in the 1960s as “The Girl in the White Gloves”.

Winter described the company's strategy: 'We chose white gloves as a symbol … because they seem to represent everything that is feminine, neat, and proper. “To avoid union opposition, they developed a clever strategy, casting temp work as “women's work,” and advertising thousands of images of young, white, middle-class women doing a variety of short-term office jobs.” In 1961, Manpower spent $1 million to place advertisements in Sunday papers across the country featuring their “White Glove Girls”. The growing temporary employment category has been said to be a new category of work intentionally exempt from union protections. The White Glove Girl and public offering (1961–1975) īy 1952, Manpower had expanded in the US to Minneapolis, Cleveland, Cincinnati, New York, Pittsburgh, and Boston in 1954, the company offered its first franchise in 1956, the company went international with offices in Montreal, Toronto, and the UK and in 1957, Manpower established operations in France. The two incorporated the company in Delaware, and in June 1948, opened offices in downtown Milwaukee and Chicago. By this account, in 1948, Scheinfeld conceived of Manpower, arrived at the name and early logo over lunch with friend and advertiser Marvin Frank, and invited Winter to invest as a minority stockholder and co-founder. Scheinfeld indicates that the idea for the company was, in fact, Aaron Scheinfeld's when at the close of World War II, he worked with a company on contracts to mothball military equipment and envisioned a temporary help service. In his book “A History of Manpower, Inc.® 1948–1976”, James D. They raised $7,000 and opened their first storefront in Milwaukee with the name Manpower suggested by a friend. The pair was inspired when they found themselves looking for secretarial help to file a brief on a tight deadline with the Wisconsin Supreme Court. logo in use from 1948 to the mid-1960s Founding and expansion (1948–1961) Įlmer Winter and his law partner Aaron Scheinfeld co-founded Manpower in 1948. © 2021 ManpowerGroup All Rights Reserved.Manpower, Inc. We are recognized consistently for our diversity - as a best place to work for Women, Inclusion, Equality and Disability and in 2021 ManpowerGroup was named one of the World's Most Ethical Companies for the twelfth year - all confirming our position as the brand of choice for in-demand talent. Our expert family of brands – Manpower, Experis, Talent Solutions, and Jefferson Wells – creates substantial value for candidates and clients across more than 75 countries and territories and has done so for over 70 years. We develop innovative solutions for hundreds of thousands of organizations every year, providing them with skilled talent while finding meaningful, sustainable employment for millions of people across a wide range of industries and skills.

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