ManpowerGroup Marks World Refugee Day and Encourages Public Support for Refugees

   ManpowerGroup Marks World Refugee Day and Encourages Public Support for
                                   Refugees

UNHCR's "1" Concept Evolves to Highlight Life or Death Dilemmas Faced by
Refugees Around the World

PR Newswire

MILWAUKEE, June 20, 2012

MILWAUKEE, June 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- ManpowerGroup (NYSE: MAN), the world
leader in innovative workforce solutions, is observing World Refugee Day today
to recognize the courage, strength and determination of men, women and
children who are forced to flee their homes under threat of persecution,
conflict and violence, and to unleash the human potential of refugees.

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Evolving from last year's "1" Campaign launched by the United Nations High
Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), this year's "Dilemmas" campaign compels
audiences to consider the same life or death decisions a refugee is forced to
make in times of conflict. Refugee scenarios are presented to convey the
dilemma they face. One campaign advertisement reads, "What would you do? Face
death in a war zone? Or Escape but leave loved ones behind?"

"Few groups are as marginalized from the world of work as refugees, and on
World Refugee Day it is imperative not only to raise awareness of their plight
but acknowledge the human potential of refugees to earn a decent living, if
only they are given the opportunity to succeed," said Jeffrey A. Joerres,
ManpowerGroup Chairman and CEO. "ManpowerGroup's approach to assisting
marginalized groups is to focus on their skills and find them sustainable
work, which is at the core of our company."

ManpowerGroup is involved in programs around the world to foster self-reliance
among refugees and help them find meaningful work. In South Africa, a
partnership with Cape Town Refugee Centre (CTRC) and other national refugee
service providers helps coordinate self-reliance efforts across South Africa.
A task force consisting of these organizations is working to promote
self-reliance and local integration advocacy. Directed at various government
departments, the task force aims to recognize the rights that refugees are
entitled to in South Africa, such as the right to work and banking services.

"Nobody chooses to be a refugee, and refugees are often forced into making the
most difficult choices imaginable" said David Arkless, ManpowerGroup President
of Corporate and Government Affairs and official advisor to the UNHCR. "Those
of us who do have a choice, however, can help refugees to rebuild their lives.
In ManpowerGroup's case, helping them develop the skills they need when they
are resettled and ready to work."

ManpowerGroup urges people around the world to join Angelina Jolie, Special
Envoy of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, to pledge support for
refugees. Take the pledge at http://tinyurl.com/87e3x2c, because even one
family torn apart by war is too many.         

About ManpowerGroup

ManpowerGroup™ (NYSE: MAN), the world leader in innovative workforce
solutions, creates and delivers high-impact solutions that enable our clients
to achieve their business goals and enhance their competitiveness. With over
60 years of experience, our $22 billion company creates unique time to value
through a comprehensive suite of innovative solutions that help clients win in
the Human Age. These solutions cover an entire range of talent-driven needs
from recruitment and assessment, training and development, and career
management, to outsourcing and workforce consulting. ManpowerGroup maintains
the world's largest and industry-leading network of nearly 3,800 offices in 80
countries and territories, generating a dynamic mix of an unmatched global
footprint with valuable insight and local expertise to meet the needs of its
400,000 clients per year, across all industry sectors, small and medium-sized
enterprises, local, multinational and global companies. By connecting our deep
understanding of human potential to the ambitions of clients, ManpowerGroup
helps the organizations and individuals we serve achieve more than they
imagined - because their success leads to our success. And by creating these
powerful connections, we create power that drives organizations forward,
accelerates personal success and builds more sustainable communities. We help
power the world of work. The ManpowerGroup suite of solutions is offered
through ManpowerGroup™ Solutions, Manpower®, Experis™ and Right Management®.
Learn more about how the ManpowerGroup can help you win in the Human Age at
www.manpowergroup.com.

ManpowerGroup is the most trusted brand in the industry, and was once again
the only company in our industry to be named to the Ethisphere Institute's
2012 World's Most Ethical Companies list for our proven commitment to ethical
business practices, including an outstanding commitment to ethical leadership,
compliance practices and corporate social responsibility.

In January 2011, at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos,
Switzerland, ManpowerGroup announced the world has entered the Human Age,
where talent has replaced capital as the key competitive differentiator. This
concept of talentism as the new capitalism continues to resonate and was
echoed as a core theme of the 2012 Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum
in Davos. Learn more about this new age at www.manpowergroup.com/humanage

Gain access to ManpowerGroup's extensive thought leadership papers, annual
Talent Shortage surveys and the Manpower Employment Outlook Survey, one of the
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of work and provides in-depth commentary, analysis, insight and advice on
strategies for success. 

Follow ManpowerGroup Chairman and CEO Jeff Joerres on Twitter:
twitter.com/manpowergroupjj. Joerres is one of only six Fortune 500 CEOs who
leverages a Twitter account to get his message out.

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