Manpower Inc. operates within the employment services industry. The Company’s global network of nearly 4,400 offices in 82 countries. Manpower Inc.’s five brands, which include Manpower, Manpower Professional, Elan, Jefferson Wells and Right Management provides a range of services for the employment and business cycle including: permanent, temporary and contract recruitment, employee assessment and selection, training, outplacement, outsourcing, consulting, professional services. During the year ended December 31, 2008, it found permanent and temporary jobs for nearly four million people. The Company had 547 branch and 240 stand-alone franchise offices in the United States as of December 31, 2008, as well as on-site locations at clients with significant permanent, temporary and contract recruitment requirements.