by FRANK NAGORSCHEL Here, at Crystal System Group Ltd., we recognized and anticipated the lack of qualified resources, especially in the IT sector, since 2004. As a consequence, we invested in students and universities to offer courses in IT relevant subjects and programming languages such as Business Intelligence & Analytics, ERP Programming, Database Programming, Java, and much more. Since 2004, …

by Susan Fowler, senior consulting partner at The Ken Blanchard Companies and a professor in the Master of Science in Executive Leadership Program at the University of San Diego. DO ANY OF THESE STATEMENTS RING TRUE FOR YOU? 1. Humility equals dishonesty. 2. Happy endings in life are rare. 3. There’s no such thing as an altruistic act. 4. It’s …

by EUGENIA MIHALCEA Schouten & Nelissen will enter the Romanian market by integrating the local company Focus Plus. CEO Camiel Gielkens talks about the opportunities the company saw in Romania and how innovative their products will be. WHY DID YOU CONSIDER ENTERING THE ROMANIAN MARKET THIS YEAR SPECIFICALLY? WE WERE WONDERING BECAUSE IN POLAND SCHOUTEN GLOBAL ENTERED 20 YEARS AGO. From …

by Bernard Dewamme Driven by technology, our interconnection and inter-dependence as individuals, as companies, and as countries are expanding exponentially. What’s selling now can be outdated tomorrow. If organizations of all sizes do not continually move forward, there’s the very real possibility they’ll go the way of the Dodo Bird faster than anyone could imagine. But what does this actually mean? …

I’ve been an analyst following the HR Tech market for almost 20 years now, and this year things are changing faster than ever. In this article I’ll summarize the ten big changes going on. By John Bersin A massive shift from „automation” to „productivity” For many years the focus on HR technology was to automate and integrate HR practices. This …

Hiring talent has become highly transactional. The tedious candidate searches, the endless scheduling, and the repetitive screening can be inefficient and mind-numbing. It’s time for a new era of recruiting that focuses on the more gratifying parts of the job — the human part, the strategic part. de Kate Reilly A few months ago I was reading the 2018 Global Recruiting Trends report, …

Prof. Mark Fenton-O’Creevy, Open University Business School It is very common in some successful economies such as the USA and the UK to use performance related pay as a means to link employee behaviour to strategic goals and to support retention of top performers. At the same time there is much debate about whether a performance bonus culture has gone too far in …

By Jim Bagnola, international speaker  One day, I walked into a hotel’s lobby in Dallas. Needing a shoeshine, I looked around and saw a shoe stand and a gentleman who seemed to be preparing to call it a day. I hustled over and asked if he had time for one more shine. He was wearing a crisp, white shirt and …

by Simona Elena Pădureţ The employment market in Romania has had some interesting trends in the last years. Understanding some of these trends and knowing the romanian mentality at work can be essential for the expat managers who want to achieve high standards of productivity when coming to Romania. Romanian work background and challenges Coming to Romania doesn’t necessarily imply …

By Dr. Leslie Szamosi Our region is facing so many crisis issues these days and we are spending nearly all waking hours just trying to keep our respective people ready and energized – some call it Survival. Yet, while we concern ourselves with the present we also need to keep our eyes on the future (short, medium, and long-term). Pressing …