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June 2011

 

Brainpower BPI group took part in the Presidential Management Program

On May 27th, at the request of the French Ambassador to Russia, Brainpower BPI group took part in the Presidential Program Convention.
The presentation by Brainpower BPI was well received and gave an overview of Brainpower’s development strategy as a SME in Russia.
Through a signed agreement with the Program representatives, BPI has access to a broad network of managers who have the potential to take up some of the highest corporate positions, worldwide.
The Program hails from 1993 when the Soviet Union was plunged into chaos, public institutions were losing their bearings and a market economy was emerging. To help steer the way through these changes, Boris Yeltsin set up a Presidential training program for future managers in Russia. The more capable students had to get to grips with managerial methods used in advanced European countries such as Germany and France.
This Presidential program is still running and currently represents an impressive network of more than 60 000 trained managers within Russia. These high flyers are potential candidates for our Executive Search missions as well as valuable intermediaries in the organization of our promotional events. They could also be very helpful in establishing future footholds and in increasing our share of the market.

Global News -27.06.2011

May 2011

 

Focus on Ukraine

Brainpower –BPI Group in Ukraine is operating since September 2006. Our key business remains recruitment - Executive search and Management Selection. There are 5 employees in the office. Mikhail Strunkin is the head of the Office; he joined the company in November 2010 relocating from Brainpower Moscow. “Our small but very strong team is proud to carry the flag of BPI across the country of 50 million people, with ambition to become N1 HR consultancy brand in Ukraine in a few years with help and support of the entire Group. This country needs qualitative approach in HR Services that BPI has knowledge and capacity to provide. The opportunities are on the table, it’s time to take it”.

Brainpower office is located in the very heart of Kyiv (Kiev), the capital of Ukraine, its administrative, economic, scientific, cultural and educational center. This scenic city with population of over 3 million people is located on the shores of the Dnieper River.

Kiev is often referred to as "the mother of all Russian cities". It is one of the oldest towns in Europe. In the historical center of Kiev you can feel the spirit of the past everywhere. Being the largest city of Ukraine, Kiev is a leading industrial and commercial center of the country. Ukraine’s major industries include: agriculture, food processing, metallurgy, manufacture of machinery, machine tools, rolling stock, chemicals, building materials, and textiles.

Global News -20.05.2011

April 2011

 

Professional qualifications today and tomorrow – adaptability of enterprises and workers in the Polish steel industry

Project "Professional skills today and tomorrow – analysis of adaptability of enterprises and workers in the steel sector" was realized by BPI Polska in partnership with one biggest trade unions in Poland NSZZ Solidarność between June 2010 and February 2011. Project aimed at defining required professional qualifications, challenges and future trends as well as raise awareness of the steel sector stakeholders as regards to qualifications and continuing professional development.
Project consisted of three research stages: analysis of available literature and documents, quantitative research (a survey) and qualitative research (in-depth interviews, IDIs). Interviews were conducted in 15 steel enterprises in Poland; there were 42 interviews conducted in total. Interviews were conducted with management and trade union representatives as well as with independent experts.
The research has showed that steel sector in Poland is in a good condition and has promising perspectives. This is connected with dynamic market development in Poland and economic growth both in Poland and in the EU Member States. However, there is a big challenge linked to growing competition from the Asian countries, especially from China. Another challenge is posed by provisions of the EU climate policy. Moreover, the Polish steel sector is characterized by dominating share of foreign investors who implement global strategy. In order to remain competitive the Polish steel industry needs to strive for bigger share of more advanced products in its production structure.
Vital challenges face HR management: among other new work organization, new demand for professional qualifications and requirement for continuing up-skilling. The Polish steel sector experienced deep restructuring processes and massive dismissals in the 1990s and early 2000s. In order to reduce over-employment, freeze on hiring was a common practice till 2007. At present the sector faces the challenge of hiring employees with modern technical qualifications, ensuring that workers are equipped with multiple and transferable qualifications, developing effective strategies for continuing training as well as strengthening adaptability and employability of its workers.
Present workforce adaptability of the Polish steel sector based on: promoting multiskilling, job enrichment and engagement of temporary agency workers. This trend needs to be further observed as it may potentially lead to internal workforce segmentation if not properly managed. Currently, vocational training and professional skills upgrading are not priority issues for trade unions. More cooperation at the sector level in relation to training programs and skills development would be desirable, especially in the light of ineffective vocational education system and general shortage of workforce with technical skills in the Polish economy.

