Polish up your recruitment knowledge
14 February 2013
This month, Recruiter’s regular Global Spotlight series visits Poland – and with the print edition out today, we can take you through some basics of how the Polish recruitment process works, with James Marklove, bid manager at UK recruitment firm Omega Resource Group.
Thu, 14 Feb 2013
This month, Recruiter’s regular Global Spotlight series visits Poland – and with the print edition out today, we can take you through some basics of how the Polish recruitment process works, with James Marklove, bid manager at UK recruitment firm Omega Resource Group.
Omega opened a Warsaw office 10 years ago. Marklove, speaking to Recruiter for the piece on p17 of the new edition of the magazine, told Recruiter the market is “very much about relationships, especially at candidate level – referrals through networking is where we get the most joy”.
CVs, according to Marklove, also typically look “very different” in Poland. “Most Polish candidates will provide a lot of personal information that in the UK would be screened out,” he says.
Another issue with CVs – something frequently encountered when recruiting across borders – is that “job titles and qualifications require interpretation to establish comparable experience with UK candidates”. Marklove adds a final caution for those entering the Polish market, saying: “Gathering references can be a very lengthy process.”
Meanwhile Iain McLaughlin, the head of global resourcing for professional services firm KPMG, tells Recruiter that some things are the same across the globe: “We have seen quite a dramatic rise in social media and the use of social media for recruitment purposes in Poland in the last couple of years. LinkedIn and the Polish equivalent, Goldenline, have indeed been leveraged to recruit specialised talent. KPMG in Poland has a strong presence on Goldenline, Facebook and YouTube.”
This month, Recruiter’s regular Global Spotlight series visits Poland – and with the print edition out today, we can take you through some basics of how the Polish recruitment process works, with James Marklove, bid manager at UK recruitment firm Omega Resource Group.
Omega opened a Warsaw office 10 years ago. Marklove, speaking to Recruiter for the piece on p17 of the new edition of the magazine, told Recruiter the market is “very much about relationships, especially at candidate level – referrals through networking is where we get the most joy”.
CVs, according to Marklove, also typically look “very different” in Poland. “Most Polish candidates will provide a lot of personal information that in the UK would be screened out,” he says.
Another issue with CVs – something frequently encountered when recruiting across borders – is that “job titles and qualifications require interpretation to establish comparable experience with UK candidates”. Marklove adds a final caution for those entering the Polish market, saying: “Gathering references can be a very lengthy process.”
Meanwhile Iain McLaughlin, the head of global resourcing for professional services firm KPMG, tells Recruiter that some things are the same across the globe: “We have seen quite a dramatic rise in social media and the use of social media for recruitment purposes in Poland in the last couple of years. LinkedIn and the Polish equivalent, Goldenline, have indeed been leveraged to recruit specialised talent. KPMG in Poland has a strong presence on Goldenline, Facebook and YouTube.”
