Ilona Wardega

#ABSL Conference in Krakow. Debate: Business services sector and FDI go hand in hand. Forget about the past. Transform service center’s to business hubs. Low profiles jobs will be automated or moved to other attractive location. Poland should find its way to respond to transformation strategy. We have employment gap with lowest unemployment rate and attracting talents from other countries is a must. AI is not a game changer, people who possess unique skills to develop AI is game changer. Be brave to reorganise your organisation. Are we playing in local or global league? Change of mentality, behaviour is crucial. Pool of talent is your assets. Math and logic skills are very high in Poland and yet Poland was not on short list for AI competencies. Our role is to build a new narrative and value proposition for future investors. Moving engineers from Ukraine and Bielarus enriched IT talent pool. Don’t ask for permission ask for forgiveness. Take control and take decisions where you see blockers. Try things and form your opinion based on data! Great beginning!

61

4 komentarze

The temporary job market in Poland is showing dynamic growth and promises many opportunities for both employees and employers. Changing market needs, globalization, and technological advancements are making temporary work increasingly popular and desirable. In the face of economic instability and shifting career preferences, flexible forms of employment are gaining importance. 📈 For employees, temporary work offers flexibility, the opportunity to gain diverse professional experiences, and the development of new skills. It is an attractive option for students, those seeking a career change, or those who value flexibility in planning their work schedule. Temporary work allows better adaptation to changing market conditions and life preferences. ✅ For employers, temporary work means greater flexibility in managing human resources and the ability to respond quickly to changing market needs. This allows companies to plan their workforce effectively, minimizing risks associated with economic instability. 📊 Temporary work is becoming an important element of human resource management strategies, benefiting both companies and employees in Poland. 📌

10

1 komentarz

Notes prepared. 📝 Looking forward to #stressmanagement training. 💥 Ready to deepen my knowledge and skills in the field of stress management. 💡 It's not just essential prevention, but also a life skill worth cultivating. We are organizing remote training session so that all #Dematic Lithuania colleagues can participate, no matter where they are in the world. 🌍 ❗ During the training, we will discuss various important topics, including: ✔ How to recognize signs of stress? ✔ How to control and reduce your reaction to stress? ✔ How to recover from failures in work or personal life? ✔ What are practical, people- and time-tested effective methods of stress prevention?  #stress #selfcare #training #personaldevelopment #lifeatdematic

43

1 komentarz

Yesterday, I had the pleasure of attending another inspiring event hosted by the People First Club community in Warsaw. As always, it was a perfect blend of learning and networking with like-minded HR superheroes 🦸‍♀️🦸🦸‍♂️ This particular gathering focused on developing and building our personal brands, and we worked in small groups led by expert facilitators. While it was difficult to choose among such talent, I was fortunate to work with Anna Pozdniakova. Having attended several events where Anna spoke, it was truly rewarding to finally meet her in person and collaborate face-to-face. In just 1.5 hours of group work, I experienced that “connected dots” moment - the pieces finally came together, leaving me with clear insights. Here are a few takeaways for those looking to build their personal brand: ✨ Start with WHY: Clarify why you want to build a personal brand. Is it to create an additional income stream, transition to consulting, or expand your career opportunities? Having one clear goal and a way to measure success is essential. 🔍 Recognize that your personal brand already exists: Even if you're not consciously working on it, every interaction shapes how people perceive you. Ensure your message is clear so that your professional image is also clear in others’ minds. 💡 Position yourself consciously: Don’t just share who you are, focus on how you can help others. Frame it like this: - Your name. - “I help [target group] with [specific solutions].” - “People approach me for help with [common challenges].” 📌 Be concise: Establish a single, strong professional association for yourself. A broad positioning risks diluting your reach and impact. 📈 Treat your brand as a business: Think of it as a product. Apply strategic frameworks like 4P, 7P, or 4C, and even analyze its P&L. This structured approach ensures a strong and sustainable brand. Attending events like these always reminds me of the value of shared knowledge and professional community. Thank you, People First Club, for yet another enriching experience!

