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How to start a career as an engineer!

Gerhard Staehler talks about his experience in recruiting young engineers and explains how you can successfully set up a career as an engineer. Furthermore, he gives advice how to avoid mistakes in the application process. The most important message is: Preparation is everything! Try to see your…

Shrinking Organisational Structure – is it real?

Have you ever worked for a company without a Managing Director? Or have you ever worked in a department without a department manager for more than 1 year? Can the company live successfully without a manager? My clients’ experience says “yes”.
“The Geeks have arrived in HR” – that’s the actual phrase when it comes to Big Data in Recruitment. The executive search industry has witnessed a dramatic shift in how board and senior-level executives are recruited.

Generation Y in the workplace

Generation Y is known as the generation which was born between the early 1980s and the early 2000s. There are no precise dates for when this generation starts and ends and experts also do not agree on when Gen Y started.

Video interview tips for candidates

Requesting a video along with an application from candidates is becoming more common for companies. Here is a guideline how to get started on filming your CV.

Executive Search for Michelin Romania

Industries, markets and the world of work are changing – companies from Romania also have decisive inolvement in this megatrend.. One of these international clients is Michelin. The renowned tire company has 112,300 employees worldwide of 120 different nationalities and produces over 178 million…

Video Recruiting Part II

The job market can be highly competitive in some business areas and professions. To stand out from the crowd, one option for candidates is to create a video resume to accompany the traditional CV.

Video Recruiting Part I

Video interviews for recruiting are on the rise. “Thank you for the interview, it was really nice to meet you!” Did they really meet, as one was in Estonia and one in Romania? These kinds of situations are getting more and more typical in recruitment business.

Active sourcing = direct search in 2015?

Those who work in recruiting know that for many jobs nowadays it is no longer enough to advertise the vacancy and wait for someone to apply. Firstly,not enough candidates are available on the job market for many technical positions, and secondly they would never actively apply.

HR experts give an insight into the strategies of international recruitment

Internationalisation has had a significant effect on recruitment. This is why human resources professionals often face very complex challenges. The publishers of the book “Strategien internationaler Personalbeschaffung” (Strategies for international recruitment), Gerhard Stähler and Wolfgang Apel,…