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A recent survey of 258 HR consulting firms by the Federal Association of German Management Consultancies (BDU) shows that employees are once again more likely to stick with their jobs. 52 percent of the HR consulting firms surveyed said that candidates' willingness to change jobs had declined significantly since the beginning of the year.

How Candidates Can Adapt to the New Requirements

Since Corona, hybrid work models and remote work have become firmly anchored in our everyday working lives. The impact on the work of HR consultants continues, according to Arne Adrian

A recent study by PAWLIK Consultants in cooperation with the rheingold Institut shows that the majority of companies in Germany are not doing enough or not the right things to retain their employees.

At the 21st Pawlik Congress on November 14-15 in Hamburg, Dr. Joachim Gauck, David Coulthard, Jürgen Klinsmann and other speakers spoke to 250 guests about what bonds people together and drives them to shape the future even in uncertain times. In his keynote address, host Joachim Pawlik presented the results of the Congress study "Cohesion – Tomorrow’s Bonding Forces," which will be published on November 21.

At the BDU‘s Professional Personnel Consulting Association‘s latest elections, Arne Adrian, Managing Director of PAWLIK Group and PAWLIK Recruiters, was unanimously re-elected as Chairman. He will lead the largest professional association of the BDU (Federal Association of German Management Consultancies) for another two years until the end of 2024.

Joachim Pawlik welcomes former German Federal President Dr. Joachim Gauck, soccer world champion Jürgen Klinsmann (virtual), rock legend Bruce Dickinson, fighter jet pilot Nicola Winter and neuroscientist Prof. Dr. Volker Busch on the topic of "Cohesion - the binding forces of tomorrow" on November 15, 2022.

The consulting company PAWLIK has acquired Hamburg-based investors for its e-learning provider PINKTUM by increasing its share capital and is accelerating the international growth strategy of its digital venture.

In cooperation with psychology professor David Scheffer, the PAWLIK Group has developed the psychometric method "Screenfact". In just five minutes, it provides HR managers and personnel developers with valid profiles of the individual strengths and development potential of employees or customers.

The consulting firm Christ&Company Consulting (Berlin/Frankfurt a.M.) has acquired a stake in the international consulting firm PAWLIK Consultants, headquartered in Hamburg.

We are happy to welcome you back to our PAWLIK Congress at the Gastwerk in Hamburg on November 15, 2022, we welcome you again. Our theme this year: "Cohesion – Tomorrow’s Bonding Forces".

The BEST XPERIENCE Mobility study, for which 10,744 people were interviewed in 50 major cities in five European countries, shows that Germans are relatively persistent when it comes to mobility behavior.

Many SMEs are in danger of not making the leap to the next generation. More and more often, the sale fails due to the currently increasing risks of company valuations. At the BDU's 23rd German HR Consultant Day, experts discussed the earn-out model and its chances of success.

The PAWLIK Group's former Head of Human Resources, Yvonne Kahl, now heads the newly created Corporate Social Responsibility department, relying on personal commitment from the entire group of companies.

Yvonne Kahl is responsible for the newly created Corporate Social Responsibility department at the PAWLIK Group. She explains in an interview how she makes CSR a topic for all employees and why it pays off in terms of employee loyalty.

Philipp Klein is the new board member of the personnel diagnostics company. Ronja Hertlein and Friederike Heep have moved up to the management level as Head of Operations and work in the management tandem.

We will focus on implicit motives. This is a gigantic field of research that has so far been neglected in psychology research. People make the majority of their decisions unconsciously.

The PAWLIK Group wants to set "new standards in human resource development" with AI-based research into implicit motives. Business psychologist David Scheffer is setting up a Diagnostic Lab for this task.

In a conference with Chancellor Olaf Scholz, the federal and state governments agreed that the mandatory home office rule for employers will be abolished. As of March 20, companies will be free to decide whether to continue accepting home offices, offer flexible work models or require their employees to be present at the office.

The executive search personnel consultancy PAWLIK Recruiters will take over the personnel consulting business of the consulting company "House of Consultants" as of January 1, 2022. PAWLIK Recruiters will take over the team and the operational business of HoC. The office at Frankfurt Airport will now also become part of the PAWLIK world.

At the 20th PAWLIK Congress on the topic of "The New Empathy", former Siemens CEO Joe Kaeser and Nobel Prize winner Daniel Kahneman spoke out in favor of more sensitivity on the job. Also speaking were medical ethicist Alena Buyx, AI expert Sabina Jeschke and astrophysicist Heino Falcke.

Hamburg, 22nd of November 2021 – The Corona pandemic has turned our working models upside down: Compulsory presence has given way to hybrid working and home office. The fourth wave ensures that employees will again increasingly work from home in the winter months. By this week, 3G rules will be mandatory in the workplace and home office will be compulsory throughout Germany.

The Federal Association of German Management Consultants (Bundesverband Deutscher Unternehmensberater, BDU) published its annual report on the state of HR consulting in Germany in 2021 today. It is one of the most important sources for a comprehensive overview over the market situation as well as a reliable measuring tool for the trends to come.

Home-office, remote work and numerous mandates and restrictions have fundamentally changed our working lives in the past year, along with swift technological change. But what is happening to the other important part of business, culture? Andreas Kaufmann, who has been working in organizational development at PAWLIK since 2001, has some answers.

On November 16, the 20th PAWLIK Congress, one of the top leadership events, will take place in Hamburg. In this interview, its host Joachim Pawlik talks about this year’s main theme "The New Empathy" and announces prominent speakers.

Our subsidiary Pink University is expanding its marketing department in response to strong market demand. Vanessa Johnson has been appointed Head of Marketing & Communications on May 1. She reports directly to Philipp Mehrtens, Managing Director Sales. Find out more about her and the impact she plans to have on the company in the following interview below.

For the customers of Steinway & Sons, it's about dreams and great values. For most people, buying a first-class grand or upright piano is a decision of a lifetime. “The sales process requires a great deal of empathy, but also stamina on the part of the sales department” emphasized Roman Hohaus, Senior Consultant at Pawlik Consultants. But how exactly do you achieve that? How do you find the right tone for each customer?

Those who research and change their own Employee Experience (EX) make a significant contribution to a better working atmosphere, better employee retention and ultimately better growth opportunities. Aspects that have gained in importance, especially in times of crisis.

Using digital solutions in the recruiting process is essential for the future. Everyone agrees on that! But putting recruiting completely in the hands of digital solutions is not only difficult for many companies. Candidates also still have doubts about that.

Dr. Wolf-Bertram von Bismarck and Philipp Mehrtens joined Pink University’s top management team on January 1, 2021 in order to promote the e-learning provider’s rapid growth internationally.

Layla Dolfen becomes COO of PAWLIK Consultants. After four years at PAWLIK Consultants, organization expert Layla Dolfen (29) is moving up to the management of the international consulting firm as COO. Alongside CEO and founder Joachim Pawlik, Arne Adrian, and Professor Henrik Meyer-Hoeven, the Munich native is thus the first woman and youngest member of the company's management board.

On January 6, 2021, the cabinet approved the women's quota as expected. In the future, at least one woman must sit on the boards of companies that are listed and that have equal codetermination with more than three members. What does this mean for personnel consulting?