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The Slovak Spectator: Looking ahead with caution and a clear-headed view
Despite the logical instinct to look towards the future with optimism as the contours of an economic recovery appear on the horizon, Martin Krekáč, President of the Business Alliance of Slovakia and co-founder & chairman of the JENEWEIN GROUP, in an interview for Career & Employment Guide 2010 advises to keep caution combined with a clear-headed view, especially when it comes to development in the labour market.
The Slovak Spectator: Facing the challenges of change
Igor Šulík, Managing Partner of consulting company Amrop Slovakia, experienced executive in the human resources field spoke for Career & Employment Guide 2010 about the most important issues resonating in his line of work and the challenges that he expects the coming years will bring to human resources development and management.
The Slovak Spectator: Survey highlights need to nurture top talents
Gaining quality people for key positions will be even more difficult within upcoming five years in comparison to resent times of growth. This reflects estimation of almost half of Amrop survey's respondents within CEE and/or CIS region. Igor Šulík, Managing Partner of consulting company Amrop Slovakia, gave his opinion on this topic in an article for Career & Employment Guide 2010.
The Slovak Spectator: Accreditation maps Slovakia's academic landscape
Last year was in many ways historical and unforgettable for most Slovak universities. There were several scandals as media revealed one school issuing so-called express diplomas to children of academic staff (and others) and discovered plagiarized text being proudly presented by some Slovak academics as the fruits of their own work. The situation is in an article for Career & Employment Guide 2010 commented by Martin Krekáč, President of the Business Alliance of Slovakia and co-founder & chairman of the JENEWEIN GROUP, and Miroslav Řádek, analyst of EPPP.
Sme: If you do not accept lower salary you can go
In crisis half of the people are willing to have their salary reduced. This was found out in a survey of Czech job portal Onlineprace. In Slovakia, according to available information in 2009, salaries themselves have not fallen, but growth of salaries has. Igor Šulík, Managing Partner of consulting company Amrop Slovakia comments on the topic for the supplement Kariéra (Career) of the daily SME.
Hospodárske Noviny: Business in the EU
In another column for supplement Podnikanie (Enterprise) of the daily Hospodárske noviny has Patrik Zoltvány, Senior Partner of consulting company FIPRA Slovakia, focused on the most interesting ideas of new commissioners in the European Commission. Omitting politics-he is interested only in what relates to improving the business.
Sme: Schools are necessary
Under the supplement Škola a rodina (School and Family), which is a regular part of the daily SME, EPPP analyst Miroslav Řádek talks about future of the projects of highly specialized private schools, that still have not been approved by Education Minister Ján Mikolaj...
SME/Ženy: Time is money
Waste of time brings irreversible losses. Yet many still can not avoid it-neither in professional nor in personal life. According to the surveys, the average Slovak wastes around a quarter of time at work and Slovak labor productivity represents only about 46% of productivity in the U.S.. In magazine SMEženy, Ladislava Chvostaľová, Manager ofconsulting company Amrop Slovakia comments on the topic.
Hospodárske Noviny: Last year "killed” the businesses. 900 of ours has fallen
Year 2009 was "the killer” for many businesses. The number of cases in which companies became insolvent grew by just under 45% in the CEE region. In the heart of Europe most affected was Czech Republic, however, followed by Slovakia. The situation is commented by Martin Krekáč, President of Business Alliance of Slovakia and Senior Partner of JENEWEIN GROUP.
Sme: Changing work is not about salary
Although they are in minority, the firms that can invest in new people, have a chance to win good employees thanks to the crisis. Igor Šulík, Managing Partner of consulting company Amrop Slovakia adds in daily SME, that wise employers will try to use the situation to strengthen their own key positions.