Global News -21.04.2011

 

New contracts – France, Germany, UK.
BPI group has concluded two contracts! One initiated in Lyon, negotiated in London and delivered in Paris; and the other initiated in Munich, negotiated in London and delivered in Switzerland and Germany: a true example of European cooperation between one of our international partners and BPI group!
A US manufacturer of medical devices is consolidating its operations and wants to work with BPI group across Europe. They will be closing a plant in the Paris area, and moving the operations to the UK. In Munich, they are closing a location and moving the operations and most of the employees to St. Gallen, Switzerland. BPI group will provide a PIC and career centre in France, and individual outplacement and in-placement for Germany and Switzerland.
Next step for BPI group: targeting a European framework agreement, followed by a global agreement, working with our US partners in St Louis, the company’s global headquarters.

Global News -01.04.2011

 

International conference: „Restructuring in practice - economic and social perspective” in Warsaw School of Economics (SGH). BPI Poland.

International conference «Restructuring in practice - economic and social perspective» took place at the Warsaw School of Economics (SGH). The aim of the conference was to present results of ”IRENE+FT” project (Innovative Restructuring in Europe, European Network of Experts - Facing Transition) and chosen case studies prepared within the framework of the project and to discuss IRENE network draft of code of conduct. The meeting was attended by researchers as well as by representatives of social partners and companies. Altogether there were approx. 50 participants.

 

The conference was opened by Rector of Warsaw School of Economics prof. Adam Budnikowski After a series of welcome address by Rector, prof. Andrzej Herman, Dean of the College for Business Administration and prof. Juliusz Gardawski, Head of the Economic Sociology Department, the first session started. Dr Rachel Guyet presented objectives of IRENE + FT project and IRENE network as well as main reasons for drafting code of conduct. Ms Guyet observed that such a task was ambitious and difficult one at the same time since different national points of view had to be taken into account. The purpose of presenting the code of conduct during the second session was to tests it in the Polish context and receive reactions of social partners and conference participants.

 

After this short introduction of the project and its purpose, Gernot Müghe from University Duisburg - Essen presented case study on a leading western telecommunications company and closing down of its plant in Bochum, which resulted in more than 2000 job losses. The decision of a Company was especially shocking as the process of consultations with social partners and federal authorities had not taken place. The Company spent 200 mln euro on social plan, but only 15 mln euro financed active labor market policies through transfer company and the remaining 185 mln euro was allocated to finance severance payment.

 

The second presentation was delivered by prof. Ola Bergström from Univeristy of Göteborg. This case study was on anticipative restructuring that took place in pharmaceutical company, AstraZeneca. Hiring and firing as well as job-to- job transitions are daily practice in Sweden therefore redundancies are a part of human resources management practice. In order to manage these processes effectively, job reductions are carefully planned, discussed with social partners and announced within appropriate timeframes. There are many measures which are to accompany employees who are to be dismissed to their new career. These include: voluntary dismissals with appropriate compensation package, establishing business or coming back to education to get acquire new skills/profession. There were also cases of retirement and early retirement, in cases when such options were possible.

 

The third case study was presented by dr Anna Kwiatkiewicz, Associate Professor at Warsaw School of Economics and Associate Director of the Employment and Social Affairs Department of BPI Polska. Ms Kwiatkiewicz presented the case of a large sugar producer, which was example of quite a long company restructuring – restructuring started in 2003 and has not been finished since then. As a result, between 2003 and 2009 about 3 000 employees left the company, but the process is perceived as successful both by the management and trade unions representatives. This presentation were followed by discussions focused on the last case study and situation on the Polish labor market.

The objective of the second, “after lunch” session, was to present the IRENE + FT network code of conduct and its recommendations related to socially responsible restructuring. Public debate was to be preceded by reactions of the of invited social partners’ organizations representatives. Dr Izabela Książkiewicz from Warsaw School of Economics introduced the code of conduct. She stressed that such a document was a new document, especially in the countries where restructuring was perceived negatively. Next, she invited social partners to offer their insights: Ms Edyta Doboszyńska from the Polish Craft Association (ZRP, UEAPME member), Ms Magdalena Janczewska from Employers of Poland (PRP, CEEP member) and dr Anna Reda from NSZZ Solidarność (ETUC member).

