Jeffrey A. Joerres joined Manpower Inc. in 1993 as Vice President of Marketing, responsible for the company's overall marketing strategy. He also served as Senior Vice President of European Operations and Global Account Management and Development. He was appointed the President and CEO of Manpower in 1999, and Chairman of the Board in 2001. Manpower Inc. is a world leader in the employment industry, offering customers a wide gamut of services to meet their needs in spheres on employment and business. The company specializes in permanent, temporary and contract recruitment, employee assessment, training, career transition and consulting services. The principal activity of this Group in to address issues of staffing and workforce management. It imparts human resource services including professional, specialized, office and industrial staffing, temporary and permanent employee testing, selection, training and development, internal audit, accounting, technology and tax services and organizational-performance consulting. The Group has an intricate system of assessment, selection, training and quality assurance used by temporary staffing operations all over. It has a worldwide network of 4,300 offices in 66 countries and territories enables the company to meet the needs of its customers stretching over 400,000 customers per year, which includes small and medium size enterprises in all industry sectors, and also some of the world's largest multinational corporations. The Group's operations are conducted through both its branch offices as well as franchise offices in the United States and Canada, and primarily through its branch offices in other countries. The center of Manpower's work is raising through improved quality, efficiency and cost-reduction, enabling their clientele to concentrate on their core business activities. Manpower also operates under the trade names of Right Management Consultants, Jefferson Wells, Elan, Brook Street and Empower. CEO Joerres is a member of the Board of Directors of Artisan Funds, an investment management firm with offices in Milwaukee, Atlanta and San Fransisco. He is also the member of the Board of Directors of Johnson Controls Inc., which is an $18 billion global market leader in automotive systems and facility management and control. Joerres is known as an ardent propagator of job training and workforce development initiatives. Director of National Association of Manufacturers and a trustee for its Center of Workforce Success, Joerres is also on the board of trustees for the Committee for Economic Development (CED). In addition, he serves on The Commission on Technology and Adult Learning, an initiative of the National Governors' Association and the American Society for Training and development. This Commission defines the issues on public policy for workforce development in the information age. Joerres has received a Bachelor of Science degree from Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Prior to joining Manpower, Joerres was Vice President of Sales and Marketing for ARI Network Services, a high-tech electronic data interchange company. With such a dedicated leader controlling the Group, it comes as little surprise that Manpower's portfolio of global accounts represents more than $1 billion in annual sales volume. In spite of facing numerous troubles in his first five years, from the dot-com burst, the Enron-led corporate scandals, to the recession and the war on terrorism, Manpower has emerged a bigger, better and more profitable company. He himself says as much, "We went through the Internet bubble, we went through a downturn, and we have emerged stronger." He has steered manpower Inc. to growth despite the rough waters in his initial years at the helm. Manpower, under him, has started doing business in countries as China, El Salvador, Estonia, Honduras, Nicaragua, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Tunisia, Turkey. Joerres, who says he doesn't enjoy travel, has traveled 400,000 miles visiting Manpower operations worldwide. Joerres has improved Manpower's business model. Under him Manpower Inc. has added many initiatives, and is continuing to do so, including an expanded marketing and branding presence to transform the brand identity from a provider of daily labors to professional placement.