US-listed recruitment agency Manpower has announced it has become a managed service provider to Hewlett Packard.

Manpower will help HP streamline its agency contractor recruitment process by introducing a single infrastructure in the Europe, Middle East and Africa region.

The initiative is hoped to make HP's contractor recruitment quicker, more efficient and less costly.

Manpower will set up an infrastructure that will co-ordinate contractor applications from a range of different suppliers.

Yoav Michaely, executive vice president and managing director, EMEA region at Manpower said: "Manpower has already worked with HP in EMEA for a number of years and developed good relationships with, and in-depth knowledge of, many areas of the organisation.

"The new contract enables us to take this knowledge to the next level and provide an increased return on investment across the board."