Manpower has worked for years with the Department of Labor and public and private groups to identify people who are on welfare, unemployed or disabled who might be candidates for employment, said Melanie Cosgrove Holmes, the vice president of corporate affairs for Manpower's North American operations. Manpower, Express Personnel and other staffing companies identify and create candidates for jobs through various free training programs. "We have every mix imaginable within the workplace," Ms. She said the company's 500 franchises want clients to realize that there are now several different generations in the workplace and they all must be made happy if companies are to survive. Prising said of the shortage.Įxpress Personnel Services is telling its 75,000 clients about the upcoming shortage and ways they can prevent it, said Linda Haneborg, spokeswoman for the Oklahoma City-based staffing company. They have to think about it and then decide how to plan for it," Mr. He estimates people 55 and older make up 15 percent to 20 percent of the work force. Worldwide shortages are expected for sales representatives, engineers, carpenters, plumbers and other jobs, according to Manpower, which last year placed 4.1 million people on permanent, temporary and contract positions in 72 countries.Ĭlients of the Milwaukee-based company are starting to plan for the impending shortage, often by first asking their employees about their retirement plans, said Jonas Prising, the president of Manpower's North American operations. There are an estimated 78 million American boomers, who were born between 19. Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates 10 million jobs will be unfilled in 2010, when the first wave of boomers retires. Things are only going to get worse with the nearing retirement of the baby boom generation, they say. Staffing companies say it's already tough to find skilled labor. Lucero, or luring back retirees by offering flexible hours. I never felt before that I had a career."Ĭompanies are starting to get creative when it comes to filling jobs, looking to hire people who may be underemployed or disabled like Ms. "It's a career for me, it's not just a job," Ms. in Albuquerque, living in her own apartment and saving for her daughter's college education. She's now an inspector and assembler at Sennheiser Electronic Corp. to earn certification in electronics assembly. Unemployed and on welfare for five years, she wondered who would hire a deaf woman with little training.īut the 29-year-old single mother learned about a free program sponsored by staffing company Manpower Inc. MILWAUKEE - Antoinette Lucero figured she'd never find a job.
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