Searching Manpower Inc.

For my search of Manpower Inc. I looked at the available jobs in Madison, Milwaukee, and New York City. I am from the Milwaukee, WI area and I would definitely like to live in or around the New York City area at some point.

For Milwaukee, there seemed to be a wide variety of both permanent and contracted jobs available. Some of the permanent positions seemed like they could be good jobs, but those were the ones that were looking for the mot previous experience in specific fields or for a certain level of education. There were even some internships available specifically to college students. While some of these jobs listed a required proficiency with specific computer programs (e.g. Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, etc.), not all listed this requirement alongside the necessary experience for the job.

In New York City, I found many more contract jobs than I did permanent jobs. In addition, these contract jobs seemed to be relatively low-skilled, not requiring a lot of education outside of a high school diploma. Instead, they only listed some physical requirement s of the jobs (standing of feet for long periods of time, the ability to operate certain types of machinery, etc.) or general personality characteristics that they were looking for in job candidates. One interesting position I found, however, was for a translator. The only education requirement for this job was the ability to speak the language listed and a high school diploma.

Madison, unlike New York or Milwaukee, did not seem to have very many job listings at all. For those that were listed, the vast majority were contract jobs rather than permanent positions. While many contract positions only listed a high school diploma or equivalent for educational requirements, there were still other that required a certain level of college degree or licensing to work in a certain position.

Overall, in my search Milwaukee and New York City had far more jobs listed than Madison. For New York, this isn't surprising, but it is interesting to see the difference between Milwaukee and Madison, given that they are in the same state (and that Madison is the capital of that state). However, this is probably because while Madison is the capital city of Wisconsin, Milwaukee is the largest city in the state. Among the three Milwaukee seemed to offer the most permanent positions that seemed that steady and good overall jobs. New York, while it offered a lot of contract and temporary jobs, had little to offer in terms of permanent positions. Madison listed very few jobs and the vast majority of those listed were contracted positions. Jobs in all three areas required varying levels of education and technical skill. Another interesting thing to note is that while many positions listed specific educational requirements, few listed required proficiency with specific types of software.