Bratislava Leaders Magazine: I Believe in Natural not Artificial Rules

„It is not my habit to look at people through a prism of age, skin color or sex. Besides rules of etiquette, which I regard to as utterly natural, I do not give preference to women in terms of professional life. In my conception, people are simply good and better, beautiful and more beautiful, successful and more successful… I just do not divide people into men and women," wrote Martin Krekáč, co-founder and chairman of AJG-Amrop Jenwein Group and president of The Business Alliance of Slovakia and member of the Jury of Woman of the Year 2006 Awards, for Bratislava Leaders Magazine.

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Connection Magazine: AmCham Human Resources Conference 2006

The 5th Annual HR Conference of the American Chamber of Commerce in the Slovak Republic was held on October 31, 2006, in Radisson SAS Carlton Hotel, Bratislava. This year's conference attracted approximately 100 CEOs, HR managers and consultants who gathered to discuss the strategic role of human resources. The conference focused on "Maximizing the Strategic Impact of HR in a Dynamically Changing Environment”, and featured many interesting Slovak and international speakers.

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Connection Magazine: Interview with Igor Šulík

Various types of organizations deal with the issue of corporate governance. Some would argue that it is a topic mainly for lawyers; however, dealing with issues of governance is also a topic of top executive search consultancies that invest their time and build a valuable knowledge base in this area through their Board Services practices. We spoke about various issues related to the quality of corporate governance and Board performance with Igor Šulík, Partner of Consulting Group AJG-Amrop Jenewein Group, CEE Board Services Practice Group Leader within The Amrop Hever Group, and a member of the European Corporate Governance Institute.

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Bratislava Leaders Magazine: AmCham on the Castle Hill

Words of American Founding Father John Adams "the great anniversary festival” were fulfilled on Bratislava Castle Hill, as the American Chamber of Commerce in the Slovak Republic celebrated Independence Day. One of the guests was Patrik Zoltvány, partner of consulting group AJG-Amrop Jenewein Group.

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The Slovak Spectator: When youth is not enough
Knowing when you need help is the key

Young people are noted for their enthusiasm, but in the past this quality was often not enough to land them a job if it was not allied with work experience... Every employer who has a job opening hopes to find the perfect employee to fill it. With so much on the line in recruitment decisions, particularly higher up in the food chain, do companies get better results by relying on their own search resources, or by using a human resources firm?

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Connection Magazine: Interview with Radomír Mako

In the area of Business Advisory, it is more important to focus on the applicability and effectiveness of the solutions rather than their beauty. Even the most successful companies with high-quality human resources sometimes do not have substantial capacity for adopting well-founded decisions. In this situation, their leaders tend to approach external advisors who are expected to provide optimal solutions. To touch upon some of the characteristics and current trends in the area of Business Advisory, Amcham Connection talked to Radomír Mako, Managing Partner of the consulting group AJG-Amrop Jenewein Group.

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The Slovak Spectator: Infrastructure and knowledge a priority

According to a number of EU fund experts, Slovakia should concentrate on projects geared to long-term economic and social strategies. The experts especially recommend focusing on funds that will upgrade the knowledgebased economy, infrastructure and culture.

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The Slovak Spectator: Slovak labour still attractive

Foreign investors attracted by low labour costs in Slovakia, weak mobility of Slovak labour and groups of long term unemployed- those are some of the current issues of Slovakia's human resources market. The Slovak Spectator asked HR experts their opinion of how to tackle these issues.

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The Slovak Spectator: HR firms call on cabinet to keep market flexible

Most Slovak companies that have experience with market economies for a little more than a decade have learned during the past several years that the quality of human resources is one of the most important business assets and a pillar of successful business performance. Managers have discovered that they should not neglect maintaining and developing new talents.

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Business Slovakia: "Drops of support" for children

This year's Grand Prix Jenewein taking place at TJ Karpatia show jumping ground in Bratislava-Záhorská Bystrica was in spite of rain and mud a successful event.

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