Final Word from Tuesday, September 11, 2007
Green cards for non-EU foreigners can help fill job vacancies in production and construction but not at the very top of Czech companies. As HN reported, there's a shortage of Czech general managers. Employers want people who not only have the appropriate training and experience, but also who have the right connections for winning lucrative IT, EU and other contracts. Nothing much has changed in this respect since the early days, when foreign companies were fighting over the ex-StB agents with the best connections and language skills. A new generation of Czech deal-makers is taking over, and in many cases they too are being encouraged to put aside ethics manuals and social responsibility to concentrate on the bottom line. This means "going with the flow" and chalking up any moral lapses to the "price of doing business." It's heartening, at least, that there's a shortage of such people.[Czech Republic immigration European Union openings HR executive search recruitment information technology]