Luxembourg's first HR Blog
Globally, Luxembourg ranks on place 18, out of 141 countries, climbing up one place compared to 2018. Within Europe, Luxembourg ranks 8th. Luxembourg’s strengths and weaknesses The strongest point is it’s macroeconomic stability (1st place), followed by its institutions (rank 9), the financial system (rank 10), and the markets for products (rank 11) and labour…
Next week we are back at the University of Applied Sciences Trier. Our first event in march 2019 was such a success that they decided to re-invite us. We will give a short presentation about hints and tips during the recruitment process and afterwards have 4 hours of individual interview simulations (either in French, German…
Great news for Luxembourg: The rating agency Moody’s has confirmed Luxemburg’s AAA rating with a stable outlook. One of the main reasons is “Luxembourg’s robust growth performance and extraordinarily high wealth levels”. Some further reasons are a “very strong institutional framework, reflected in very strong governance indicators and effective financial services sector regulation and supervision”…
Sharing my Knowledge at the chambre of commerce in Trier I was recently invited by the chambre of commerce of Trier #IHKTrier to give a presentation about Employer Branding and the “Candidate Experience” especially for SME’s and start ups. It was a challenging and enriching experience to discuss this hot topic with more than 40…
How to start our business – how to promote it! We have started our activities on our website www.financejobs.lu , launched the website, designed the logo and now it’s time to get out of the office to promote what we are doing. These are the events for the month of May: 08.05.2019 University of Applied…
Did you know? Luxembourg ranks 7th for it’s English proficiency. This is a result of the EF English Proficiency index and shows how international Luxembourg indeed is. From my point of view this information should be spread around the globe as not many potential candidates are aware about this fact. Many candidates still believe you…
The talents have won!? Paperjam contacted me to share my insights on the current recruitment needs at multinationals. Want to know what I think about the war for talents and how we face it? Click the link to read the article! Thetalentswon?! By the way: I now also have a dedicated finance blog where…
Sell your HR services Take the example of external HR consultants. How are they selling their services? They provide the customer with the (added) value of their services and the customer pays a price for this service. And now, imagine you were an HR consultant. How would you “sell” your service? One possibility would be…
HR Communication and employee’s involvement Regular HR communication: The vision, values, and goals of the company should be regularly communicated to employees, using different communication tools. Bad news is shared while success is celebrated. All employee’s need to be affected by the communication. HR strategies and activities need to be communicated and spread among the…
Traditionally HR, similar to other departments like Finance/ Accounting, Marketing, Compliance or Legal, is branded as a cost centre. All these departments are somehow necessary to keep the business running and support the other departments but they are not considered as driving any direct financial return to a company. The perception that HR and the…
