In our focus

11.02.2024

Петя Павлова

In an age where business is becoming a reflection of the dynamics and values of society, organizational culture is a critical pillar of corporate success. It is not just a set of rules or traditions, but a living fabric that shapes a company's identity influences people's engagement, and directly impacts organizations' financial performance. In our conversation about aligning individual views with corporate values and understanding the role of leadership in cultivating a healthy work environment, we invited Petya Pavlova, People & Culture Partner on our team, to comment. Read more

15.01.2024

Калоян Беличовски

In a changing and increasingly competitive business world, companies are faced with the need to constantly adapt their compensation packages to different industry sectors and the growing expectations of employees. This process is not simply a matter of balancing finances and benefits but requires a deep understanding of market trends and individual workforce needs. From technology companies offering flexible working arrangements and innovative perks to financial institutions with a focus on financial incentives, the diversity in approaches is rich. To offer you a deeper insight into evaluating and adapting talent attraction and retention strategies, we invited Kaloyan Belichovsky, Operations Manager on our team, to provide expert commentary on the topic. Read more

15.12.2023

Мария Стоева

Let me start by telling you a short story. Once upon a time there was a wonderful specialist. He was dedicated to his work, responsible to his colleagues, open to new knowledge and so one day the leadership team of the company he worked for decided to promote him. Done - done - the very Monday the wonderful specialist became a team leader. He accepted responsibility for six people (and two more to be hired, but there were no people and it was slow going) and everyone expected him to be a wonderful team leader. However, the days went by and the plans for a great team did not materialize. Three of his six members left, a number of projects were postponed or put on hold, and the wonderful former professional, now team leader, was practically on his own - working 16 hours a day, nervous and tired, and often falling asleep thinking that the promotion was actually one big trap by the company. Read more

27.11.2023

Вероника Симова

In the dynamic corporate world, rewards for new hires and long-serving team members create an unusual paradox. On the one hand, new additions to the team attract attention with their fresh and relevant skills and need to be won over with a competitive offer. On the other hand, long-serving employees should be valued for their extensive experience, commitment, and stability in the job with the appropriate benefits package. This complex situation underscores the complexity in managing compensation and benefits packages in today's business so as to strike a balance between attracting new talent and meeting the needs of experienced team members. To bring further clarity to the situation and outline possible strategies for action, we invited Veronika Simova, Sales and Business Development Manager from our team to comment. Read more

12.10.2023

Мирослава Мишева

Digitalization in payroll services refers to the process of transitioning from traditional methods of payroll processing and human resource management to the use of digital technology and software solutions to optimize these functions. Popular topics in this area in recent months have been electronic employment records as well as the transition to an electronic payroll. Therefore, we invited Miroslava Misheva, Deputy Team Leader - Payroll from our team, to comment on whether a "digitalization" mission is possible in the reality of the Bulgarian labor market. Read more

28.08.2023

Константин Каменов

The current unemployment rate in Bulgaria is 4.6%, with the rate for graduates falling even to a challenging 2.0% for employers. In such a situation, companies are often put at a disadvantage - there are few people available on the labour market and many counter-offers. Candidates' expectations are rising accordingly and require new strategies to attract and motivate them. We invited Konstantin Kamenov, Business Development and Sales Manager from our team, to share the best practices from the business world that employers apply in a talent-driven market. Read more

17.07.2023

Ивелина Петкова

The Gestalt approach to organizations is an integrated, holistic view of how organizations and people function. In essence, it embodies a practical action-oriented approach to organizational change, offering unique methods based on the principles of Gestalt psychotherapy. We invited Ivelina Petkova, Business Development Manager on our team, and a certified Gestalt psychologist, to talk about how the method can turn around an unhealthy work environment so that the company serves its original need and mission. Read more

14.06.2023

Йоана Атанасова

Artificial Intelligence is entering more profound and deeper into our everyday lives. If until recently we have searched and synthesized information from countless different sources, now it is just a click away. We've shared before that our team recognized in this innovative technology an opportunity to streamline a number of processes and offload administrative tasks, allowing us to work more efficiently and deepen our focus on people. That's why we took the bold step to launch a partnership with the AI platform Eilla. Thus, we can proudly call ourselves the first HR company to integrate artificial intelligence into our daily operations. After the first pilot months of our partnership, we invited Nikola Lazarov, CEO and Co-Founder of Eilla, and Yoana Atanasova, Recruitment Consultant in Sales & Marketing, Finance & Administration, Pharma & Healthcare from our team to talk about the intersections between AI capabilities and HR needs. Read more

