“The first thing we do when we have a job vacancy is to announce this through an e-mail to all employees. This contains the job description, and the candidate profile (competences and abilities),” said Simona Simion-Popescu, Human Resource Manager of Xerox Romania.
Promotion is one of the most effective tools for retaining employees, considering most companies face major personnel fluctuation, according to Simona Simion-Popescu. Within Xerox, the candidate list is open to all employees, even for management positions. For most jobs, the company does not require previous experience in a similar position.
“Employees are periodically evaluated, so we know whether they have the necessary skills for the vacancy. For key positions, especially managerial ones, we approach potential candidates directly,” Xerox’s Human Resource Manager added.
The local subsidiary of the multinational company has allocated €2,400 for the training of all employees in 2006, about 30 times more than the average for Romanian companies. According to the “Romanian HR Profile 2007” study, carried out by the Corporate Dynamics training company, in collaboration with Business-Edu, the average local company training budget per employee amounts to an annual €87.
