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Cabinet re-allocates €295 million of EU funds Money to be used to tackle youth unemployment and foster small and medium-sized companies Locked

SLOVAKIA suffers from one of the highest youth unemployment rates in the European Union. In order to address the problem, the cabinet of Prime Minister Robert Fico has responded to an initiative launched by EC President José Manuel Barroso and proposed to re-allocate EU structural funds away from programmes such as IT and education and towards tackling youth unemployment and boosting economic growth. The plan has attracted criticism from the opposition, which is calling for a more systematic solution. 21 May 2012 Jana Liptáková The Slovak Spectator

Employment edges up in first quarter Locked

THE ECONOMIC growth of 3.1 percent over the first quarter of 2012 was accompanied by a rise in employment, to 2.2 million people. Compared with the first quarter of 2011, this represented an increase of 0.6 percent, while seasonal adjustment boosted it to 0.7 percent, the Statistics Office announced on May 15. 21 May 2012 Jana Liptáková The Slovak Spectator

Building stronger business-academia ties Businesses say they are ready but want more incentives Locked

MORE cooperation between businesses and the education system could help improve the quality of education and the skills of those who graduate from Slovak schools, benefitting both parties. Businesses are once again bringing this concept to the forefront as the new government gears up. Education Minister Dušan Čaplovič seems to have a sympathetic ear for the idea but at this point there are only pledges rather than specific legislative action plans. 21 May 2012 Michaela Terenzani - Stanková The Slovak Spectator

Trends in HR management New possibilities and challenges face HR organisations Locked

LEAP FORWARD. According to English-language dictionaries this phrase describes the act of moving and reacting quickly, coming into prominence rapidly, or jumping over a barrier. All these meanings or some combination of them will be expected of human resources (HR) organisations this year and in the future. The current economic environment and converging market trends are driving HR organisations to make leaps forward in their performance and capabilities. Decisive action is needed more than ever. 21 May 2012 By Ján Uriga and Štefan Horváth, Special to the Spectator The Slovak Spectator

Earnings gap for women is 20.7 pct Focus short Locked

SLOVAK women must work three months longer in a year to make the same pay as men. Oľga Pietruchová of the gender equality office of the Labour Ministry told the TASR newswire that the average difference in the hourly pay of men and women in Slovakia is 20.7 percent as compared to 16.4 percent for all of Europe. 21 May 2012 Compiled by Spectator staff The Slovak Spectator

Thousands of jobs offered at fair Focus short Locked

EMPLOYERS offered almost 10,000 jobs at the Job Expo 2012 held on May 10 and 11 in Nitra. Slovak employers had 7,500 vacancies on offer and employers from 10 other European countries offered the rest. 21 May 2012 Compiled by Spectator staff The Slovak Spectator

Pacts signed to offer jobs abroad Focus short Locked

THE SLOVAK labour centre has signed bilateral agreements with its counterparts in Germany, Austria and the Czech Republic that will allow the centre to directly offer jobs in these countries, the TASR newswire wrote. 21 May 2012 Compiled by Spectator staff The Slovak Spectator

Stats released on foreign workers Focus short Locked

REGISTERED foreigners make up less than 1 percent of the labour force in Slovakia. 21 May 2012 Compiled by Spectator staff The Slovak Spectator

Jobseekers told to get creative Focus short Locked

ACCORDING to a survey by the Kariera.sk website, as reported by the SITA newswire, Slovak jobseekers often fail to present themselves to a prospective employer in a positive light especially when it comes to their curriculum vitae. Too often applicants resort to copying CV formats off the web, sometimes word for word. 21 May 2012 Compiled by Spectator staff The Slovak Spectator

More Slovak nurses work in Austria Focus short Locked

THE NUMBER of Slovak nurses caring for seniors in Austria has increased from about 6,000 in 2009 to about 16,000 now. Miloslav Bahna from the Sociological Institute of the Slovak Academy of Sciences presented the results of the Nurses 2011 research in late January, the SITA newswire reported. 21 May 2012 Compiled by Spectator staff The Slovak Spectator

Institutions and organisations related to employment in Slovakia Locked

Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and FamilyMinister: Ján Richterwww.employment.gov.sk 21 May 2012 Compiled by Spectator staff The Slovak Spectator

Some HR and employment agencies Locked

- Amrop Slovakia, www.amrop.sk- Grafton Recruitment Slovakia,www.grafton.sk - Index Nosluš, www.indexnoslus.sk - Iventa Slovakia Management Consulting, www.iventa.eu/sk - Lugera & Maklér, www.lugera.sk - Manpower Slovensko, www.manpower.sk - Menkyna & Partners Management Consulting, www.menkyna.com - ProAct People, www.proactpeople.sk - Profesia, www.profesia.sk - Target Executive Search Slovakia, www.target.sk - Trenkwalder, www.trenkwalder.sk 21 May 2012 Compiled by Spectator staff The Slovak Spectator

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People do not have to make this crisis their crisis The legendary Dutch football player and coach Johan Cruyff once said: “Before I make a mistake, I don’t make it”. He meant that if one is prepared for a crisis and one has done everything to minimise any negative effects and secure one’s profits one will not be affected by that crisis. But how? It is easier than one might think. 27 Feb 2012 By Gerard Koolen Career Guide

The big generational shift? In the early 1990s, in connection with fundamental changes in society, the foundations of a number of successful – as well as less successful – companies were laid. Their owners and managers sometimes learned literally from their own life experiences how to run a business under the conditions of a market economy. New companies emerged after 1989 also thanks to the influx of foreign investments and opening of local branches and trade representations of global corporations. In these cases the take-off was somewhat easier, mainly thanks to imported know-how. 27 Feb 2012 Mario Fondati Career Guide

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