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Lima, Peru – “The First Industrial Revolution used water and steam power to mechanise production. The Second used electric power to create mass production. The Third used electronics and information technology to automate production. Now a Fourth Industrial Revolution is building on the Third, the digital revolution that has been occurring since the middle of the last century. It is characterised by a fusion of technologies that is blurring the lines between the physical, digital, and biological spheres.” World Economic Forum [1]
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Riga, Latvia – Pedersen & Partners Riga has moved its office location to newer, larger premises.
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October 12th, 2017 – London, UK – Pedersen & Partners, a leading international Executive Search firm with 56 wholly owned offices in 52 countries, is pleased to announce that Daniela Anderson has joined its global Private Equity and Venture Capital Practice and its London team as a Client Partner.
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Vienna, Austria – Austria's largest HR event – the annual HR Inside Summit – was held for the third time at the Hofburg former imperial palace in Vienna. At the event, the second annual “HR Awards” were presented, honouring innovative HR ideas and projects in four categories: “Strategy, Leadership and Personnel Development,” “Tools & Services,” “Recruiting & Employer Branding,” and “Newcomer of the Year.” A special award is also presented to the “HR Person of the Year.”
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Warsaw, Poland – “How long should I work at one company?” This is a question that l hear a lot. It’s likely that you have already asked yourself this question – and chances are you’re still at a loss.
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September 22nd, 2017 – Toronto, Canada – Pedersen & Partners, a leading international Executive Search firm with 56 wholly owned offices in 52 countries, is pleased to announce that Keith Labbett has joined its Toronto team as a Client Partner and the Country Manager for Canada.
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Kiev, Ukraine – How do you prevent your dream job from turning into the worst mistake of your life? Most career professionals go through periods of self-reflection and search for meaning – a phenomenon known as burnout. “It is common for professionals to seek a new job in a fresh domain, and for different reasons. The majority of them do not understand that they’re experiencing burnout, and they start looking for external reasons. The main factors pushing workers to radically change their life and career vector include dissatisfaction with their chosen profession, financial issues and lack of career growth,” says Vladimir Kolomoets, Country Manager for Ukraine at Pedersen & Partners.
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Riga, Latvia – “You create something from nothing, and you work together with plenty of smart, humorous, and focused colleagues.” Valerija Makijenko, Head of Development at Visma Enterprise Latvia. Evita Lune, Global Digital Economy Partner, interviewed Valerija for Riga Tech Girls, an IT community in Riga, Latvia dedicated to tech, start-up and digital education.
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Minsk, Belarus – How easy is it to find a good specialist in Belarus? How do language skills affect salaries, and what is the demand for narrowly-focused specialists? What’s going on in the labour market? And is it true that there are more and more highly-paid vacancies? Lola Trapsh, Country Manager for Belarus at Pedersen & Partners, discusses these questions and more.
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Tallinn, Estonia – Talent is a hot topic – at the national level, in business ventures from global corporations to start-ups, and everywhere else, it seems. Everybody knows that "talent" is important for their own business or country, and feels obliged to mention it frequently. But what is actually behind these words? Does your organisation have a clear talent strategy and an action plan, and has it defined what exactly it wants to achieve? Most importantly, does the strategy exist only on paper, or is there clear follow-up on progress and measured outcomes?
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Johannesburg, South Africa – The energy and natural resources sector has traditionally been a “boys’ club,” with women particularly underrepresented in high-level decision-making positions.
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June 9th, 2016 – Munich, Germany – Pedersen & Partners, a leading international Executive Search firm with 56 wholly owned offices in 52 countries, is pleased to announce that Jan Großmann has joined its German team as Client Partner and Head of Consumer Products and Retail.
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9. Juni 2016 – München, Deutschland – Pedersen & Partners, eine der führenden internationalen Executive Search Beratungen mit 56 voll intregierten Büros in 52 Ländern, freut sich bekannt zu geben, dass Jan Großmann das deutsche Team als Client Partner und Head of Consumer Products und Retail verstärkt.
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London, UK – It is the issue that nobody in the United Kingdom can avoid right now: the referendum on European Union membership that will be held on June 23rd. On this date, British voters could take a momentous step and vote to leave a club that most European countries are members of, or wish to join. This is the first such referendum in the EU, so it is naturally difficult to make predictions about the outcome, and in particular the impact on the executive search sector of what has come to be known as “Brexit”.
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We have seen an increasing number of international firms moving their Latin American headquarters to Miami, Houston, Panamá, Mexico and other countries in the region, and in the process facing the inherent challenges of hiring senior executives across the continent.
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April 21st, 2016 – Bogotá, Colombia – Pedersen & Partners, a leading international Executive Search firm with 56 wholly owned offices in 52 countries, is pleased to announce the launch of its collaboration with Juan Carlos Garavito, a top strategic advisor in Latin America.