 

Dr Anna Reda expressed her appreciation for authors of the code of conduct, their work and commitment which was clear while reading the text. Ms Reda believed that the code covered all the issues vital for company restructuring. However, she believed that implementation of code’s commitments and recommendations would be difficult due to weak social dialogue in Poland as well as inappropriate legislation. To illustrate her statement, she gave the example of negotiations of the anti-crisis package, which was perceived as success of bilateral social dialogue. However, the package was assessed quite negatively by both social partners.

 

Ms Magdalena Janczewska of Pracodawcy RP confirmed that in Poland social partners still had to learn a lot to become real partners for the meaningful social dialogue. According to her situation in Poland is quite different from situation in Sweden or Germany. Companies do not have access to external help during restructuring, they need to solve their problems themselves. Moreover, restructuring is not well a planned process as it usually is in the Western European countries. Very often it is being organized at the very last minute and immediately implemented. As a result, the time pressure is high and there is no time for in depth dialogue between employee and employer’s representatives.

 

Ms Janczewska was skeptical about the code of conduct; she believed that if somebody created universal rules for all actors involved, it usually implied that they were applicable for…nobody. She underlined that the proposed code of conduct was addressed to social partners from different countries with different legal regimes. She referred to problems in communication between trade unions and management representatives. She pointed out that the present legislation did not limit the number of trade unions in one company nor regulated their representativity; as a result negotiations in a company with multiple trade union representation were very lengthy and difficult.

 

Ms Edyta Doboszyńska of the Polish Arts and Crafts Association (ZRP) started her intervention by saying that she represented a specific category of employers: the majority are micro-enterprises. In such an enterprise relation between employer and employee is specific, very often based on the apprenticeships contract, and these companies have potential to play an active role in vocational training.

 

Referring to her engagement at the Community level, she assessed the code of conduct as very useful and needed. Ms Doboszyńska pointed out that it was worthwhile to have a document that could be presented to the European Commission and could become a subject of consultations between social partners. While analyzing code of conduct from the national perspective, Ms Doboszyńska pointed out that code of conduct seemed to be far from reality of micro- enterprises and their expectations. Proposed recommendations and commitments seem to be more relevant for bigger companies, where restructuring is carried out on a larger scale and affects bigger number of people. In micro-enterprises restructuring processes are conducted on a smaller scale and each time have to offer individual solutions; as a result it is almost impossible to define specific rules for SMEs. Diversity of cases is even more striking at the Community level, which further complicates working out universal, albeit specific solutions. Concluding, Ms Doboszyńska asked if socially responsible restructuring referred only to managing workers and dismissals. Code of conduct is a useful document, but it should be precised at what level it is to be implemented.

 

After Ms Doboszyńska intervention the floor was opened for the discussion. Ms Guyet one of the authors of the code of conduct, stated that drafting universal, ready-to-be-implemented document was not the main ambition of the IRENE network experts. The main purpose of the code of conduct was to raise awareness about restructuring and present the most important elements of this process. She also explained that this document was a result of compromise between positions of experts from different European countries. Ms Guyet also said that there was an advantage in the general nature of the document as it allowed taking into consideration such issues as specific interests of SMEs or atypical workers. She pointed out that code of conduct was not to be proposal for legal framework for socially responsible restructuring. She informed that the following week that document would be presented at the European level to seek opinions of European social partners.

 

Participants of the discussion focused on describing social dialogue in Poland and gave examples of good and bad practices. One of the most commented issues was active labour market policy. In opinion of one of the participants it was a very good idea to encourage workers to become more active in job search, however, the reality shows that the money was not used effectively. Participants also suggested that solution such as in Sweden, where NGOs are engaged in restructuring process, could be followed also in the Polish reality.

 

At the very end of the second session speakers had opportunity to react to comments and answer questions. Ms Doboszyńska drew attention to the fact that by the majority of conference participants the code was perceived as additional burden for employers. She suggested that code of conduct should in some way address these consequences. Ms Reda underlined that it was very important to support employees in the process of restructuring, especially those who may have problems in finding new job. She suggested that the code could have a complimentary role to the national legislation and show importance socially responsible restructuring.

 

Ms Janczewska pointed out that difficult situation on the Polish labor market, i.e. big number of temporary workers, was a consequence of high labor costs. She suggested that the government should focus on activities, which would make investing in Poland and employing workers on undefined employment contract more attractive. Ms Janczewska believes that employees and employers shall treat enterprise as common responsibility and contribute to its well-being and stability.

