We are looking forward to it! At Tamedia's “technology exchange conference focused on engineering and technology” we, in this case our Head of R&D Bastian Preindl, will have the chance to talk about a topic, that we have been working on intensively: ontology.

On May 25th the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into force. Its objective is to ensure the protection of an individual’s personal data and to align data protection regulations among the member states of the European Union.

Let’s admit it right from the start: the Babylonian confusion of tongues was once again omnipresent, but that came as no surprise (and was definitely a rather pleasant side effect), given the fact that representatives of a Vienna-based company were venturing into Swiss territory.

It was the "word of the year 2014" in Austria: "situationselastisch", a word that is hard to translate, the English equivalent being something like "situationally elastic" or "situationally adaptable". Oddly enough, it is this word creation that best describes the every-day work of our development department. There are multiple reasons for this:

The trend to the automated (pre-)processing of application documents is unbroken and actually gathering pace in Central Europe. It is understandable that the topic Robot Recruiting and first sighting of application documents through computer algorithms – instead of human beings as it was until now – makes many job seekers feel uncertain.

Die TALENTpro is the biggest trade fair for Recruiting, talent management and employer branding in Switzerland – for the first time independent from the Personal Swiss, which gives a platform for other HR topics at the same time. This is a good reason for us, especially in the year of algorithm, to be on-site as exhibitor for the first time.