theHRDIRECTOR magazine interviews Tünde Tóth, Group HR Director at MET Group
In this month’s issue of theHRDIRECTOR magazine (Issue 220), it features an exclusive interview with Tünde Tóth, Group HR Director at MET Group - a European energy company, headquartered in Switzerland, and an active participant in the European natural gas, and power markets.
In the interview, Tünde shares her career pathway, experiences of organisational culture, flexible working, the impact of global events, and her thoughts on the future. For employers looking to improve the acquisition and retention of talent, Tünde shares how MET Group are overcoming the talent and skills shortage:
'Two years ago, we did not yet have the scale in the renewable segment or the reputation - we were not yet known in this field - and of course we were widely known as a gas and power trading company. Because of that, it was difficult to recruit the first, senior renewables managers, because there were so many other alternatives for experts in this area and a shortage of highly qualified leaders. But now we have a renewables CEO on board, we are winning more projects, the industry has started to take notice of us as a serious player in the renewables field and our reputation is continuing to grow. In order to ensure that we have the talent pipeline we need, we are partnering up with universities and focusing on graduate recruitment. We are a global corporate partner of the CEMS Master in International Management programme and participating in various activities with the students in our focus universities, such as the University of St Gallen in Switzerland, Bocconi University in Italy or the Corvinus University of Budapest. We attend job fairs and rotation dinners, offering business project opportunities, skill seminars and we are able to select the best ones for our internships and entry-level positions.
Through our internal Talent Development Programme, we invest in the professional and leadership development of our selected colleagues, with the aim that they can fuel our leadership pipeline and that within a few years after their graduation, they can take over business critical and senior management roles. During the one-year-programme, we provide them several training sessions, internal and external coaching, exposure to different functions and areas to the company, exposure to top management and a chance to work on an international project to build intercultural and managerial skills. When they complete their programme, our graduates are automatically brought in as shareholders and we take steps to proactively help them drive their careers even after that.’
You can read the full interview with Tünde here (page 8 onwards)
Suzie Walker Executive Search was delighted to be featured in the same issue, where Suzie shared her expert view on tackling attrition in the article, Captivating.
You can read Suzie’s full article here (pages 46-47)
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