Archives par auteur Rémi Sankharé

Repatriates: high potentials or hot potatoes?

By Philippe Riboton, Managing Director at HR Partners International Executive Search We all know that expatriate assignments generally represent a huge acceleration of professional and personal development for senior executives. But what happens to “expatriates” when coming back home as they become “repatriates”? I have supported quite a number of international executives throughout their careers […]

Who knows if your current job will get “uberized” tomorrow?

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. There was a time when working meant you were getting a fixed monthly salary and paid holidays. There was a time […]

So what’s really the problem with recruiters?

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. With a rate […]

How much does a bad hire really cost?

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. According to a survey conducted by Harris Interactive for CareerBuilder, […]