12.00 Normal 0 false false false EN-GB X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} Whilst the economic predictions change almost daily we at least know that the current slow down in our economy will ease.  Organisations must start to focus on engaging employees so the company can grow when the economy turns around.     In the aftermath of large scale redundancies those in the workforce are experiencing what has been coined as ‘survivors guilt.’  This guilt has a negative impact on employee morale, their satisfaction and motivation.  All key factors impacting on productivity.   Another interesting research finding from a survey of over 3,000 workers from...

It is interesting what the recession has done to all of us, especially those looking for employment.  Recently our colleagues at Grafton Recruitment in Czech  Republic surveyed both passive and active jobseekers to obtain their insights into how the global recession has impacted their considerations about job opportunities.  In the past they found that the main reasons for changing employment was salary or financial benefits.  The 2,500 respondents to this survey showed a shift in thinking with job satisfaction being more important than financials.  A majority of the respondents (over 70%) were willing to accept a job with lower qualification...

In recent years there has been a drive and focus amongst some of our large IT clients in Central Eastern Europe to increase the number of females in their organisations. They firmly believe that having a healthy gender balance is an asset to the workplace as it promotes a more positive and open culture.   Whilst Grafton ESP engage a range of strategies to attract females into IT roles the problem is more deeply ingrained and to truly tackle this more work needs to be undertaken with people of school age and those people returning to the work place.  Attitudes need to...