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ManpowerGroup is proud to be a strategic partner of the 42nd World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in 2012. Exactly one year ago, ManpowerGroup identified the world had entered the Human Age, a volatile and complex new era where companies will have to embrace new work models, people practices and talent sources to ensure future success. Twelve months on, increased social, political and economic turbulence has erupted. These events, predictable by Human Age indicators, clarified the power of the following Future Forces, which are driving workforce trends in 2012.
- Bifurcated World: Reverse Growth Model
- Human Dynamics: Scarcity and Abundance Inversion
- Continuous Technology Evolution
- Transformed Ecosystem
Several ManpowerGroup executives are participating in this year's event, bringing ManpowerGroup's unique world of work expertise to leaders from business, politics, academia, the media and society.
The summit will explore questions including:
Joerres will be participating in the following sessions:
Employment for Growth: One Challenge, Six Solutions
Thursday, 26 January 2012
What bold ideas and actions can spur employment and economic growth?
- Engaging youth
- Mining the experience of the mature workforce
- Revitalizing education and training
- Creating new businesses
- Highlighting entrepreneurship and innovation
- Mobilizing skills and talent
Business as the Driving Force to Employment
Friday, 27 January 2012 - Chair
For long-term sustainable job creation, policies that enhance labour productivity and labour market efficiency are needed. As the key providers of gainful employment, business leaders have a critical role to play in this process in terms of their own actions and input into policy actions that would improve their operating environments.
1) How can business leaders encourage competitiveness and job creation policies at national and regional levels?
2) What key enabling factors contribute most effectively to job creation and how can they be harnessed in the coming years?
3) What new models can business leaders develop to stimulate sustainable jobs?
IGWEL - Solving the 600 million jobs challenge
Friday, 27 January 2012
What began as a financial and economic crisis has rapidly become a chronic global jobs crisis, leading to hardship and social unrest. 27 million jobs were lost during the crisis bringing the global unemployed total to 200 million - in addition, 40 million people will enter the labor force every year, thus creating a 10 year challenge of 600 million jobs. - What individual and coordinated responses are needed from governments, business and other stakeholders to address the unprecedented increase in global unemployment in the short term? - What are new policy models for stimulating job creation?
Task Force on Employment (Co-Chair)
Saturday, 28 January 2012
One in three employers globally are struggling to fill positions, according to ManpowerGroup's 2011 Talent Shortage Survey, yet high unemployment remains a huge challenge. Joerres will lead a task force of business leaders in joining together to discuss how to alleviate this crisis, unleash human potential and ensure businesses have access to the talent they need.
David Arkless, President of Corporate and Government Affairs, is participating in the following private sessions:
Developing Shared Value Strategies
Wednesday, 25 January 2012
Arkless will lead a discussion exploring how to better utilize corporate assets to generate benefits for companies and society in consultation with social entrepreneurs and leading market experts.
Rule of Law for Growth (Private)
Friday, 27 January 2012
The following questions / dimensions will be explored: 1) To what extent can today's international legal regime(s) inform economic growth? 2) Where does the rule of law fit into the mission of a corporation? 3) How can the Forum move the agenda forward?
Practicing Talent Mobility for Economic Growth Steering Board Meeting (Private)
Saturday, 28 January 2012
Following the debut of the first Talent Mobility Good Practices Compendium, Members of the Global Agenda Council on Skills and Talent Mobility and the Talent Mobility Project Steering Board will convene to discuss the future of the project implementation plan and collecting good practices.
Françoise Gri, President of Southern Europe, is participating in the following private sessions:
Women Leaders' Advisory Board Meeting (Private)
Thursday, 26 January 2012
The Women Leaders & Gender Parity Programme Advisory Group annual meeting will review developments in 2011 and to discuss and approve program strategy for 2012.
Gender Dynamics, a Systemic Aproach to Gender Parity
Friday, 27 January 2012
Focused on creating a new systemic architecture to accelerate progress on closing the economic gender gap.
Mara Swan, Executive Vice President, Global Strategy and Talent is participating in the following sessions:
Leadership GA Council Meeting (Private)
Thursday, 26 January 2012
Gender Dynamics, a Systemic Approach to Gender Parity
Friday, 27 January 2012
Focused on creating a new systemic architecture to accelerate progress on closing the economic gender gap.
Jonas Prising, President of the Americas, is participating in the following private sessions:
Freedom to Travel, Thursday, 27 January 2012 (Private)
Enhancing National Competitiveness and Jobs Creation by Facilitating International Travel Flows.
Gender Dynamics, a Systemic Approach to Gender Parity
Friday, 27 January 2012
Focused on creating a new systemic architecture to accelerate progress on closing the economic gender gap.
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