Manpower was founded in 1948 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where we are still headquartered. Manpower's first Canadian office opened in April 1955. During those years, Manpower provided what was then considered emergency personnel relief in the light industrial and administrative areas. Since then, our sustained growth in both geographical reach and sales volume has made Manpower one of the world's leading recruitment and placement firms. To find out more about Manpower Professional click here.
Market Size
Over 4,000 Manpower offices are located in 64 different countries around the world of which over 49 offices reside in Canada and 1,150 offices reside in the U.S. Strategic geographical locations ensure that there is always a well-situated Manpower office to meet your needs.
Alberta Market
The Alberta market place has one very unique advantage. Although, we follow the same world leading practices and processes, the Alberta market place is a locally owned and operated franchise of Manpower with offices in Edmonton, Red Deer, Calgary, and soon to be opening in Fort McMurray. Our local knowledge of industry and business in Alberta, and our global tools and experience, make Manpower Professional a service provider of choice for Alberta companies.
Manpower's goal is to provide placement services of the highest possible quality to our internal and external customers through a genuine and thorough understanding of their needs. Our 2 million contract Managerial, Technical, Administrative and Production employee's service 400,000 customers around the globe.
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Areas of Specialty
Manpower Professional has proven experience in all areas of placement and Human Resource Solutions within the following areas:
Construction / Skilled Trades Engineering
Project Managers Superintendents
Planners/ Schedulers Purchasing Managers / Agents
Expeditors Contract Administrators
Alberta / Skilled Trades Experience
Manpower in Alberta has over 46 years of local experience providing Staffing Solutions to our customers. We have been involved in all aspects of the intake and selection process of top talent for jobs ranging in size from 1 person to over a thousand. The Skilled Trades division has over 17 years experience providing workforce solutions for maintenance, shutdowns, and small projects in the industrial and commercial field. With our National and Global presence, we can provide executable service solutions to handle any size project.
Certificate of Recognition – COR
Manpower is the first Staffing firm in Alberta to receive the Certificate of Recognition as part of the voluntary Partnerships in Health and Safety Program from the Alberta Workers' Compensation Board (WCB) and Alberta Human Resources and Employment. The Certificate recognizes Manpower for its ongoing commitment to providing a safe working environment for employees through its health and safety management system.
Construction Safety Training System - CSTS
Manpower Professional also has the ability the train and certifies our employees within the CSTS program. We also have partnerships to ensure and enhance certificates in many other safety-training programs.
Manpower Professional / Manpower
Manpower Professional is focused on all of these and other Staffing Solutions initiatives. Manpower Professional is a separate vertical division of Manpower. The Manpower group also has experience in the placement of individuals in the area of: Administration, Contact Centre, Industrial, and Transportation and Logistics. For more information on Manpower click here.
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HR Services
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Hot Candidates
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