53

2 komentarze

Who better than Marek Burzanowski to lead us into the future? 🚀 His profile is a combination of years of technology experience and a strong focus on project leadership that has an impact on people and management. Find out more about integrating technology and improving HR processes. 📍 Follow us: INHAUS in #Poland 🇵🇱 #Hiring #SaaS #IT #ITJobs #Recruitment #AI

12

What does a professional premium business incubator truly entail? A business incubator in Poland is an organization that supports entrepreneurs and startups in their early stages of development. It provides access to resources and infrastructure, facilitating the rapid implementation of business ideas. The incubator's services include consultations, training, networking opportunities, legal and accounting support, CRM systems, and the possibility of official employment. Advantages: - Receiving payments from foreign clients, - Low taxes for certain industries, - Tax exemptions for students, - Easy exit from collaboration. Disadvantages: - The need to verify work, - Penalties for rule violations, - No VAT refunds, - Incompatibility with certain types of businesses. The business incubator provides essential infrastructure for development but has limitations. We invite you to consider collaborating with Weexpert for personalized support for your business. Contact us to achieve success together. Whith WeExpert – business incubator Unleash Your Startup's Potential in Poland: Your Platform for Success Starts Here! 📈 #BusinessIncubator #StartupSupport #Entrepreneurship #Poland #BusinessDevelopment #Consulting #Training #Networking #B2B #InternationalClients #LegalSupport #CRM #LowTaxes #Legalization #Weexpert

18

🔎 Labor Market Slack Report: A Success and a Challenge for Poland 🇵🇱🇪🇺 The latest Eurostat report on labor market slack reveals critical insights into the employment supply-demand mismatch across Europe. Labor market slack measures the percentage of the labor force who want and are able to work in roles that match their desired hours and skill levels. In general, the lower the digit, the better. Central Europe—and Poland in particular—leads European stats in this area. This is a positive sign for our labor market, as it indicates: ⬆️ ⁠High productivity levels relative to potential, ⬇️ ⁠Low unemployment, and 🛒 ⁠Strong consumer spending.   However, this also presents challenges for employers: when hiring needs arise, the pool of available candidates is relatively limited. Sustainable, legal migration could be a helpful solution to this challenge. 🌍💼 https://lnkd.in/dWUbQthz

90

📈 We have the latest data from the Czech labour market for you. How is your region doing in terms of unemployment, how has the average wage fluctuated or what is the structure of job seekers? Find out in our overview for August 2024.

6

In our recent #openbanking Trends Report, we discussed how banks can start looking at identity-based APIs as a new commercial opportunity, and here BNP Paribas Bank Polska are discussing their new premium offering: The Personal Data Information Service (PDIS) API. It allows business customers to conduct identity verification of clients and contractors: "The PDIS service is used, among others, in automatic filling of forms and registration in online services, customer verification during the purchasing process, concluding commercial contracts, improving scoring models, confirmation of age by providers of services and products addressed to adults, verification of candidates' data during recruitment, as well as many other processes that need access to reliable identification data," says Jakub Banaś in the press release (translated from Polish). #digitalidentity #API #openfinance

11

It’s a real challenge when cultural norms shape how people communicate, especially in professional settings. For example, during a work call, a software developer from Poland 🇵🇱 might get straight to the point, focusing on efficiency, while an American client 🇺🇸 may expect some small talk to build rapport before getting into business. This mismatch in expectations can make the conversation feel awkward, even though both parties are fluent in English. That’s why I often hear from HR and L&D managers that they prioritize soft skills, like adapting to cultural nuances, over just focusing on language training. If you’re looking for a solution to bridge this communication gap, consider cross-cultural communication workshops by our team English For IT™. We’ll customize the program and create materials from scratch to meet your company’s specific needs.

10

AI is reshaping industries by speeding up production, cutting costs, and enhancing quality. It’s transforming sectors like manufacturing, retail, and healthcare, improving processes and elevating customer experiences. Over the next 3-5 years, we can expect AI to drive even greater personalization, automation, and predictive insights across more industries, making businesses smarter and more customer-focused.

