HEC in the press

As the current labor market plays more in favor of job seekers than employers, Executives Courses notices that the demand for training programs has significantly risen. Cecile Arragon, Executive Director of Business Development for executive education at HEC Paris Business School, confirms that "corporate partners either offer grants for training aimed at developing professionals in fields where jobs are in high demand, or some of them also integrate training days at HEC as part of their incentive packages."

Although the advantages of design thinking are now well recognized, this practice still entails some challenges, mostly cultural. To overcome these differences, Associate Professor of Innovation at HEC Paris Business School Sihem BenMahmoud-Jouini has developed tools which help improving dialogue.

Now that the Italian far-right led by Giorgia Meloni won the latest elections in Italy, Euronews wonders what the consequences for the EU might be. Law professor at HEC Paris Business School Alberto Alemanno foresees that: "Italy will no longer be a force for good within the EU but a free-riding member state taking - as opposed to giving - as much as it can, and ceasing to contribute to major decision-making. It will be transactional only, with no room left for solidarity."

Because of the current energy crisis, the industrial sector in Europe seems to be in dire straits. As Handelsblatt worries that Europe might be on its way to deindustrialization, finance professor at HEC Paris Business School Eric Mengus comments on the situation in France: "Macron's goal to reindustrialization is now being confronted with reality."

In an interview given to MBA Crystal Ball, Benoit Banchereau, Executive Director for Communications, Marketing & Admissions for MBA Programs at HEC Paris Business School, provides tips for international students who want to find a job locally in France and which sectors recruit them.

In an article published by Find MBA, Benoit Banchereau, executive director of MBA admissions at HEC Paris Business School, discusses the importance of diversity among MBA students: "Diversity and inclusion have become the critical components of what tomorrow’s professionals and leaders are looking for in the workplace."

As AI takes a growing part in our lives, the question of its regulation and an international agreement are essential. In an op-ed for Forbes, David Restrepo Amariles, Data Law and Artificial Intelligence professor at HEC Paris Business School, explains why the need for more rules is is so important and how to achieve it.

Faced with the European institutions inability to defend the rule of law, European judges filed an action against the EU Council before CJEU against the EU Council. In an op-ed published in Social Europe, law professor at HEC Paris Business School Alberto Alemanno sees it as "a powerful reminder to all EU institutions: any departure they might undertake from the rule of law will not go unchallenged."

In the wake of what seems to be a new economic crisis, some companies have slowed down recruiting. In order to guide young graduates, business schools offer career services such as coaching, skills development workshops and networking opportunities.Jean-Amiel Jourdan, senior executive director of careers at HEC Paris, explains to The Financial Times that career services are becoming "less transactional: rather than being about the first job on graduation, HEC grants alumni access to career services throughout their professional life."

Faced with Gen Z's growing demand for more socially and environmentally conscious courses, business schools have adapted their curriculum. Interviewed by The Financial Times, HEC Paris Business School alumna Anne-Fleur Goll explains: "It’s the responsibility of the teachers to tell us what we should know."