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Articles by Luc Jones

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Will 2016 Bring Pay Raises to Russia?

As 2015 draws to a close, most general managers of international companies based in Russia will be scratching their heads when planning their budgets...
opinion Luc Jones

Avoiding Moscow's Expat Cull

An increasing number of our recruitment projects are replacements either for underperforming staff or involve management looking to reduce expenditure...
opinion Luc Jones

Tips for Russians Working Abroad

The current expat exodus from Moscow is well-known, yet the subject of Russians leaving Russia has received little attention from the media.
opinion Luc Jones

Does Moscow Still Need Expats?

The past year has seen a considerable exodus of expatriate, white-collar workers from Russia, and in most cases this has been involuntary.
opinion Luc Jones

Job Hunting During Russia's Crisis

Typically, logic dictates that changing your job during a boom makes the most sense: The majority of employers are in hiring mode and there are more...
opinion Luc Jones

Russian Reply Is Often Short, Simple and Stale

Expats in Russia often struggle with cross-­cultural communication. Here is a classic example: I spotted a colleague eating an ice cream one day and asked...
opinion Luc Jones

Taking Your English From Good to Great

Native speakers of English are regularly lambasted for their unwillingness or point-blank refusal to learn a foreign language. The most common excuse...
opinion Luc Jones

Tips on Hiring Employees

Don't succumb to the temptation of hiring people you like or get along with best. You can socialize with friends in your spare time.
opinion Luc Jones

Russians Need Role Models

A generation has now passed since the Soviet collapse. Today's university graduates have grown up without witnessing life under the old regime, so their...
opinion Luc Jones

Expats, Russians Search for a Common Language

Russians are always curious how they and their country are perceived by foreigners, especially from the West. The general misconception is that Russia...
opinion Luc Jones

Expat Job Seekers Need Far More Than Whim

Kommersant recently reported that the number of foreigners applying for jobs in Russia has increased considerably over the past year, and it went...
opinion Luc Jones

When in Russia, Talk the Talk

When we foreigners do make the effort to speak Russian, nearly everyone seems to reply in English anyway. But this is less likely to happen outside...
opinion Luc Jones

8 Tips for Expats to Get the Most Out of Russia

Two decades may have passed since Russia began opening up to foreign business, yet the expat-versus-local debate in the workplace shows no sign of disappearing...
opinion Luc Jones

Why Russians Love to Be Managers

I've always struggled to grasp the point of socialism, where there is no financial incentive for the individual to work harder, better, smarter or more...

Headhunters’ Targets: Who Are They?

Although the Russian labor market is only just recovering from the global economic recession, demand in certain fields significantly exceeds supply.