ManPower: Madison, San Francisco, Malaysia

I felt like the manpower website was very vague in its description of what this company does, how it functions. After watching the secrets of silicon valley in class, I expected to find jobs that were all labor-oriented involving the assembly line. That on top of their really vague description of their company, just made me really confused. I agree with what Hilary said about the variety of jobs available being almost overwhelming but I think it is a good idea to put the job offerings up on their website like that. It makes it easier for job seekers.

Man power jobs around Madison, WI

Jobs that that don’t require any previous experience/training included Customer Service Rep ($11.00/hour), CDL driver positions ($15.00/hour). Jobs that require some training and previous experience included Production equipment Maintenance workers, Software engineers Jobs that require education/degree included Business development/recruiting specialist ($50,000-$70,000/year) and Foundry Sales Leader ($45,000-$60,000)

Only the customer service/receptionist/phone type jobs were temporary. Everything else was permanent and there was ‘contract’ for maintenance workers/programmers and software engineers

The temporary jobs such as the customer service representative don’t look that bad. They pay good and you just sit and work in front of a computer talking to customers and answering phones. I can’t imagine that being a hard part time job. However, the DCL Driver position I can’t imagine being a nice job to have full time. These jobs don't require a lot of technological skills. However, in being a customer service rep, you'd need decent computer skills and a general knowledge of the programs that are on the customer service computers.

As for the maintenance jobs, even after reading the description, i wasn't sure if that entails actually maintenance work like cleaning plus fixing the machines or just equipment check up because if it was just equipment check up, it could be an alright job just going around checking machines then fixing them when you find one that isn’t working properly. This would require a lot of technological skills dealing with equipment and mechanics.

The jobs that require education/a degree don’t sound bad at all. It pays well and it would entail having your own office, going to business meetings etc. You’d also be in a higher position in the company and be making $45,000-$70,000 per year


San Francisco, CA - I grew up in Middleton which is in the Madison area so I chose to look at the jobs in San Francisco where my mom lived for a while. I also think San Francisco would be a nice place to live.

I found a lot more specialized jobs with more education, training and previous experience involved. A lot more jobs involving research and analysis and engineering. Most were contract jobs. The only jobs that were temporary were some technicians and assistants. Their jobs entailed more technological skills especially working within the lab and being an engineer. Their jobs seem more technology based, like Hilary said below.

These jobs look good to me. None of them require physical labor which is always a plus. They require more education, skills and training which means they’re probably higher paying. Even the technicians and assistants were making >$16.00 hourly. Unless the lab/work environment is poor, these are not bad jobs at all.

Malaysia- I was born in Indonesia and Man power doesn't have branches in Indonesia so I chose Malaysia because it was the closest country to Indonesia.

I found jobs involving sales marketing/business development, IT, administrative/receptionist, help desk, human resources, engineering, banking/finance/accounting, and legal They have a lot more jobs available through a variety of different branches of the company. However, something I noticed was that although in San Francisco and Madison they had higher positions that were very high paying and required a lot of previous experience and education, the jobs in Malaysia didn’t have a lot of those. Their highest position was probably a manager of the legal advisor and they also didn’t have any jobs that require no education at all like a driver or any sort of labor intensive jobs. Their jobs also didn't entail extensive technological skills, probably just a good understanding of computer use.

These sound like alright jobs. They aren’t very high positions like I said but they’re a good start and it makes decent money if you don’t have very high education or qualification in Malaysia. These jobs still give Malaysians a lot of job opportunities. These jobs are also mostly office jobs and office environments aren’t as stressful as being in the manufacturing/supply chain environment for example.