Global News -01.04.2011

February 2011

 

BPI group joins Franco-Romanian Chamber of Commerce & Industry

BPI Group Romania is joining forces with the Franco-Romanian Chamber of Commerce & Industry in organizing Franco-Romanian cross cultural training. One such training session took place on the 4th February, welcoming new arrivals (to Romania) in top management positions in several well-known international companies, thus providing a springboard for the consolidation of future ties with these companies over the coming months.

Global News - 21.02.2011

 

BPI Group USA starts a large outplacement project for a Financial Company

The BPI group Atlanta (USA) office has recently begun a large-scale outplacement project for a well-known Financial Services Company with 34 banks, trust, brokerage and mortgage companies and a card processing company.
Because of the financial crisis, the Federal Reserve Bank required that the Company consolidate each of its 34 charters into a single bank and demanded a reorganization and large downsizing.
850 candidates are expected in 2011, 500 of which have already been notified, and 215 of which have already started services with BPI group. The candidates span all levels of the organization, from tellers to regional CEOs throughout the Southeastern United States, including Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Tennessee and South Carolina. A significant portion of the candidates are long-tenured employees, with up to 38 years of service with the Financial Company.
The candidates are participating in our new, “until-placement” career transition programs, which focus on providing job leads and coaching until the candidate has landed. The candidates are working with a team of Job Developers, and have an access to job leads through a dedicated job board website.
Global News - 21.02.2011

 

November 2010

 

New General Manager of Brainpower-BPI Ukraine
We are happy to announce that Mikhail Strunkin was appointed General Manager of Brainpower – BPI Group Ukraine. Mikhail has been working for Brainpower since 2006. Prior to become a General Manager of Ukrainian office he held a position of a Senior Consultant in Brainpower – BPI Group Moscow.
Mikhail’s professional career comprises 5 years of work experience in Russian and International Companies in Russia and abroad in the retail business and later in executive search. When studying multicultural communications at the Moscow State Teacher Training University Mikhail took part in internship program based in the US that enabled to study business “on-site”. Mikhail worked in US major retail Chain ACME Markets as an intern to various departments.
Mikhail has M.A. in Linguistics and cross-cultural communication (with honors) from Moscow Teacher-Training University and is currently taking his post graduate course. Mikhail Strunkin also received a full-time M.A. in Management and Marketing in 2007 obtained from All-State Russian Institute of Commerce and Finance.

Local News - 9.12.2010

 

Brainpower – BPI group Siberia 1st Anniversary
On the 19th of November 2010 Brainpower – BPI Group Siberia celebrated its 1st Anniversary.
Among guests were top-managers and HR specialists from Siberian offices of well-known Russian and foreign companies such as Xerox, Yandex, Unicredit Bank, Troika Dialog, Intel, Bayer Schering Pharma, Johnson&Johnson, Alfa Wasserman, GSK, Denview, Montavit, Ariston, Nestle, BCS, Alfa Strakhovanie and others.
Siberian office if Brainpower – BPI Group began operating in October 2009. Brainpower Siberia provides Recruitment and Executive Search services for major foreign and Russian companies in all sectors of business: manufacturing, distribution, pharmaceutical business, finances, law, oil & gas, real estate & construction and IT.
Good luck!

Local News - 9.12.2010

 

BPI group supports the first Social Economy Master Programme in Romania.
In October 2010, BPI Group in partnership with the Romanian Ministry of Labour, Family and Social Protection started to implement the first Social Economy Master Programme in Romania. The Master is organised under the framework of the ESF financed project Social Economy – an innovative model for promoting the active inclusion of vulnerable groups and it is held in 4 Romanian universities in Bucharest, Timisoara, Cluj and Oradea.
The objective of this master programme is to train qualified specialists in the field of social economy, who will be able to develop new social enterprises and thus create more jobs, especially for socially and economically marginalised persons. The Social Economy programme lasts for 2 years and the 4 semester’s curriculum comprise theoretical information on the social economy field in the European Union and Romania, human resources and financial management, social entrepreneurship, social inclusion policies, financing and implementation of projects for community development, social responsibility and complex sessions of practice in social enterprises from Romania and other European countries.
The BPI Group social economy training experts have supported the master implementation by establishing the necessary protocols with the 4 Romanian universities, by working with the universities’ professors to consolidate and extend their knowledge on social economy in the EU and Romania.

