Connection Magazine: AmCham Member News

Martin Krekáč, co-founder & Chairman of consulting group Amrop Jenewein Group, was appointed as President of the Business Alliance of Slovakia (PAS). He succeeded current President of Business Alliance Ivan Štefanec. In addition to new personnel appointment, the agenda of the Policy Board and Gremium of Business Alliance of Slovakia also included the evaluation of PAS activities since the last annual meeting. Alliance's finished projects focused on the improvement of the judicial system and enforceability of law in the Slovak Republic, as well as monitoring of property tax value changes in selected cities and regions in Slovakia. Current projects include the monitoring of business conditions in regions of the Slovak Republic and business environment audit conducted in cooperation with the Slovak Employers Association (RUZ). Next years Alliance plans to join in the monitoring of legislative changes related to the business environment through project Business Lighthouse. The Project of Slovak EU Membership Impact Assessment is also planned for next year.

Connection Magazine: On-Boarding: Maximizing Retention and Efficiency

Leading organizations continue to invest time and resources in tapping into the external labor market to enhance their executive ranks. Companies have enhanced their hiring processes via techniques such as behavioral-based interviewing, extensive reference checking, psychometric testing and simulations aimed at better predicting the likely success of a candidate in a particular role.

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The Slovak Spectator: Firms learn to put employees first

When it comes to outsourcing, Slovaks still have a lot to learn. Take human resources. While HR is among those activities that foreign companies outsource the most, many Slovak managers are reluctant to follow suit. Human resource suppliers maintain that companies do best when they can concentrate on their core business, whether it is manufacturing, banking or retail. Payroll, recruitment, employee motivation and training-those are activities best left to experts, say outsourcing experts.

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The Slovak Spectator: War rages for best new management talent

According to human resources (HR) Consulting firms, companies in the West, including Slovakia, will feel a shortage of talented managers in the near future. A recent survey found that half the companies in the Fortune 500 list will lose 50 percent of their management in six to 10 years. Only 25 percent of these firms are confident of replacing those lost. HR experts therefore stress the need to plan ahead.

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Search-Consult: Amrop Hever Group Meets & Holds 2005 Executive Search Forum in Slovakia

Executive recruiters from The Amrop Hever Group's (TAHG) Central & Eastern European offices recently met in Bratislava, Slovakia during April 7 & 8th for a partner's conference.

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Hospodárske Noviny: Interview with Joseph Daniel McCool

Interview with Joseph Daniel McCool, the world's most widely quoted analyst of the global Executive Search consulting business.

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Connection Magazine: New Approaches to Corporate Governance

The concept of corporate governance has taken on a new meaning in recent years, as established and up-and-coming businesses around the world adjust their leadership strategies in order to cope with new market challenges. Implementation of sound corporate governance principles has become critical to worldwide efforts to stabilize and strengthen global capital markets and protect investors.

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Zisk manažment: Career & Employment Guide 2005

Since Slovakia's entry into the EU, fears of massive waves of East European immigrants flowing into the wealthier European Union countries have turned out to be unjustified. On the contrary, human resources experts suggest that many Slovaks abroad are expressing interest in returning to Slovakia due to the good prospects they see for applying their experience back home. "From Slovakia, it has been mainly recent graduates and young people going abroad. However, the number of vacancies is rather limited and jobs are available mainly in periphery regions in specific fields where there is a shortage of local labour. So we cannot expect a big outflow of labour from Slovakia. Our local labour market is changing mainly due to the arrival of foreign investors who create new job opportunities for qualified labour," said Patrik Zoltvány, Partner of personnel consultancy AJG-Amrop Jenewein Group. For the 6th time, Amrop Jenewein Group, became a General Partner of this specialized yearly publication.

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