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“The Zero Hour”
HR consultant Fabian Kienbaum: “The battle for talent is in full swing again”
Fabian Kienbaum, head of the consulting company of the same name, Kienbaum Consultants
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Much has been discussed about what the working world will look like after Corona. Even now, many companies are still looking for the balance between office and home office. In the podcast, HR consultant Fabian Kienbaum tells what has also happened on the labor market.
The offices in Germany filled up noticeably in the summer, but companies are still looking for models or working with temporary solutions. The flexibility between presence in the office and home office has become and will remain the norm, says Fabian Kienbaum, head of the personnel consultancy of the same name, Kienbaum Consultants. in the podcast “Zero Hour”:
“The extremes are difficult: 100 percent presence or no presence at all. Many companies are in the process of establishing themselves in the middle.” According to Kienbaum’s experience, the most common models that are driven are either 50:50 or 60:40, i.e. three days in the office and two days at home.
Finding the perfect balance for all employees is not an easy thing, because home office is “a highly emotional topic,” says Kienbaum. On the one hand it is important to consider the needs of the individual, on the other hand it is “a question of solidarity” and part of a “culture of trust” to come to the office regularly.
Good salaries alone are no longer enough
The recruitment agency business has clearly picked up again, in 2020 Kienbaum still spoke of a brief “hibernation” of the companies, which also led to a slump in sales at his company. “But we are observing that the mobility to really take on new tasks is not yet so pronounced,” reports Kienbaum, who moved to the top of personnel and management consulting in 2018. “On the one hand there is a certain uncertainty factor in some industries, on the other hand there is also a very cozy atmosphere. People think twice about whether they are looking for a new adventure.”
The fight for young talent had flared up again after the market was briefly in shock in 2020. Just good salaries were no longer enough; topics such as sustainability and purpose also count for “young professionals”. “It is a generation that also defines itself by how the employer positions itself,” says Kienbaum.
Listen in the new episode of “The Zero Hour”:
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- Whether executives have changed their style as a result of the pandemic
- What he thinks of the coalition negotiations between the SPD, the Greens and the FDP
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