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How the number of jobseekers changed - graph

How the number of jobseekers changed - graph

According to data from the National Employment Service, 232,504 job seekers were registered in March, a decrease of nearly 4 thousand compared to the same period last year, the Ministry of National Economy (NGM) pointed out on Wednesday.The number of registered job seekers in March has not been so low since the system change, but compared to the end of 2024, an increase of more than 10 thousand people can be observed.

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Four approaches to a skills-based HR strategy

Four approaches to a skills-based HR strategy

Skills not competences - here are four different approaches to integrating skills into HR strategy and practice.

See the burden of invisible work

See the burden of invisible work

The first Tuesday in April is World Day of Invisible Work - in Hungary, women spend nearly two and a half times as much time in unpaid work as men.
Trening

Five-generation jobs are coming: how to work well together?

Generational differences can lead to awkward situations, tension and discord, especially in the world of work. Is this necessary? Can the pressure to innovate cause conflict or strengthen cooperation between generations? Should we treat age differences as a problem or an opportunity? This is what generational researcher Krisztián Steigerwald and András Somogyi, Bosch's Regional Vice President HR, talked about in the company's podcast.

Conflict avoidance kills micro-innovation and thus reduces productivity

Everyone knows that productivity can be boosted through innovation: new processes, new technology, new solutions. But when we talk about innovation, we usually think of some radically new idea or the K F area. Little is said about micro-innovations, but they always make things a little better in everyday life. How do you get that through? András Ujváry, trainer at Exline Ltd.

TOP corporate training: focus on engagement, leadership development and mental health

How is corporate training evolving in the age of artificial intelligence? Why are leadership skills and mental health important in the modern workplace? Develor L

Jöhet a life long skilling!

The role of skills is becoming more important and learning needs to be embedded in the everyday life of a company. Continuous improvement on the job and learning from others, rather than campaign training, was the message at the LEARN HReggelin on corporate training, where Bosch and MOL experts presented their programmes. Here's the new term: lifelong skills development, or life-long skilling.

Recruitment

The secrets to successful recruitment in 2025

Companies must constantly adapt to the challenges of a rapidly changing labour market if they are to attract and retain the best talent. Automation and artificial intelligence have taken recruitment to a new level, while the importance of soft skills has increased to unprecedented levels. In addition to candidates for open positions, companies need to focus on passive candidates who respond to specific and personalised requests.

Meet the "man" who applied for a thousand jobs while he slept

It's no good if you don't use AI-based assistance, because you're no longer competing with flesh and blood humans in the first stage of the recruitment selection process.

The mystical market for job ads

Jobseekers believe that at least 80% of the jobs advertised will be filled with the help of job ads. The reality is something very different. Some companies use job ads to monitor the market, recruitment is not necessarily the goal. And there are others where they already have a candidate, an internal one, but they look around to see if there is a better one. Written by Anikó Pethő, HR consultant (Aarenson Consulting).

Cycling, traffic monitoring, AC: how BKK selected its trainees

In our case study column, Lilla Lázár, Head of Recruitment at the Budapest Transport Centre (BKK), presents their annual "outdoor" trainee selection project. In one working day, 18 young talents were recruited through an experience-based selection process.

Relocation

5 important changes in the employment of foreigners

Employers who want to employ foreign colleagues will also have to adapt to a number of changes in 2025. The law on aliens has become stricter, it is not easy to navigate the maze of different types of cards (permits) and to adapt to the changed expectations. We asked Györgyi Cziczárdi, managing director of Expat-Center and relocation expert, about the regulatory changes, which are also challenging for HR.

Repatriation allowance, wage supplement, tax relief - how to lure Hungarians living abroad back home

In 2023, 770,000 Hungarians will be living abroad - calculated the Egyensúly Institute on the basis of data from the Hungarian Central Statistical Office, Eurostat and the United Nations in its study entitled "How to lure Hungarians who have emigrated abroad back home?". According to the institute, although Hungarians working abroad send 2-3% of Hungary's annual GDP back home, the country could gain even more by luring some of them back.

You can telework, but you don't get a promotion

Under new guidelines from Dell, one of the world's largest technology companies, employees who don't come into the office will not be promoted.

What will be the limit to the capabilities of virtual assistants?

Although R&D is aimed at improving the emotional intelligence of virtual colleagues, and more and more work may be outsourced in the future, it is not so hot to eat the porridge.

Recruitment

Here are some important tips for changing jobs

A new company, a new boss, new team members, new policies and procedures - it's natural to have to cope with being 'new' when changing jobs. It's important to stress that a successful onboarding process is not only the responsibility of the organisation, managers and mentors, but also the new employee's role, writes HR consultant Sharlyn Lauby in her HR Bartender blog post.

Meet the "man" who applied for a thousand jobs while he slept

It's no good if you don't use AI-based assistance, because you're no longer competing with flesh and blood humans in the first stage of the recruitment selection process.

The mystical market for job ads

Jobseekers believe that at least 80% of the jobs advertised will be filled with the help of job ads. The reality is something very different. Some companies use job ads to monitor the market, recruitment is not necessarily the goal. And there are others where they already have a candidate, an internal one, but they look around to see if there is a better one. Written by Anikó Pethő, HR consultant (Aarenson Consulting).

Cycling, traffic monitoring, AC: how BKK selected its trainees

In our case study column, Lilla Lázár, Head of Recruitment at the Budapest Transport Centre (BKK), presents their annual "outdoor" trainee selection project. In one working day, 18 young talents were recruited through an experience-based selection process.

Organisational development

Exhausted organisations, technostress - new challenges in the corporate world

What is technostress? Who is the AVICA leader? "New challenges and responses in organisations" - the Hungarian Psychological Review presents two volumes of Hungarian research on organisational and leadership psychology. When a lot of change happens simultaneously, it can exhaust organisations. How can resilience, motivation and loyalty be maintained? Júlia Sipos interviewed Edith Kiss Orhidea, Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Organisational and Management Psychology at the Institute of Psychology, ELTE, currently Associate Dean of Education at the Faculty of Education and Psychology, and also an occupational psychologist, organisational development and coaching psychologist.

Ten skills that business leaders can learn from decathletes

Barbara Stöttinger uses the numbers of the decathlon to show what skills a successful manager should have in his arsenal.

"The changeover will depend primarily on HR"

Productivity in AI-influenced sectors has soared, with more and more jobs using AI and offering wage premiums of up to 25%.

Why is it wrong that we still weld the to-do list in Excel?

The productivity index for intellectual workers shows how many people use at least three of the four productivity-enhancing tools.

Communication

Pay bargaining: how to fight for a pay rise

Companies are announcing their wage increase agreements for this year, but what about those places where there is no automatic increase or union to push for more pay. We spoke to Aniko Pethő, professional manager at headhunting firm Aarenson, about the potential for a pay deal. How is it worth asking? What kind of arguments should we put together? Should we say how much, or wait and see what the employer offers?

Job search and fun in one package

They want to interview on the spot or at least talk to the professional manager, gain experience of jobs and inspiration for moving on. Generation Z is looking for jobs in a different way, and this year's first big job fair, Jobverse, provided the platform and the answer. Our on-site report from the BOK Hall in Budapest.

How companies can appeal to Generation Z workers

Interactive communication and openness are also essential if you want to reach Generation Z.

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