Никола Лазаров

12.05.2023

Екатерина Тонова

The general idea of turning people towards themselves, their talents, potential, and needs for expression is increasingly being applied in the people development programs that organizations create and implement. Coaching and mentoring are two of the most commonly used tools in workplace interactions. We invited Ekaterina Tonova, Business Development, and Sales Manager in our Talent Development team, together with Teodora Kamenova, a professional communication coach with the highest accreditation - ISC, a mentor of coaches and a business trainer, to talk about the similarities and differences between the two approaches, as well as the benefits of collaboration between them. Read more

Теодора Каменова

11.04.2023

Мария Ангелова

The award "Best HR Project for SME" for 2022 of the Bulgarian People Management Association, which our 4-day project received, led to many questions. Partners, journalists, friends, and curious strangers wrote to us wondering: "What were the challenges before the project?", "How did the teams in the company and the external partners react to the change?", "What do you report as the biggest positives of the new working model already a year after its introduction?" are perhaps the queries we receive most often. That's why we invited our internal engine, our People & Culture team in the face of our colleagues Maria Angelova and Petya Pavlova, who provide the framework, look for tools, and actively continue to adapt our environment, to tell how the concept of Free Friday became our reality. Read more

Петя Павлова

27.03.2023

Галина Стоилова

A person's motivational factors can differ during different periods of his life and depending on his temperament and character. The same goes for talents in a company. Depending on where they are in their career path, their priorities are likely to change over time. We invited Galina Stoilova, HR consultant in our team, to share why it is important for companies to purposefully invest time and resources in researching the expectations of their employees and what are the hidden benefits of the effective collection and use of such information. Read more

28.02.2023

Йоана Атанасова

You may have recently heard the news that ChatGPT, a language model with artificial intelligence, has passed the exam for an engineering position with a remuneration of $ 183,000 -dollars. The newly requested language model created by OpenAI can generate a text that looks like a human has created it, using a wide range of databases and commands dating back to 2021. With the upcoming update of the model, we will be able to take advantage of even more accurate and up-to-date information. Read more

09.02.2023

Ивелина Петкова

Just a few weeks ago, on 19 January this year, the Bulgarian Parliament adopted legislative changes to facilitate the process of applying for a Blue Card. The whole admission procedure was shortened and the applicant can now also be assessed on the basis of professional experience and not only on the basis of a university degree, as was the case before. In light of these changes, we invited our experts from the “International Mobility” team, Ivelina Petkova and Petar Todorov, to comment on the new conditions for businesses and analyse how they can effectively help address labour shortages in certain sectors. Read more

Петър Тодоров

20.12.2022

Десислава Цанкова

In recent years, organizations have faced a global pandemic, a shift to remote work, economic uncertainty, and inflation. All this has accelerated the evolution of the workplace, as the nature of work is constantly changing and the labor market is extremely competitive. What is in store for us in 2023 and how the dynamics of the labor market will affect the HR profession, shares Desislava Tsankova, deputy team leader for the Black Sea region. Read more

24.11.2022

Искрен Лимонов

November and December are associated with several major world holidays where old and new traditions contribute to particularly high consumer activity in almost all sectors. From Black Friday discounts to the big Christmas and New Year shopping spree, the retail sector is running at full speed, and companies are finding it necessary to open multiple seasonal temp positions. Read more

26.10.2022

Кристина Милева

The dynamic market of technological companies requires increasingly flexible solutions when it comes to identifying and attracting talents. The unprecedented growth in the volume of IT projects, the expansion of software and outsourcing companies, requires a new interpretation of the model of working with the best in this sector. There is a constant need for specialists, who in turn deliver high standards of service, but they are few in number. Bulgaria is one of the most preferred investment destinations for development, but negative demographic growth does not allow the labor market to respond to the colossal number of IT specialists that are in demand. There is practically no concept of unemployment in the IT sector. Talents in the field clearly define their preferences for a remote work model. What's more, they often turn down project proposals if the employer doesn't offer a work-from-anywhere option. Kristina Mileva, Team Manager "Sales & Business Development" at Manpower Bulgaria, shares more about the future of the IT professions now that borders are disappearing and the ocean of talents is growing. Read more

