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Employees are more active than at this time last year
Employee activity remains high in the Hungarian labor market: while the number of job advertisements decreased by 0.97% in the first quarter of 2025 compared to the same period of...
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The two most pressing challenges for an executive are labor and costs
The global CEO survey, jointly conducted by the International Executive Search Federation (IESF), an international organization specializing in executive search, and its Hungarian member company, HR consulting firm Prime by...
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More than half of the jobs to be filled require language skills
In 53 percent of job advertisements posted since January 2024, employers expect some language skills, and in the case of intellectual jobs, the rate is even higher, 68 percent. This...
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Manpower: Employment may expand slightly in the second quarter
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LIDL is already preparing for the season: the company is expanding its team with around 150 new employees
Lidl Hungary is already preparing for the increased summer traffic in the Balaton and Lake Velence area. The discount chain is creating around 150 new jobs so that it can...
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More people would change their current job this year than last year
Currently, half of domestic employees are looking for a new job or are open to a new job opportunity, but compared to a year ago, their decision-making process is taking...
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The Job Fair is coming – there is a huge fight for employees
The average wage in Hungary has quadrupled since 2007 (from 185,017 forints to 348,800 forints), and the guaranteed minimum wage for skilled workers has increased nearly fivefold. At the same...
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Real wages are rising, confidence is growing, retail sales are increasing
The dynamic increase in wages continued in January, Sándor Czomba, the State Secretary responsible for employment policy at the Ministry of National Economy (NGM), stated in his statement on Monday....
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A trend that won’t go away: hybrid work has become the new normal
The coronavirus pandemic has passed, but the world of work has not returned to its old ways. Teleworking, which was introduced out of necessity during the years of the pandemic,...
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Slowing recovery, new challenges: where is the Hungarian labor market headed?
The Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH) has published favorable labor market data for May: the unemployment rate fell to 4.4 percent, and the number of employed people increased. According to...
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Just a good salary and a pizza party are no longer enough for employees today
Employee well-being at work is no longer just a trend or a buzzword, but the foundation of an effective and sustainable corporate culture. The concept refers not only to the...
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The workforce of large companies may decrease further
The downward trend in employment expectations of large company executives continued in the last quarter. According to the last quarter of 2024 data of the K&H Large Company Growth Index,...
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Occupational Health: Still Mandatory and Employers’ Responsibility Greater Than Ever
In connection with the legislative changes that took place last year, many employers mistakenly concluded that they were no longer obliged to provide occupational health services. However, the truth is...
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More than half of employees received a pay raise last year
53% of Hungarian employees reported receiving a salary increase in 2024. This is a lower rate than in 2023 (61%), but higher than in 2022 (44%). Respondents are more optimistic...
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Number of women in employment at record level
Last year, an average of 2 million 155 thousand women of working age were employed, which increased the employment rate of women of working age between 15 and 64 to...
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PENNY will spend 3.5 billion forints on wage increases in 2025
PENNY Hungary will spend 3.5 billion forints on wage increases in 2025, thanks to which earnings will increase by an average of 7.8%. In addition, the range of benefits and...
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Six out of ten employers plan to raise wages by 2025, but at a lower rate than last year
Similar to previous years, the majority of companies implemented the promised wage increases in 2024, and in fact, more companies increased their salaries than they had originally planned. However, the...
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Artificial intelligence can help with workforce training
The application of artificial intelligence (AI) in workforce training can also provide answers to the labor market problems affecting the Western Transdanubia region, the government commissioner responsible for artificial intelligence...
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Companies operating in a hybrid model are more optimistic
In a challenging economic environment, hybrid working can also provide a competitive advantage, as these businesses are more easily able to adapt to changing economic conditions. Some form of hybrid...
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In January, the number of employed people was 4 million 684 thousand, the unemployment rate was 4.4 percent
In January 2025, the average number of employed people aged 15–74 increased by 32 thousand compared to the same period of the previous year, to 4 million 684 thousand. In...
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Average earnings to increase by 13 percent in 2024
The government is constantly working to ensure that families can manage with more and more money – emphasized Sándor Czomba, State Secretary for Employment Policy at the Ministry of National...
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Changing rules for seasonal work and casual employment
On February 1, new rules came into force regarding seasonal work, casual employment and the employment of film extras. On the one hand, these bring with them an increase in...
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Changes in simplified employment from February
From 1 February 2025, the rules for simplified employment will be amended, and with them the amount of the public charge to be paid by the employer and the calculation...
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Yettel introduces an additional month of paid leave
The telecommunications company and infrastructure provider CETIN is also introducing a unique program in Hungary for its colleagues. The employee benefit, available from 2025, provides an extra paid month of...
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Data and intuition: how can HR make good decisions in 2025?
The HR profession in Hungary is also increasingly relying on data, which can be useful for companies not only because they can provide a more accurate picture of the job...
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The recipe for successful market growth starts with a satisfied workforce
In recent years, many uncertainties have surrounded not only the major global economic players, but also their individual driving forces, the employees themselves. The coronavirus pandemic, inflationary environment, or even...
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Profession.hu: a diploma is a requirement in fewer and fewer job advertisements
For years, fewer and fewer job advertisements have required a diploma, and in 2023, only 21.5 percent of applicants were expected to have a higher education, according to Profession.hu. The...
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K&H: young workers feel safe
The majority of young workers still consider their jobs to be sufficiently stable: according to the latest results of the K&H Youth Index, at the end of 2024, their proportion...
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Flexible working conditions and a starting salary of 600-800 thousand forints are the expectations of young graduates
The most important demands of recent graduates from employers are flexibility and freedom, followed by salary: energy specialists ask for a starting salary of around 550-600 thousand forints, and IT...
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Employment continued to decline
In December, the monthly unemployment rate reported by the Central Statistical Office was 4.3%, which is below our expected 4.6% and the Bloomberg consensus. In November, we saw a rate...
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