#WorkSmart During COVID-19
As we navigate through these challenging and unpredictable times, know that we are here to help and provide guidance on how to best manage your workforce.
All of us – our businesses, our families and our communities – are living in unpredictable and fast-changing times. We are receiving news and changing information by the hour, constant reminders that this is unprecedented. And as COVID-19 continues to impact markets, borders and daily life around the world, it has never been truer that a resilient organization needs to plan for uncertainty and be built for change. - Jonas Prising, Chairman and CEO, ManpowerGroup
Like all global companies, we have been monitoring the outbreak of COVID-19 (Coronavirus) as the situation evolves. The health and well-being of our people is top priority. Our HR and business leaders are updating colleagues on the latest health and travel guidelines from the World Health Organization (WHO) and national governments according to areas of greatest impact.
We continue to be in close communication with our clients and have created this destination of resources to support businesses nationwide that are navigating the impacts of COVID-19 on their workforce. We will update these resources to provide you timely insights and guidance.
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Workforce Resources Related To COVID-19
REPORT | Safely Back to Work in the New Normal
To prepare for a safe return to work and to restart economies around the world, the HR Services industry, led by ManpowerGroup, The Adecco Group and Randstad and supported by McKinsey, has formed an alliance that will make a vital contribution to helping people return safely and enabling companies adapt to the new normal.
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Work Ready is here to equip you with expanded safety protocols and staffing solutions for roles like Health Survey Collectors, Temperature Screeners, Contact Tracers and Sanitization Resources - so you can keep all of your employees safe.
WEBINAR | Outside the Lines: New Approaches to Today's Extraordinary Workforce Challenges
Searching for solutions to navigate COVID-19 era workforce challenges? Join Manpower and business leaders from across the country for a discussion about practical and creative answers to workforce challenges that organizations are facing today.
Webinar | COVID-19 Recovery: How to Create a Winning Workforce Despite Unpredictability
WEBINAR | The Future of IT Webinar Series
Tune in to hear from our panel of tech leaders as they discuss critical topic in today's changing world of work including digital transformation, the gig economy, security in the new world and more.
WEBINAR | Getting Work Ready: How employers can recover and restart in the new normal
Do you have questions about the best way to re-open, ramp-up, and put America safely back to work? We have answers. Join us as we address the practicalities of new health and safety expectations for organizations today and how employers can ensure that their worksites and people are Work Ready.
Critical Workforce Update
Our latest Critical Workforce Update is a quick view of the rapidly changing state of the workforce including how the global workforce is shifting in response to COVID-19, current hiring trends and emerging best practices.
The Future of IT Webinar Series - Long Term Impact
In the new way of working, how could the future of IT and technology in the workforce evolve? Can we better prepare for future economic impacts? Join us as our panel of IT leaders tackles these real-world questions and digs into practical answers.
Turning Up the Dimmer - What Employers Should Be Thinking About Now
Just a month ago we were perfecting the art of tech and getting to grips with working, learning and socializing safer at home, to tackle the health crisis and flatten the curve. Just weeks later (it feels a lot longer I know) leaders - governments, business, education - are digesting the data, sourcing the science and laying out plans for not just when to restart, but how...
WEBINAR | How Tech Teams are Responding to a New Way of Working
What issues did you face and what improvements are you making? What are the short-term and long-term impacts to your organization and how are your tech teams responding? Join us as we tackle these real-world questions and dig into the practical answers from organizations like yours that are navigating the changing world of work right now.
WEBINAR | Crisis Compensation and Beyond: Workforce Success Factors That Matter Right Now
We're talking about the dynamics of compensation and the considerations beyond pay that will help organizations maintain the workforce required to meet business goals during and after COVID-19.
VIDEO | Weekly Workforce Analytics Update
What should you be considering when making short- and long-term decisions for your organizations during COVID-19? Raleen Gagnon, vice president of global market intelligence, delivers the latest labor market data and critical considerations for employers in our weekly Workforce Analytics Update.
WEBINAR | COVID-19: Everything Employers Need to Know and Do Right Now
COVID-19 could change the way we do business forever. If you have questions about how all the new (and even the old) laws apply in this strange new world of work, don’t miss this important presentation by ManpowerGroup North America Chief Legal & Public Affairs Officer Mark Toth.
How we can help people and businesses get through the COVID-19 global outbreak
A message from ManpowerGroup Chairman and CEO Jonas Prising, as published in the Milwaukee Business Journal on March 20, 2020.
Is Reactive the New Proactive? How COVID-19 is Reshaping the Business Rulebook.
By Becky Frankiewicz, President, ManpowerGroup North America
How do we know if how we’re responding is right? The world might be changing around us and we have to change too – if we stay rooted in our values, in our purpose, and guided by data and a real-time view, then we can have conviction in our actions...
WEBINAR | When Contingency Becomes Reality: How COVID-19 has impacted the labor markets and how employers should respond
Michael Stull, Senior Vice President of Manpower, North America and Mindy Schestag, Director of Operations for Manpower, North America, will cover what just happened to the labor market, the key implications for companies, and recommended people practices during COVID-19.
WEBINAR | Education Without Interruption - Managing and Planning for the Future
In light of the COVID-19 outbreak, colleges and universities are experiencing an unprecedented need for business continuity. In fact, Educause surveyed College Leadership on the topic of “Are your IT Business Continuity Plans ready for COVID-19?”. Less than 50% of those surveyed indicated they were. Join us for this very important presentation.
WEBINAR | How to Manage a Work-From-Home Tech Support Team
Coming Together By Working Apart
Amy Doyle, SVP, Talent Solutions TAPFIN North America, shares observations about the sudden changes in the way we work, the unprecedented strain on IT infrastructure and what companies can do now to minimize disruption.
Planning for Workforce Uncertainty
Even in the best of moments, these are worrying times. The physical, social, and economic toll of COVID-19 is already devastating. At the same time, businesses need to address the challenges of today while preparing for an uncertain future. Sarah Peiker, SVP, Talent Solutions RPO, shares three core actions companies should take to prepare for uncertainty.
A Framework for Business Continuity Planning
As COVID-19 continues to impact the world, a resilient organization needs to plan for uncertainty and be built for change. In these emergency situations, business continuity planning must be outlined in a Business Contingency Plan - a process that identifies potential risks and scenarios and provides operational solutions.
How to Collaborate Effectively When Your Team Is Remote
The coronavirus outbreak has triggered an accelerated trial run for remote work at a previously unthinkable scale. What we learn in the next few months could help shape the future of work and drive innovation across a range of business functions and industries...
Fostering Healthy Habits During Remote Work
Take a breath. Rest your eyes. Get some fresh air. These are all common sense actions, but teams that work remotely can forget to take care of themselves –– especially if they feel isolated. Leaders can help foster a healthy team by actively encouraging beneficial habits. Here are ways to boost healthiness with a remote team.
Leading in Full View
By Becky Frankiewicz, President, ManpowerGroup North America
In the last few days filled with uncertainty, I've also had unexpected moments of joy as I’ve seen my colleagues’ children, their kitchen counters and their dogs and cats during the normal course of the workday. We’ve all had a window into the home lives of others on every video call...