Global News - 9.12.2010

 

BPI US offers a new service
The U.S. Career Transition practice area is launching a new service offering, focused on the placement side of outplacement. Traditionally, career transition programs in the U.S. have been structured basing on the length of the program (1 month, 3 month, 6 month, 12 month). The new programs focus on providing qualified job leads to candidates, and do not end until the candidate has successfully landed new employment. These programs will be offered alongside our traditional outplacement programs, and are expected to be a differentiator in the U.S. market, where companies are not required to ensure that candidates are successfully re-employed.
The new program offerings are currently in a trial phase, and will be fully launched by the end of the year.
Global News - 9.12.2010

October 2010

Graduates’ Day at CCIFR
Brainpower- BPI participated in Graduates’ Job Fair (October 8) organized by Russian-French Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCIFR). This event was held within the framework of the “Year of France in Russia” project.
It is not a secret that finding a job for a recent graduate is a challenging “project”. Young people often say about the confusion that they feel after the graduating for universities. They are lost in the sea of opportunities that are opening in front of them. Employees from more than 30 French companies & companies-members of CCIFR gathered at Graduates’ Job Fair in order to help and orientate young specialists. Over 900 people had a chance to meet representatives of the real business, to ask advice of a professional and to exchange contacts for further collaboration.
Emmanuel Quidet, President of CCIFR, and Jean de GLINIASTY, Ambassador of France in Russia, made a speech about the development of French-Russian cooperation and importance of supporting of junior specialists in this hard period.
Brainpower – BPI Group had a great opportunity to enrich its corporate information system with contacts of many young high-potential specialists, to give professional career advices and to promote Brainpower-BPI brand. Hopefully, several candidates will join Brainpower – BPI as junior specialists very soon.

Local News - 15.11.2010

 

Brainpower meets French Minister of Economy, Industry and Employment.
During the exhibition “Art de Vivre a la francaise” (Moscow, October 5) Christine Lagarde, The French Minister of Economy, Industry and Employment, met key-players of the French business operating in Russia.
Representatives of Brainpower-BPI Marie Lucchini and Marc-Eric Moreau and Mme Lagarde were talking about maintaining the connection between Russia and France and helping to set up the business of French companies in Russia. Brainpower-BPI is working in this direction already: tailored HR Services programms are devoted to supporting business leaders in their adaptation, orientation and personal development.

Local News - 15.11.2010

 

Conference “How to succeed in Russia”
BPI Group and Brainpower-BPI organized a conference “How to develop your business in Russia” in Paris on Wednesday, October 20. The discussion, leaded by Olivier Labarre and Thierry Lemasle, covered such topics as "Why certain businesses are more successful than others in Russia" "How to avoid the most common pitfalls?" and "Team management in Russia".
Among the speakers of the Conference were Pavel Chinsky, Chairman of the French Chamber of Commerce & Industry in Russia, Rémi Paul, Managing Director of Véolia Water-Russie CEI, Frédéric Girard, Managing Director of a pharmaceutical group Russia-CIS and Benoît Serre, Human Resources Manager of Leroy Merlin Russia-CIS.

Local News - 15.11.2010

September 2010

Brainpower in French Chamber of Industry and Commerce.
On the 15th of September 2010 Brainpower performed a presentation “Innovative HR Approaches” in the French Chamber of Industry and Commerce (CCIFR). The presentation by Marie Lucchini, Deputy General Director, Executive Coach, reported on the shifting targets which HR specialists came across in post-crisis period. When company leaders have overcome the first response to the crisis, it is the right time to reanimate HR activities which were considerably reduced. Among the discussed topics were Assessment Focused Strategy, Efficient Leadership Development Strategy, Coach Culture Strategy and Organizational Performance. The highest emphasis was placed on innovative approaches to face business challenges and companies’ expectations from the employees.

Local News - 09.20.2010

August 2010

BPI group US Supports Client in Acquisition Integration
BPI group US is currently partnering with one of the biggest American companies to support its integration of a recent acquisition. The acquisition of the target company is viewed by both the client and its shareholders as a major step in executing the firm’s strategic growth and diversification plan in coming years. In addition to the target company’s financial assets, our client will acquire over 250 employees into their organization, more than quadrupling its current headcount. As a partner in this integration, BPI group is serving two critical functions. First, BPI is planning and facilitating the integration process; providing subject matter expertise and best practice information, and facilitating the decision making process from an objective perspective. Second, BPI is serving as the Project management Office with responsibility for managing the overall integration timeline, and proving project management support for transition teams engaged in the integration.

