CAREER & DEVELOPMENT
RECRUITING TALENTS AT THE TIME OF PANDEMIC The sector of modern services for business boasts a significant and stable position in the Polish labour market. ManpowerGroup experts are continuously observing a huge interest taken by foreign investors in new ventures in Poland, which causes further growth of that branch and entails constant demand for new workers. Simultaneously, the knowledge and competences of Polish labour force are judged to be at a very high level; therefore, both well-established and new centres intend to create here teams dedicated to handling highly advanced processes in finances, purchasing, R&D, IT, as well as in HR or digital marketing. What challenges, in the light of these changes, are faced by employers and how these
challenges can be overcome? The answers candidates. Unchangeably though, Poland are provided by ManpowerGroup experts. is an appealing market for new investors. What adds to that appeal is a pool Availability of candidates with desired of graduates (larger and larger every competences (including language skills), year) from technical universities which ever-bigger pools of more experienced follow current trends in the labour market workers, and the maturity of the Polish of the IT and R&D sectors and which annusector of modern services for business ally spawn new engineers ready to enter mean an increased traffic of more and the market and start work. Technolo more advanced business processes and gical know-how in Poland is constantly operations to the companies located growing and ever more complex projects on the Vistula. It leads to changes are completed thanks to Polish specialists. reflected, for example, in a rising demand Experience gained by Polish experts and for human resources with the senior the availability of high-skilled graduates experience, and in a smaller propor- from technical faculties secure ventures tion of vacancies for the entry-level planned in Poland, which – in turn – enhance competition for talents. In order to be able to provide more advanced solutions, employers need to recruit people with specific experience and knowledge so that they could comprehensively take over and manage new processes. These are positions for senior candidates, because such responsibility cannot be shouldered by people lacking the necessary experience and who are just starting their professional career. Besides that, highly experienced candidates are fully self-sufficient, able to arrange their work, familiar with streamlining measures that should be implemented, used to working in a dynamically changing corporate environment and they can share their knowledge.
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Outsourcing&More | March–April 2021
