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).
By Philippe Riboton, Managing Partner at HR Partners International Executive Search
It’s widely recognized that Central Europe’s job market is a very competitive one. While it is undoubtedly good news that unemployment across the region is at its lowest the less comfortable flipside of this is that the volatility of personnel in some Central European cities such as Prague or Warsaw is reaching madness.