27.09.2022

Мария Декова

The BPO sector is one of the sectors in the job market that is dominated by young talent from Generation Z and Y. The reasons for the interest in this industry are the attractive conditions and opportunities that many companies offer their employees. Maria Dekova, Team Leader – BPO Team at Manpower Bulgaria shares more on how these benefits differ from other sectors on the labor market and what changes and actualizations have employers undertaken in the last two turbulent years. Read more

31.08.2022

Росена Ценова

In her role as Team Leader - Finance & Administration, Sales & Marketing, Rosena Tsenova works on a daily basis with clients and candidates focused in the accounting and finance business. In this article, Rosena shares the reasons why Bulgaria has become a magnet for shared services centers, what are the advantages of working in these companies and what are the most sought-after skills among candidates. Read more

11.08.2022

Петя Павлова

It's been 6 months since Manpower Bulgaria and the Manpower Southeast Europe cluster officially switched to a 4-day work week, making Fridays free for the whole team. Petya Pavlova, People and Culture Partner at Manpower Bulgaria, talks about the positives and changes the company has seen over the past period. Read more

20.07.2022

Пламена Попова

The production sector in Bulgaria has become one of the fastest growing sectors in recent years, demonstrating exceptional dynamics and transformation in work processes. In the meantime, our country has become an even more favourable destination for many international companies and corporations to set up production facilities. Plamena Popova has been part of Manpower Bulgaria for more than two years, holding the position of Recruitment Consultant - Engineering, Production and Logistics. The nature of her job exposes her to this industry on a daily basis and in today's article she tells us more about the reasons behind the dynamics in this sector, why international companies choose us and what are the specifics when recruiting for production positions, be it mass or regular. Read more

29.06.2022

Мария Динева

The topic of employee engagement and retention is extremely popular in the current labor market, marked by an unprecedented series of changes - pandemic, global inflation, political uncertainty, the entry of the new workforce, etc. Manpower Bulgaria, as an HR partner, provides its clients with comprehensive business solutions. We have an extensive portfolio of research measuring a variety of aspects that are important to organizations and their success. Maria Dineva, HR Research Expert at Manpower Bulgaria shares her thoughts on why employee engagement and retention are important, how they are perceived by employers and tells us how they can be measured. Read more

11.05.2022

Георги Костадинов

The role of the Finance Director is complex, crucial and increasingly demanding. Georgi Kostadinov, Finance Director of Manpower Bulgaria and Deputy Regional Finance Director of Manpower SEE, has been part of the company since 2007. In this article, he shares what are the skills that make a person in finance successful both in the job and in managing people, how has the profession changed in view of the global pandemic and the newly implemented work models, what role does digitalization play and what is the relationship between finance and human capital. Read more

11.04.2022

Таня Бояджиева

One of the most important conditions for building good practices in the work of a non-governmental organization (NGO) are contacts and good relations with other organizations, as well as with the local government, public authorities and representatives of the private business. As a socially responsible company, Manpower Bulgaria has always strived to share its knowledge, experience and resources, not only in business, but also in supporting noble causes full of meaning and a sense of the future. Thus, the common values and expectations laid the foundations of our partnership with SOS Children's Villages Bulgaria in the search for professionals willing and ready to work for the cause of young people who grew up in a disadvantaged social environment. Read more

08.04.2022

Харис Каденич

Haris Kadenic is the Marketing Director of Manpower SEE. He is a generalist, strategist and marketing professional with more than 17 years of experience in creating and implementing marketing and business strategies for various international clients (P&G, Lactalis, UNDP, Toyota, Sony, various Telecom brands, etc.). Owner of global award for the best innovation in Lactalis group and Manager of the year in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2018. Panelist on many marketing conferences and lecturer at faculties on topics of marketing, innovation and business strategies. He joined Manpower as he believes in the human centric approach and reshaping of the future business and workforce environment. Today we talk about what marketing is in the world of HR, how it has changed throughout the years and how to be successful at it. Read more

