Author Archives: Ondřej Bělecký

by Philippe Riboton, Managing Partner at HR Partners International Executive Search

There was a time when having a job meant staying in an office from 9 AM to 5 PM from Monday to Friday.

By Philippe Riboton, Managing Director at HR Partners International Executive Search

This is the least-guarded secret in Central Europe at the moment. From Warsaw to Budapest and from Prague to Bratislava, business leaders will tell you before you even ask: their major issue is not business growth, their main problem is people.

by Philippe Riboton, Managing Partner at HR Partners International Executive Search

So you just closed the recruitment of your new commercial director for one of your subsidiaries and you’re happy. But what you don’t know yet is that you just made a EUR 50,000 mistake.

by Philippe Riboton, Managing Partner at HR Partners International Executive Search

Recent American statistics show that there is a hot job market in the US for workers over 50. Interesting illustration: Bloomberg recently reported that fast food restaurants across the US are starting to hire senior citizens instead of teenagers (recruiters working in those industries apparently say that older workers usually have a leg up on teenagers when it comes to softer skills).