11

Once again, Game Industry Conference was a blast. Thank you so much Jakub Marszalkowski, PhD, Michał Skrzywanek and Jędrzej Stępniowski for asking me to open the legal track of the event. Once again, I was amazed by the amount of game industry legal experts in the audience. But why are there so many lawyers specialised in the game industry in Poland? The game industry is a unique industry combining technological innovation with novel business models and groundbreaking artistic content. When you combine forerunning technologies with the fact that games are distributed by default globally, many national game industry economies struggle to find competent lawyers (and accountants). The most straightforward answer would be that as becoming listed in the local stock exchange was, for years, a far more feasible way to raise funding than in other EU countries, Poland has several publicly listed game developer studios. And when you are a publicly listed company, having an in-house council becomes necessary. When many successful companies have in-house councils, the non-listed companies follow the lead and hire legal experts. However, based on the discussions I had with local game lawyers this is only a part of the picture. In many countries, lawyers specialised in the game industry share a passion for games with game developers. In Poland, the game industry is becoming mature, established and successful enough to compete with other major Polish businesses on the best legal talents in the country. Ultimately, this all comes back to the fact that Poland has talent. Poland is racing with France to build the biggest national talent base in the EU game industry. And this applies also to legal talent. Like in many other EU countries, becoming a lawyer is an attractive career track for young people in Poland; however, unlike in some other EU countries, there are also relatively many higher education institutions training lawyers in Poland. Accessing legal education is relatively easy in Poland, but building a career in law is difficult. The availability of good junior legal talent has enabled game developer studios to build bigger legal teams. So, if you are interested in game industry talent, go to Poland. If you want to meet some of the best game law experts in Poland, visit GiC.

56

1 komentarz

I totally encourage you to read one of the latest Puls Biznesu's article about ESOP 🚀

2

It was one of our 1:1 meetings with Szymon Araczewski in 2022, when he asked me the question: "Ania, do you know anything about neurodiversity, think about whether it would be a good topic for us". 🌟And that was the spark! 💫✨Or actually Szymon was the spark with this whole story! 😀 I knew sth as a mother of two 👩👦👦who read some parenting books, but not that much. A bit of searching, reading about the topic and we quickly managed to find friends who wanted to support the initiative. 📚 First, small steps, so that in 2023 Ewa Szczeciak, in the photo next to me, was responsible for the neurodiversity OKR and this topic for Bosch Digital in Poland until today. 😀We created a team and together with Agnieszka A. and Agnieszka G. we started by building awareness among managers. 💡 The topic sparked so much that in 2024, thanks to Izabela Pipka and the EB team, we had a neurodiversity week at Bosch Polska, where every employee could take part in various webinars exploring this topic. ❤️ Why am I telling you it? 📰 Because now in the paper edition of Bosch Zuender distributed worldwide at Bosch offices and plants 🎉together with Ewa we describe this topic and try to interest you how wonderful is the diversity of our minds and what we can achieve by being aware of these differences. 😍 To make you more interested 😉 in grabbing this copy we also invited Karol Mazurek, Alan Madej and Maria Winiarska for an interview - leaders who have undergone training and use this knowledge in their daily work. 🎆 Thank you TEAM for igniting a fire 🔥 and curiosity about this topic at Bosch Polska from a spark 🎇 from Szymon. Colleagues from Bosch! Grab a copy of the magazine in the office and read the article! 😀 #neurodiversity #BoschPolska #diveristy #DEI #peopleinheartbusinessinmind