02.02.2022

Tijana Jevtić

As our business rests upon people, all those who work in consulting within HR industry can testify that the service of candidate recruitment and selection was rarely a completed and clearly defined service, and today this "rarely" means usually never, or, at best, hardly ever. The service is more and more personalized and implies an adequate response to the increasingly specific needs of clients. When it comes to the same position in a competitive business, profiling an ideal candidate implies so fine requirements that the recruitment process for any position needs to be viewed as a project in itself. Read more

25.01.2022

Анна Овчарова

One of the biggest struggles ever is overcoming our own fears, followed by the struggle with our ego. If we manage to stay on top of them and still come out balanced, we will be able to make most of our dreams come through. Anna Ovcharova - IT Recruiter at Manpower Bulgaria tells how to get out of our comfort zone and what are the sacrifices, risks and the right steps to take in order to be successful and make the step towards a career change in a completely different field of development. Read more

17.12.2021

Калоян Беличовски

The dynamic job market offers more opportunities than ever for all candidates in mass positions. Production operators, warehouse workers, call center agents, sales consultants can find their next job in just a few hours. However, when a person has risen high in a company's hierarchy, acquired niche skills and competencies, finding the next suitable job can be challenging and sometimes can even take years. Kaloyan Belichovski - Recruitment Manager at Manpower Bulgaria gives advice on how to make the process easier and the candidate more successful. Read more

22.11.2021

Мария Ангелова

December is almost here and it is a time for reflection, a time when we look back at the events of the past year, but also forward to what we can expect next year. Although no one would have probably predicted the chaos of 2020 and 2021, we can see several key topics stemming out if it that will have a lasting impact on the nature of work in the different organizations and the attitudes of the people within them. More and more responsible companies are reviewing the additional benefits for their employees and moving to flexibility in this direction as well. Read more

14.10.2021

Милена Христова

The IT sector is one of the least affected by the dynamics of the changing work processes in the last year and a half. We see a serious increase in the needs of this sector and, accordingly, in the demand for talent in the industry. The market principle, which states that demand determines supply, combined with the fact that there are more open positions in the labor market than there are specialists with the required skills, poses a huge challenge to IT companies in our country. Read more

28.09.2021

Добрина Илиева

The sea capital is increasingly in the focus of business news in our country with the growing number of companies such as Siemens, Coca-Cola, Paysafe, Sitel, Scalefocus and Pontica Solutions, which chose the city to expand their business operations. It is the combination of the large number of qualified staff, coming from Varna universities and elite high schools and the tendency of companies to look for opportunities beyond the borders of Sofia, that make Varna the new location of technology companies. Read more

13.08.2021

Иван Варбанов

Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) is a form of business process outsourcing where companies assign the complete process of the selection and hiring of staff to an external supplier, specialized in HR. For eleven consecutive years, Manpower has received the Everest Group's "World Leader in the RPO Sector" award, with active projects in over 64 countries. Read more

15.06.2021

Иван Шербанов

In the last few years, we have seen profound processes of change in the labor market, which the Covid-19 pandemic has repeatedly accelerated. Flexibility and rapid adaptability while always on the roadmap, became a top priority for the companies in the past year, which naturally created the need for new, decentralized models of work. Read more

02.06.2021

Росица Диамандиева

Rositsa Diamandieva, part of our Assert People Development team, will tell you more about the benefits of gamified training in a predominantly digital communication environment and what are their advantages over the long known traditional methods. Read more

14.04.2021

Розалия Стоилова

Rozalia Stoilova, HR Solutions Partners Assert, a certified consultant on Harrison Assessments methodology for Debriefing and Coaching and Employee Development, will tell us more about the role of assessments of future and current employees for the success of the company and what services are included in Assert Assessment. Read more

19.03.2021

Мария Стоева

As a strategic HR partner of companies and talents in Bulgaria, our focus at Manpower follows the current needs of the market and our partners. At the beginning of 2021, this naturally led to the expansion of our portfolio with three new service segments - Labour Market Research, Talent Assessment, Training and Workforce Development. Read more

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