Manpower Inc. Advocates for Educators, Industries and Governments to Unify and Save a Lost Generation of Workers
DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan. 26, 2011 - Manpower Inc. (NYSE: MAN), world leader in innovative workforce solutions, advocated for solidarity between educators, governments and industries in the movement toward overhauling education and mitigating widespread unemployment as the world enters the Human Age, during a CNBC live debate on why "The West Isn't Working" at the 2011 World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos.

Jeffrey A. Joerres, Manpower Inc. Chairman and CEO, argued in favor of the motion "Education is Failing Industry," in part two of the debate and was challenged by Amy Gutmann, President of the University of Pennsylvania. As skills taught by institutions fail to meet today's business needs, western countries will increasingly struggle to source critical talent, Joerres warned.

Joerres emphasized that the chasm growing between education and industry demands could be filled with high-quality problem-solving education and "on the job" degrees. Earlier today, Manpower announced that it had identified that the world is now entering the Human Age. In this new reality, companies must work with their people to ensure they are developing and unleashing the human potential within their reach, while skills will rapidly become outdated and individuals will need to maintain a "learning mindset" to ensure they continue to develop and unleash their human potential throughout their career.

"Teaching intellectual curiosity and problem-solving starts at a very young age, and these are some the most critical skills and behaviors that will determine an individual's ability to adapt in the rapidly changing world," explained Joerres. "In order to instill a mindset of lifelong learning in tomorrow's workforce, education and training needs to be less episodic and more iterative. To be successful, this requires a collaborative approach on part of governments, educational institutions, corporations and individuals."

Other high-profile thought leaders addressed how to mitigate jobs losses in advanced economies, as global power shifts to the emerging markets and western workers lose out on opportunities.

Debate challengers included Mukesh Ambani, Chairman and Managing Director, Reliance Industries; Arianna Huffington, Co-founder and Editor-in-Chief, The Huffington Post; and Phillip Jennings, General Secretary, UNI Global Union. Front Row VIPs include Peter Loscher, President & CEO, Siemens AG; Min Zhu, Special Advisor, IMF; and Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Chairman & Managing Director, Biocon. The debate was moderated by Maria Bartiromo, anchor and co-producer of CNBC's Wall Street Journal Report.

Manpower Inc. is proud to be a strategic partner of the World Economic Forum 2011 Annual Meeting. Jeff Joerres, Manpower Inc. Chairman and CEO; David Arkless, Manpower Inc. President of Corporate and Government Affairs; Françoise Gri, Manpower Inc. President of Southern Europe; and Jonas Prising, Manpower Inc. President of the Americas, are all participating in high-profile panels at this year's annual forum. Manpower partners with WEF on several initiatives, and in 2010, Joerres co-chaired the World Economic Forum on Europe meeting, Arkless is Chair of the Global Agenda Council on Skills & Talent Mobility. For more information about Manpower's presence at the World economic Forum 2011 Annual Meeting

Polokwane - The Limpopo government is spending nearly R20 million to build community libraries in some of the province’s deep rural areas.

Construction of the libraries has started in Shilubane village near Tzaneen, Mutale village outside Thohoyandou, Rapotokwane village near Bela Bela as well as Bakgoma village outside Mokopane.

“The libraries will assist in educating and developing local communities, keeping the youth off the streets and decreasing the level of illiteracy,” said spokesperson for the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture, Adele van der Linde.

Each community library will cost R4.5 million and more than 300 jobs are expected to be created during the construction phase, she said.

During a sod-turning event in Shilubane village recently, MEC Joyce Mashamba urged community members to protect the library from vandalism and theft.

“Before we can talk about security that will be brought here, the community must be the guards,” she said.

Local matric pupil Vutomi Ndabambi said she was excited because she would no longer have to travel to town to go the library.

“The community library will bring internet services, books and newspapers to our doorstep,” she said.

Construction of the four libraries is expected to be completed before the end of this year. Currently, there are 56 libraries in Limpopo. - BuaNews

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Pretoria – Higher Education and Training Minister Blade Nzimande has admitted that the high volumes of students wishing to apply to register at the University of Johannesburg this week had caught the department by surprise.

“None of us … would have expected 30 000 students lining outside,” he said, adding that many youths were attracted to the university because it was seen as trendy as it is situated in Johannesburg.

On Thursday, UJ announced that it had closed applications for candidates to be admitted to register at the institution for the 2011 academic year.

However, the minister assured that the country’s tertiary institutions have enough space to absorb all those matriculants who passed their 2010 matric exams.

He also pointed out that some programmes at UJ were not full. “Whilst the law [faculty] is oversubscribed, the engineering, science and other programmes are not,” he said.

The number of learners who have passed and met the minimum requirements for admission to Bachelor Degree studies has increased to 126 371 in 2010 from 109 697 in 2009. A total of 23.5 percent of those who wrote matric in 2010 qualified for BA studies. In 2009, 19.9 percent met the minimum requirements for a BA. - BuaNews

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