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Toronto, Canada – The past six years have been turbulent for the global economy to say the least, and the mining sector is no exception. Based on the atmosphere at the recent PDAC Convention, although the outlook for 2016 is still very uneasy, there is some longer-term optimism for the sector. Numbers were down with 22,000 in attendance, but the overall outlook was more positive than last year, with precious metals and some other commodities starting to rally in price.
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Johannesburg, South Africa – Africa has leapfrogged the rest of the world! From unbanked to almost fully connected in a few years. It has achieved this phenomenal feat without the use of the traditional retail-banking model but rather by disrupting convention: using innovation and creativity – resulting in the birth of FinTech.
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Nairobi, Kenya – Kenya’s private sector is remarkably accomplished; however, it is fundamentally important that the country’s public sector promotes a favourable business environment. One important aspect of this cooperation is infrastructure development.
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Kiev, Ukraine – Recruiting an executive is a complex process that has several instrumental components. The most essential of them will be the core of the following piece.
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Lima, Peru – Some studies show that going into a crucial interview with an egotistical attitude could bring you an advantage. Employers often prefer a confident candidate who is convinced that s/he is the best person for this specific job – but perhaps it is just as important to raise your confidence by carefully analysing the job description before the interview!
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Minsk, Belarus – Lola Trapsh, Country Manager for Belarus at Pedersen & Partners, a leading international Executive Search firm that operates in 56 wholly owned offices in 52 countries, gives her expert insights into the realities of the employment situation in Belarus.
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Riga, Latvia – This year, Latvia was ranked 15th in the Global Gender Equality Index published by the World Economic Forum. This achievement is borne out by the number of influential and successful women in the country.
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Vienna, Austria – The concept of sabbatical leave first appeared in the US several decades ago. Burnt-out American professors felt the need to take breaks to recover from the pressures of academia, and would return refreshed and ready for new ideas. Before long, the concept spread to European universities.
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Dubai, United Arab Emirates – Many companies are trying to reduce their numbers on their payrolls in a bid to cut costs. With oil prices showing no signs of heading up, companies in Oman are pulling all stops to reduce their employee cost.
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Vienna, Austria – Imagine going to your boss and requesting a 10% pay increase, only to be told: “That’s not possible – get back to work!” What happens next? There are two possibilities – either you leave for a new position with a bigger salary, or continue to work at the same job with the same salary, but the final outcome primarily depends on who has the better BATNA.
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Madrid, Spain – Workplace gender equality is the subject of research and discussion all over the world. While the specific numbers and reasons for the pay gap differ, the problem still persists. Pedersen & Partners' Client Partner Puri Paniagua analyses the gender pay gap in the region in an interview with Spain’s national broadcaster RTVE.
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Vienna, Austria – Continuous career advancement is a thing of the past; these days the career ladder can go down as well as up.
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Riga, Latvia – Evita Lune, Partner at Pedersen & Partners speaks to Ir Nauda for the Business Etiquette column.
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Lisbon, Portugal – Interview with “Human Resources Portugal.”
I am proud to look back on my nineteen-year career in management consulting, during which I have focused on reorganisations due to process reengineering, system implementations, cultural changes, and similar transformation projects. My experiences in numerous European and African countries across a diverse range of sectors (Industrial, Consumer Goods, Retail, Banking, Oil & Gas and Telecommunications) have given me a broad-ranging and thorough knowledge of corporate realities.
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By David Mashuri, Principal and Head of Central Asia
Management Demand
It's obvious to anyone crossing Kazakhstan today that this vast country located between the Russian, Indian and Chinese Giants is a paradox, though relatively unknown worldwide, its abundant natural resource wealth makes its population one of the potentially richest per capita.
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If so, then you might be interested to know that the large regional private equity fund manager Enterprise Investors and the executive search firm Pedersen & Partners is operating a “MBI & MBO Club” in Poland, Romania, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Bulgaria, the Baltics and Ukraine.
Read moreFrom our extensive experience with executive recruitment both in various geographical as well as in functional areas we have encountered the issue of lack of leadership talent in Central and Eastern European region. Real estate in Romania is booming and the demand for top performers in this sector has been growing exponentially. Russia is experiencing growing demand for HR directors and executives in investment banking. FMCG, Retail and Financial sectors in Poland already developed and trained highly qualified
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Evolution of the CFO role in CEE. What makes CFOs move: paycheck or challenge?
This article focuses on the changes of the CFO position in CEE, what motivates these people and what they understand to be their mission.
Read moreBy Ilham Hajiyev, Country Manager Azerbaijan and Poul Pedersen, Managing Partner
Management Demand
Over the past decade Azerbaijan has attracted significant amount of foreign investment. Investors are mainly global energy firms: Russian, Turkish, British and others.
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