HR CHALLANGES IN SLOVENIA

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HR CHALLANGES IN SLOVENIA

• Joe GLAZER
• President of Zveza drutev za kadrovsko dejavnost
  Slovenije

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Introduction

• Sociologist, HRM, deputy manager Talum Kidricevo
  (1973 - 1993)
• General Director of Employment Service of
  Slovenia (Zavod RS za zaposlovanje) (1993 2005)
• General Secretary Faculty of social sciences,
  University of Ljubljana (from 2007)
• President of ZDKDS (2004 2008)
• Member of MB World Association of PES (2000-2004)
• Member MB EAPM (2005-2007)
• Author of articles of HRM, employment and labour
  market

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Subject

• Demographic changes
• Changes of Labour Market
• Development of HR activities
• Challenges for HR
• Zveza drutev za kadrovsko dejavnost Slovenije
  (Association of HR Managers of Slovenia)
• Conclusion

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Demographic changes in Slovenia
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Demographic changes in Slovenia

• Increasing of share of population over in age of
  65 and 80 year,
• Decreasing of number of Childs
• Increasing of share of passive population
• increasing of life period (male from 74,7 age in
  2008 to 83,7 year in 2060, female from 81,9 age
  in 2008 to 88,8 age in 2060).

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Demographic changes in Slovenia

• Increasing of share of woman (now in age from 70
  to 79 year 65,2 of population).
• Increasing of share of population in age, when
  expecting retirement
• Immigration of foreigners (6000 person/year to
  2020,)
• Decreasing of population after 2019 from 2,06
  mil. to 1,76 mil t year 2060

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Changes of Labour Market

• Permanent Decreasing of unemployed from 137.142
  persons in 1993 (14.4 rate of UN)
• 61.164 unemployed in 2008 (rate of unemployment
  6,5).

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Registered Unemployment from 1990 to 2007

• Vir Zavod RS za zaposlovanje

Gibanje registrirane brezposelnosti od 1990 do
2007                                            
                                            
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Reasons of decreasing of unemployment

• Economic growth and increasing of employment
• Punishment of inactivates of jobseekers and
  retirement of unemployed

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Structure of unemployed

• Increasing of share of older over 50 (in 2007
  were 32,6 on unemployed).
• Increasing of high educated unemployed with
  university level (in 2000 were 2199 UN or. 2,1,
  in 2008 5.046 UN r. 5,5).
• Employers has law demand for high educated young
  jobseekers
• Between unemployed more than 51 of woman

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Demand for new workers Vacancies from 1997to 2007
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Demand for workers

• Highest demand in construction, metal industry,
  agricultures, financial business,.
• Demand for low skill

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Demand for workers

• Structures differences between jobseekers and
  demand for new workers
• Differences between expectation of jobseekers and
  employers
• Between jobseekers more hard to employ persons
• Between demand small share jobs for women

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Employment of foreigners

• June 2007 in Slovenia 62.722 - 3,1  foreigners
  (85,3 citizens from ex Yugoslavia)
• 1339 citizens of EU.
• EU-25.
• Vir Statisticni urad RS, 2008

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Development of HR

• HR long tradition
• Crisis in 90.th
• Restructure of industry - reducing of services,
  cost management
• HR only in middle and big companies
• Priority of HR redounded workers
• Establishment of private agencies
• outsource of HR
• temporary employment
• headhunting

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Development of HR after 2000

• Increasing of importance of HR in private
  companies and in public
• Education system for HR experts and managers in
  universities (FDV, FM EF FOV)
• Influence of internationalization of economy HR
• Foreign owners
• Slovenian ownership of companies in abroad

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New challenges for HRM

• War for talents
• Recruitment and how to keep key people
• Lack of workers for production
• Diversity (intergeneration cooperation,
  internationalization of labour force, employment
  of foreigners, foreign owners and management)
• Family and company
• Changes of values of staff

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New challenges for HRM

• Change management
• Participation of staff in achieving of the
  companies objectives
• Flexibility of employment, work and work places
• Development and training of employed
• Promotion of HR profession (in and outside of
  company)
• Health and security at workplaces

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• ZDKDS is a non-profit making professional
  association with 13 human resource management
  societies as its members.
• over of 1000 individual members, professional
  managers and experts from enterprises,
  institutions and other establishments involved in
  human resources and the development of human
  resource management
• http//www.zdkds-zveza.si

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• Established 1971
• Annual events Study days, Best Practices, Alpe
  Adria Meeting (in cooperation with HRM from
  Austria and Italy from 1992.)
• International cooperation Germany, Austria,
  Italy, Checs, Slovakia, Serbia, Croatia,....
• EAPM from 1996, full membership from 1999
• Code of ethics of HR experts and managers from
  2006
• Expert Council (32 HR managers, experts and
  professors from universities from 2007)

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Thanks for your attention!