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by Sharlyn Lauby on February 16, 2012 Plan more parties. That’s what the company said when I asked them the biggest challenge facing human resources. Years ago, I was interviewing for a director-level position. During the conversation, I asked what the biggest challenge was facing the company’s HR department.  Everyone …

ISLAMABAD – Agence France-Presse This file photo shows a group of people inside a vocational training school in the eastern province of Gaziantep.Turkey’s unemployment rate fell to 9.1 percent in the three months to November, from 11.2 percent in the same period in 2010, official data showed on Monday. The number …

Cihangir, IstanbulWhat’s going for it? I bet guide books blathered on about “where east meets west” when Istanbul was Constantinople. But at least it’s finally coming true again. On account of Turkey’s wooing of both the EU and East Asia, the past decade has seen the city turn from lovely-if-decrepit …

CHARLOTTE MCPHERSONc.mcpherson@todayszaman.com Surviving and thriving in the Turkish work culture (3) In the previous two articles we have been exploring the challenges expats face when living in a different culture and having to speak another language. I imagine if I were to ask Today’s Zaman readers which one they’d prefer …

ISTANBUL – Hürriyet Daily NewsA high number of Armenian and Georgian people working in Turkey are leaving the country in the wake of a recent law implementation that complicates working permits for foreign people. While workers complain of extreme financial difficulties, Labor Ministry announces that there will be exceptions for …

An ultra modern building that could have belonged to another galaxy stands in the arid plains of northeastern Anatolia near Bayburt, a traditional town in the Black Sea region. The 4 juxtaposed buildings in different length are in the shape of cylinders buried in the ground. For some reason, as …

The new stars of the opera world will rise once more in the Istanbul skies at the 7th Leyla Gencer Voice Competition.  The Leyla Gencer Voice Competition organised by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (İKSV) together with Accademia del Teatro alla Scala and sponsored by Doğuş Group and …

The European Network of Female Entrepreneurship Ambassadors will launch its project in Turkey this year, partnering with the Women Entrepreneurs Association of Turkey (KAGİDER), the Businesswomen Entrepreneurs’ and Enhancement Association (ANGİKAD) and Turkey’s Özyeğin University.  

My generation, born in the late 70s and early 80s, has grown up with daily Brazilian soap operas. Although they were silly stories of love, intrigue and revenge, I remember watching them for a few minutes before starting to study after school. At the time of no internet or social …

One in ten of the companies in Capital 500 has posted record growth over the last five years. These 50 companies have succeeded in growing at least twice as much as their own sectors and left their rivals trailing in their wake. Ağaoğlu İnşaat ranks first with a growth rate …