MILWAUKEE, Feb. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Manpower Inc. (NYSE: MAN), a world leader in innovative workforce solutions, was highlighted in Everest Research Institute's January 2011 Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) Report. This annual report reviews the RPO market's 20+ established service providers using the Everest PEAK matrix, which categorizes RPO providers into leaders, major contenders, and emerging players based on their market success and overall RPO delivery capability by evaluating their performance, experience, ability and knowledge. Manpower is ranked as the leader with the highest rating in scale, technology capability, and geographic delivery footprint.

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Applying the PEAK methodology, Manpower was noted as the overall leader and only provider with capabilities across all regions (North America, Asia Pacific, EMEA and South America). Everest Research cited Manpower as having 10 percent or greater market share in four key verticals: manufacturing, financial services, high-tech and telecommunications, and the public sector. Additionally, Manpower was noted as the RPO vendor managing the most exempt employees of any of the providers covered in the report.

"We are honored that Everest acknowledged our role as the RPO industry's market leader," said Kate Donovan, managing director of RPO in North America and head of the Manpower RPO global Center of Excellence. "Recognizing that talent is a major agent for our clients' growth, we have made investments in our breadth of offerings and global footprint to ensure that we are best equipped to serve their needs with scalable solutions worldwide. This recognition from one of the most respected sources of global business process outsourcing intelligence is a testament to the innovative workforce solutions we deliver that help our clients win."

"Our assessment shows that Manpower has market leading delivery capabilities and it has been able to convert that into market success by winning a large number of new deals," said Rajesh Ranjan, research director, Everest Research Institute. "It is also one of the very few providers to have significant RPO experience in all the major geographies and industry verticals."

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About Manpower Inc.

Manpower Inc. (NYSE: MAN) is a world leader in innovative workforce solutions; creating and delivering services that enable its clients to win in the changing world of work. With over 60 years' experience, Manpower offers employers a range of services and solutions for the entire employment and business cycle including permanent, temporary and contract recruitment; employee assessment and selection; training; outplacement; outsourcing and consulting. Manpower's worldwide network of nearly 4,000 offices in 82 countries and territories enables the company to meet the needs of its 400,000 clients per year, including small and medium size enterprises in all industry sectors, as well as the world's largest multinational corporations. The focus of Manpower's work is on raising productivity through improved quality, efficiency and cost-reduction across their total workforce, enabling clients to concentrate on their core business activities. Manpower Inc. operates under five brands: Manpower, Manpower Professional, Elan, Jefferson Wells and Right Management. More information about Manpower Inc. is available at www.manpower.com.

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