Post vacation blues could be the name of a cool indie band or the title of a hit song, but it's not! It's the more or less official name summarizing the depressive symptoms of workers returning from an extended holiday to the treadmill at work. How do you relax after a holiday and get back to work? Tips and advice from István Tamás Papp, HR specialist.

Around 100 000 people work in the business service centres of multinational companies in Hungary. "Our priority is to make the sector better known to employees, so that they see the industry as a significant career opportunity and a high added value creator, where language skills are one of the most important skills," says István Lenk, President of ABSL (Association of Business Service Leaders) Hungary, the successor organisation to HOA (Hungarian Outsourcing Association). They can also offer new careers to people who are good at foreign languages because of the changes in the kata (specific business tax for small taxable enterprises) - such as translators, language teachers and tour guides.

More than ever before, managers are faced with the challenge of retaining employees and creating the right conditions for them to work. Double-digit inflation and with it the pressure to raise wages, the mental effects of the covid are not lost on many, all the while maintaining or achieving profitability for the company in the shadow of the Russian-Ukrainian war. "Pre-epidemic methods don't work," says Ákos Jáhny, strategic director of Get Work Trend, a temporary employment agency.