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1972 - Mitchell Fromstein named to Board of Directors |
| Mitchell Fromstein is named to the Board of Directors for Manpower Inc. Four years later, he is named President & CEO, where he would remain for 23 years until his retirement in 1999. |
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1973 - Manpower moves into its new International Headquarters |
| After 25 years of business, Manpower moves its International Headquarters to a suburb of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The company was located at this facility until September 2007, when the company moved back to downtown Milwaukee to a new consolidated headquarters. |
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1974 - Manpower derives more than 50% of revenue from its offices outside the United States |
| In fiscal 1974, Manpower for the first time derives more than 50% of its revenues and net earnings from offices outside the United States. |
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1976 - Manpower sold to the Parker Pen Company |
| Elmer Winter retires and sells Manpower to the Parker Pen Company in Janesville, Wisconsin, USA. Manpower eventually emerged independent of Parker Pen in 1986. |
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1976 - Mitchell Fromstein named President and CEO |
| Upon Elmer Winter’s retirement, Mitchell Fromstein joins Manpower as President and CEO. He will serve in this capacity for the next 23 years. |
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1976 - Manpower introduces its industry leading Predictable Performance System |
| Manpower’s proprietary process of interviewing, testing and training workers and matching them to jobs for which they are well suited is formed into a comprehensive system named the Predictable Performance System. This system later becomes the basis for Manpower’s ISO 9000 quality program. |