Global News - 08.31.2010

July 2010

Quality Management System ISO 9001:2008: a confirmation for BPI Italia
At the end of July, a Quality Audit session was carried out by Det Norske Veritas both at Milan headquarters and at our offices in Rome. The 2-days inspection assessed that BPI successfully implemented the Quality Management System, in compliance to ISO 9001:2008 standards. Ourconsultant played an important role as BPI’s Quality System manager, both in the preparation and throughout the audit, and she will see that all possible improvements suggested by DNV are correctly fulfilled in the nearest future.

Global News - 07.31.2010

 

Bernard Brunes International, a BPI group subsidiary, is pleased to announce the publication of a set of thematic studies under the contract “Reporting on ESF interventions in the European Union”. The studies concentrate on a policy topic or target group and describe what the European Social Fund (ESF) is doing and has achieved during the programming periods 2000-2006 and 2007-2013 in the following fields:

• Active Labour Market Policies and Public Employment Services
• Adaptability of Enterprises and Continuous Training of Workers
• Developing Human Potential in Research and Innovation
• Labour Mobility
• Education and Lifelong Learning
• Women, Gender Mainstreaming and the Reconciliation of work and private life
• Roma

14 remaining studies on topics such as social inclusion, entrepreneurship, young people, culture and tourism, etc. (refer to the back cover of the brochures for a complete list) are expected for the end of the year 2010.
Global News - 07.31.2010

June 2010

Survey

The digital company appeals to working people

3rd International BPI management survey (7,200 working Internet users questioned in 12 countries)
BPI questioned working Internet users in 12 countries about their vision of the ideal company and noted their reactions to the changes that digital is introducing in organisations and work methods.
Here are the main results of this 3rd survey carried out with BVA and, this year, Netexplorateur.

• Is there an ideal universal company?
• Working people are enthusiastic for the real contributions of the digital company
• Beyond the survey, employees want to see contribution, sharing and transparency. What are the repercussions for HRs and management?

Local News - 07.14.2010

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M. Gilberto Guimaraes, MD of BPI do Brasil writes the new column « Divan professionnel» of the newspaper Valor Economico, one of the leading economic reviews in Brazil. Once a month, he skilfully answers readers’ questions, adding a humoristic touch - questions such as « Should I blow the whistle on a lazy colleague who earns more than me? » or « How do I refuse an invitation from my boss on Facebook ? » The column, set up a several months ago, has had an enormous success with readers who are increasingly prolific in putting forward their questions.
Global News - 06.29.2010

 

MOA BPI Group means to set up an employment observatory in Catalonia. In order to consider the necessary requirements, MOA BPI Group organized an initial working meeting on the 21st June entitled “The restructuring process within the EU".The meeting brought together representatives from the two main Union Federations, José Miguel Beneroso of the Business Association Foment del Treball, Josep Hallado of PIMEC (Catalonia’s SME Association), Eri Nemoto – Development Director at Law firm Baker & MacKenzie), Jordi Dagá – Committee member of the MOA Foundation and a representative from the European Commission, Fernando Vasque – Head of the Restructuring Department.

Global News - 06.29.2010

May 2010

From Torino...

An Agreement concerning support to outplacement activities was signed in Turin on April 23rd 2010, between BPI Italia and Unimpiego Torino, an agency of the Piedmont section of Confindustria which helps job offer meet job demand, targeting mostly medium/high-level candidates’ applications. Unimpiego Torino creates a connection between firms looking for candidates, and suitable applicants looking for a job. Confindustria is the most powerful Italian organisation charged to represent the interests of almost 150.000 national manufacturing and services companies. As an institutional partner, it defends the interests of industries towards Public Administration and fiscal authorities.To give an idea of what Confindustria is for Italy, we can compare it on an European scale to the French MEDEF (the largest employers’ union in France), the Confederation of British Industry (the main lobbying organisation for the UK business),The Spanish Confederation of Employers' Organizations (CEOE).
Considering BPI’s missions of favouring outplacement; developing workers’ skills; enhancing talent; managing redeployment and workers’ relocation; the above-mentioned Agreement allows a profitable cooperation for BPI with Unimpiego. The creation of a privileged relationship with this Confindustria’s agency will give BPI Italia and BPI Group a greater visibility.
Through the use of a common database, Unimpiego will regularly inform BPI Italia about job opportunities in local firms. BPI Italia will introduce candidates to Unimpiego, loading workers’ short resumés on the Candidate Platform on the website www.unimpiego.it. The Agreement is valid for one year, and applies to the Turin agency of Unimpiego and to the Turin province area. Further cooperation extending the scope of the Agreement (e.g. to other regions of Italy) might become a reality in the future.

Global News - 05.12.2010