Central European Recruitment Podcast: Recent Episodes
Dan Taylor
Recruitment and business in the Czech Republic and Poland from Dunross in Prague. Includes information for UK businesses looking to recruit from the region.
From this day forward, I will be putting all new posts on my new blog . As well as continuing to post on Central and Eastern European recruitment I will be focusing on topics I am interested in, such as...
Link: Online Recruitment on the Rise in Eastern Europe. Interesting PR peiece by jobs.cz I have never seen a job site have the dominance in one country that jobs.cz has in the Czech Republic. Hopefully jobpilot will gain some share...
After a pretty quiet couple of months for postings to this blog I thought I would do a post on the background to this blog and where I would like it to go. As a recruiter based in Czech republic...
Dave Mendoza from the sixdegreesfromdave.com blog was over in Prague recently and I exchanged a couple of emails but wasn't able to meet up in the end. Here are links to his posts on the trip. Its always interesting to...
Anyone who has visited Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania recently knows about the booming economies of the three Baltic states. The labour shortage is obvious but in these former Soviet countries this takes on a whole political dimension due to the...
Article in the Prague Post about one of the many areas impacted by the new Czech labour code http://www.praguepost.com/articles/2006/12/20/code-blue.php
One of the better articles on the future for Polish - British and returning British - Polish migration. Appeals to Polish patriotism (like those made by the city of Wroclaw and the Polish prime minister) are unlikely to encourage many...
http://www.cbw.cz/phprs/2006110612.html So the Czech Republic is opening it's doors to the new EU arrivals; Bulgaria and Romania. The Czech media is split on whether this is good or bad, but from a Czech recruitment point of view we welcome it....
http://www.cbw.cz/phprs/2006111329.html A well balanced article from Cristina Muntean (once again). It brings up a couple of interesting points; firstly about the general dire state of the recruitment environment in the Czech Republic, and secondly about the increasing number of Poles...
Wll the CBW thinks so. Two interesting stories from Cristina Muntean. It is always difficult to estimate how many headhunters are operating in the region as many will cover a business sector across multiple countries from one office. Personally I...
Well it's been a week or so without any news ragging on the Czech labour force so it was about time for a survey from PwC showing that around 16 per cent of Czechs leave their jobs annually compared to...
.......if you take the cost of living into account according to a survey from Hay group , a human-resources firm. The calculations include the cost of rent, which is punishingly high in some financial centres. Sweden's heavy taxes leave top...
A question we're often asked is what is going to happen in 2007, when if all goes to plan Bulgaria and Romania are scheduled (but still not confirmed) to join the European Union? Will the countries who have accepted workers...
Everyone discusses the large scale movement of workers from the EU accession countries to Western Europe but an interesting trend is the record number of foreigners from the old EU states coming to work in the accession countries, in particular...
Anyone who runs a business in the Czech Republic is familiar with the high number of sick days. The Czech Business Weekly discusses a survey carried out by PWC which concludes the average number of sick days a year in...
An interesting article in the Czech Business Weekly which discusses the shortage of skilled Czech workers in the IT, automotive and finance sectors. This co-relates broadly with the trends we have witnessed at Dunross. http://www.cbw.cz/phprs/2006052919.html
One third of migrant workers from Eastern Europe are taking up office managerial posts in the UK, a report has revealed. The research, by accountancy firm Ernst & Young Item Club, disproves the stereotypical image of Polish workers becoming builders...
The Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC), the body that represents the UK recruitment industry welcomes Ernst and Young’s recent report which recognises the important contribution that migrant workers make to the UK economy. However, it warns that more needs to...
- We are always pleased when the EU implements a standard which makes life easier for everyone concerned.. European Union transport ministers are close to substituting a new EU driving licence for more than 80 different types of driving licence...
By Andrew Taylor, Employment Correspondent Published: February 28 2006 17:46 | Last updated: February 28 2006 17:46 FT.com Migrant workers from eastern and central Europe have not taken jobs from unemployed Britons, according to a government study. Some 329,000 eastern...
'The influx of workers from central and eastern Europe has boosted Britain's economy, relieved skilled shortages and cut dole queues, the European Commission says.' The Independent Online By Nigel Morris and Stephen Castle in Brussels Published: 09 February 2006 Britian...
Financial Times - London,England,UK If you have to take medicine, it is best to take it sooner rather than later - delay will make it no easier. If the medicine is guaranteed to improve your health, delay is positively stupid....
A link to an article by John Ross from the Scotsman regarding the skills shortage in the Highalnds and Islands of Scotland and how positions are being filled by workers from the new EU countries. Scotsman article
A very positive artice from this weeks Economist about the benefits of workers from the new EU Accession countries coming to the UK.Download article_1.pdf Download article_2.pdf
The December Issue of Busienss Week had a fascinating article on knowledge workers in Central Europe including some good comparison tables of wage rates across the region and economic statistics for all the countries. The entire article is available below....
Dunross was recently featured in a UK television documentary about it's co-operation with TaxiFast, the leading private hire company in the West of England. The program visits the Dunross training centre in Prague and follows the drivers in the UK....
Older generations complaining about the youth of today and the superior standards of the yesteryear are a familiar quirk that most of us attribute to aged cynicism. Unfortunately for Britain the older eneration may well be proved right. Gordon's gone...
With the recent immigration surge, the UK's population has just pushed the 60m mark. However, it appears that for Scotland this will deliver only short term relief from serious population decline. Declining population held off, for now SCOTLAND'S population will...
Migrants add flair to Irish economy By John Murray Brown Published: October 20 2005 03:00 | Last updated: October 20 2005 03:00 It is no coincidence thatstaff at the Bank of Irelandon Dublin's O'Connell Street speak Polish, Russian and Mandarin...
The Swiss press have applauded the recent vote in favour of extending EU labour accord, proclaiming that pragmatism has won over fear. Indicating an agreement forged between a more euro-sceptic French Swizerland with the less so German Swizerland, confidence in...
By Dan Taylor, Dunross Czech Republic. Information for businesses in the UK looking to recruit from the new EU countries such as Poland and Czech Republic. Download top_ten_tips_for_recruiting_from_eastern_europe.mp3
Alec is a leading Recruitment and Human Resources consultant with particular expertise in the new EU Countries. We caught up with him on his visit to Prague to get his thoughts on recruiting from the new EU countries to the...
Migrant workers boost EU nations in wake of enlargement A report on the trends in migration of New EU nationals to 'Old EU' member states, and the positive effects are outlined in this Financial Times article. By Sarah Laitner in...
By Daniel Taylor, Dunross Czech Republic So you are a British or Irish company and you have heard about the opportunities of recruiting labour from the new EU Accession Countries in Central Europe. So what should you look for when...
Polish drivers just the ticket for bus operator By Friederike Tiesenhausen Cave Financial Times; Nov 11, 2004 Recruiting reliable bus drivers is a widely known headache across the transport industry. Operators are all too often forced to cut services after...