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Physical recruitment the smart way: here are the best practices

Physical recruitment the smart way: here are the best practices

Over the last year, the blue-collar labour shortage has decreased: fewer people are being recruited and workers are more willing to change. Nevertheless, companies cannot sit back: the trend can change at any time, and every year there are fewer new entrants and, with rapid technological progress, skills shortages are growing. What are the winning channels? What is the critical phase in recruitment? How can retraining and leadership development strengthen retention? We also asked three speakers at the recruiTECH BLUE blue-collar recruitment conference on 25 September: Mihály Nagy (Dana Hungary), Ágit Nyeste (JYSK) and Zoltán Varga (Magyar Suzuki). Tickets are still available.

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Professions-jobs

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Will the nurse be able to write a prescription? - more powers for professionals

In the future, highly qualified healthcare professionals will be able to perform activities independently, in their own right, which until now could only be performed with a medical degree, said Péter Takács.

More and more mothers returning to the labour market

What is needed is not individual preferences but systemic understanding and flexibility in their employment.

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

AI agents and HR colleagues in the same team - but who will be the boss?

A new metric will be needed when designing teams for the workplace: the ratio of human and AI agents to colleagues in a project. This is the near future and, for some frontier firms that are already moving towards a next-generation organisational model, the present, according to Microsoft's Work Trend Index.

Without charisma, AI knowledge is worthless

In most places, people have jumped on the AI bandwagon in the belief that it will do everything for us, and in some cases even replace us. This scares some, makes others comfortable, and can make us ask ourselves, "Do I really need me? My answer is YES. by Daniel Gergics (Grow Group).

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

Student work

Strict rules apply to student work - things to look out for before you start your summer job

In the case of student work, the special rules applicable to them must be observed by everyone, Sándor Czomba, Minister of State for Employment Policy of the Ministry of National Economy (NGM), pointed out in a statement on Friday.

Eight out of ten student workers are motivated by pay

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Redundancy, outplacement, staff turnover

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More than a thousand workers have been transferred to lower-paid jobs at Audi in Győr - with up to HUF 400,000 lower gross wages. According to a source at Átlátszó, the current workforce of around 12,000 at the Győr plant is to be reduced to less than 10,000. According to a statement from Audi Hungária, no mass redundancies are currently planned.

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Bad news has recently emerged about German car manufacturers. There are rumours of strikes, shutdowns and factory closures. Viktor Orbán has tried to calm the mood in Hungary, but HR Portal has asked industry players to find out whether the trouble could also catch up with the Hungarian subsidiaries of German car makers.

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Organisational development

Creating a workplace where we want to work - focus on employee well-being

Community building, employee health, good morale - these are the goals of the SMEs that have won the first prize in the "Employee Wellbeing" category of the Generali EnterPrize competition in recent years. Consciously caring about and investing in employee wellbeing helps with retention - particularly valuable after a long learning curve - and also builds the employer brand, which is particularly important when operating in smaller towns, as word of mouth often spreads. We've put together a snapshot of how winning SMEs are building towards this goal.

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"

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Recruitment

Costly opt-out: what does HR lose if it doesn't act in the summer?

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Should it be exciting rather than stress-free?

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How candidates try to fool HR staff

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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.

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