In addition to a basic salary, privacy and a supportive and supportive environment are important when choosing a job, according to the eighth edition of PwC's Labour Market Preference Survey. Almost a third of workers plan to change jobs in the next year. The Most Attractive Workplace of the Year Award went to Mercedes-Benz.

Why have most companies in Hungary tried to break the 4-day working week? Can work-life balance be achieved? How can the 4 generations present in many workplaces be well integrated? We talked to György Bőgel, retired professor of economics at CEU.

What HR professionals can learn from the world's most watched job fair, the NFL Draft at the end of April, when American football teams select their top college recruits. The weakest club gets first pick. The last player standing is named Mr. Irrelevant. In the past, he has had more than one career. Written by István Tamás Papp, HR expert.

Generation X workers (typically born between 1960 and 1979) are not in an easy position these days. It is easy for them to land on the runway, mainly because employers believe that younger generations, who have already absorbed technical knowledge through their mother's milk, are better able to keep up with today's rapidly changing trends in the world of work. Is this really true? Not necessarily, according to experts who spoke out in this bbc.com article.

While the rate of resignations at the beginning of the year can vary, in many companies 25 per cent of resignations occur during this period, after the payment of year-end bonuses, according to a summary by Comline Budapest, one of the largest training companies based in Hungary. In most cases there are several factors behind a termination, but the beginning of the year is the real job-changing season in most industries. Fatigue from previous years, inadequate year-end recognition - whether in the form of a bonus or just a 'good word' - or rethinking career paths and goals can be behind resignations.

Workers caring for ageing parents and raising children at the same time want very different benefits from a young person in their twenties. But how can companies help those born between 1965 and 1980 and how can they benefit in the long term?

Business service centres in Hungary and the region are stronger in service provision and weaker in employee retention. This is according to recent research just published by Deloitte, which looked at the development of BSCs in eight countries. Overall, Hungarian centres score 3.51 on a scale of one to five, slightly above the regional average (3.4).

More than half of workers feel unappreciated at work. Only a third do the job they are really good at. Retaining staff is one of the most important tasks for business leaders and HR in the current labour market situation. But it is also one of the most difficult, as there is fierce competition for workers. Therefore, engagement has become a key issue for success.