156

14 komentarzy

Dear Network 📣     🌺 I encourage you to participate in this brilliant initiative that opens the world of business to people with disabilities.    🌺 During this event, you will be able to learn everything that raises our objections to employing people with disabilities.    💗 And above all, you will be able to learn how to neutralize these objections and how to successfully become a workplace friendly and encouraging to employ people with disabilities, both socially and financially.    📣 I invite people and representatives of companies that are:  - unconvinced and want to be convinced 👍  - unconscious and want to increase their awareness 👍  - they don't know and they want to find out 👍    I invite everyone for whom diversity in the workplace is important to participate 🌷 #OpenForum #FundacjaFireflies #Mentiway #Diversity #Inclusion #WłączUwazność #Różnorodność #OzN #Equity #Disiability #EqualTreatment #OpenToWork 

2

Business has never been sentimental. The closing of branches of foreign companies in Poland is the result of many factors. A high minimum wage combined with energy costs is just one of the important elements. The fact that Poland has become a frontline state also matters. Negative for some, positive for others. It is also worth bearing in mind that companies that have been in Poland for years are moving out. In the case of these companies, the invested capital was paid back with interest, and a decline in profits could threaten the profitability of the investment. Social protests and supply chain blockades are also significant. In the context of the latter, from the investors' perspective, Poland appears to be a weak country, susceptible to populist warlords and easily descending into chaos. This situation should slowly change for the better. I think that the new authorities in our country will understand that protests by "disappointed" and "lost" groups should not destabilize the country's economy. The inflow of funds from KPO (EU) should stimulate the economy and, consequently, internal demand. Unfortunately, the minimum wage cannot be reduced, which is a pity. The challenge for Poland is undoubtedly the energy transformation and let's hope that the blocking of the development of renewable energy that we have been dealing with over the last 8 years will finally come to an end. Locating defense industry plants in our country may also be an opportunity. You don't have to worry about dismissed employees of Western companies. 95% of them will find a job very quickly, and severance pay will help them through the transition period. A very interesting issue will be the issue of lifting vocational and technical education out of the collapse and learning foreign languages among the young generation. Today, especially in the group of young men from smaller towns, there are deficiencies in education, lack of language skills, poor opportunities on the local labor market, and little chance of building a relationship with better-educated women in this age group. Unfortunately, this group becomes an easy target for populists. #poland #economy https://lnkd.in/dWge-aBJ

6

🌟 Exploring the Dynamic Relationship: Agency & Recruitment Department Synergy 🌟 In today’s fast-paced business landscape, the quest for top talent stands as a cornerstone of organizational success. While many companies establish robust in-house recruitment departments, an intriguing trend emerges – the concurrent utilization of recruitment agencies. But why do companies, armed with internal HR prowess, still opt for external assistance? Let's delve into the manifold reasons: 👉 Confidential Projects: Maintaining discretion in recruitment is paramount. For confidential endeavors, collaboration with agencies ensures seamless execution while upholding data security and candidate trust. 👉 Specialization & Unique Tasks: Agencies bring niche expertise, crucial for sourcing specialized talent or fulfilling strategic roles, enhancing the company's reputation and efficacy. 👉 Expanded Network & Market Insights: With extensive networks and real-time market data, agencies offer invaluable insights, empowering companies to tailor strategies and tap into passive talent pools. 👉 Flexibility: Amid fluctuating workforce demands, agencies provide agile support, swiftly scaling recruitment efforts without the overhead of permanent hires. 👉 Time & Resource Efficiency: By streamlining the recruitment process, agencies alleviate the burden on internal resources, allowing organizations to focus on strategic initiatives. 👉 Innovative Tools & Technologies: Access to cutting-edge recruitment tools enhances efficiency, enabling swift candidate screening and superior talent acquisition. 👉 Diversity of Perspectives: Leveraging consultants with diverse backgrounds fosters innovative thinking, enriching the recruitment process and aligning candidates with organizational goals. In essence, the choice between internal recruitment and agency collaboration hinges on organizational needs and objectives. While internal departments provide control, agencies offer agility and expertise, augmenting the talent acquisition journey. By embracing both avenues, companies can craft a holistic recruitment strategy, maximizing their access to top-tier talent in the ever-evolving job market. My Colleague Agata Kostrubiec focuses on this issue on our blog. 🚀 #RecruitmentStrategy #TalentAcquisition #SynergyInAction

2