The training offered by BPO Education Center and the Job Office was terminated on Friday, 30 September 2016. Due to the collaboration of those two agencies based at Olivia Business Centre, 14 people were employed as junior accountants. The all had changed their previous professions. Another edition of the training will commence at the beginning of November 2016.
The free-of-charge Corporate Accounting training, financed by the Gdańsk Labour Office, started in mid-June 2016. Run by BPO Education Center at the Sopot University of Applied Science, the course was divided into a didactic part and a practical part in the form of placements at the shared service centres of Bayer Service Center Gdańsk and thyssenkrupp Group Services Gdańsk, located at Olivia Business Centre.
The fifteen people selected during the enrolment at the Gdańsk Labour Office had 240 hours of theoretical classes and learned accounting as well as the structure and procedures of BPO/SSC companies (shared services), financing and accounting systems (SAP ERP) and advanced use of spreadsheets. Further, the training attendees participated in as many as 60 hours of a German course. A good command of the language, in particular accounting-related vocabulary, was a prerequisite for the successful completion of the training. There was an exam at the end of each course included in the training.
After two months of study, the course participants began 320-hour placements with Residents of Olivia Business Centre: Bayer SCG and thyssenkrupp GSG. All the attendees received course completion certificates on September 30th and on October 3rd they started working with the above-mentioned companies, which had been involved in the training process from its beginning.
BPO Education Center is an entity of the Sopot University of Applied Science, which has been helping the inhabitants of the region gain competence and skills required at financial service centres for over 3 years. With measurable effects, as so far 90% of the graduates of the Corporate Accounting course found jobs immediately after its completion, said Sylwia Broda, the Sopot University of Applied Science. The subsequent, ninth flight of the project differs from the other ones in that several entities residing at Olivia Business Centre have cooperated so successfully for the first time, thus presenting a new image of “good neighbourly practices”. For the most ambitious participants, the training will be the starting point for their career development. We have already heard from some graduates that they would like to continue studying at our university, at prestigious postgraduate courses in ACCA Finance and Accounting (Association of Chartered Certified Accountants).
Every employer based in Gdańsk or the Gdańsk County may report its demand for employees for specific jobs to the Gdańsk Labour Office. If searches for people with the specified job profile are futile, the Labour Office may organise training provided there is an employment guarantee under trilateral agreements. Such projects are aimed at job seekers changing their professions studied, said Anna Hryniewicz, the Job Office. The finished training was prepared for the purposes of Bayer and thyssenkrupp, which had looked for employees for the jobs of junior accountants. With the branch of the Gdańsk Labour Office at Olivia Business Centre, i.e. the Job Office, companies may report their requirements in a simple manner.
We are very happy that thanks to the decisions made several years age we are able to establish better and better conditions at Olivia Business Centre for our Residents to carry out recruitment, said Agnieszka Zglinicka, the Project Manager at Olivia Business Centre. The presence in one place of large, international enterprises, HR companies and the Job Office and Talent Development Centre – which are branches of the Gdańsk Labour Office opened this year – brings about the desired effect. We believe activities aimed at extending the talent pool and creating new jobs will be appreciated not only by global companies, but also by the enterprises and inhabitants of the region.
Another edition of the training will commence at the beginning of November 2016. For more information on the training, visit the website of the Sopot University of Applied Science: http://www.ssw-sopot.pl/bpo/
From the very beginning, Olivia Business Centre in Gdańsk Oliwa held multi-functionality as its key objective, including recruitment support for its Residents. At present, there is a total of 10 (commercial and local-government) entities at the centre, whose core operations are Human Resources.
The team of Olivia Business Centre also provides for the work-life balance of all those who work at the centre: business, education, cultural and sport events are held on a regular basis. A modern, two-storey, 24/7 fitness club, CityFit, was opened in April 2016. All the visitors of the centre may already use e.g. 3 conference centres, a healthcare centre with a pharmacy, 3 restaurants, 2 cafés, a kindergarten and nursery, 4 banks, a modern junior high school, beauty salon, notary public and electric vehicle charging point. There are nearly 2000 parking spaces, over 200 bicycle racks and 5 changing rooms with showers beside Olivia Business Centre.
Over 100 entities operate at Olivia Business Centre. They include global corporations, SMEs, start-ups as well as self-government and non-governmental organisations. Residents of Olivia Business Centre include Allianz, Alior Bank, Amazon, Bayer, Energa, Epam, Generali, Hays, Medicover, Noble Bank, PKO Bank Polish, PwC, Sii, T-Mobile, thyssenkrupp, as well as Pomerania Development Agency, Pomeranian Regional Chamber of Commerce, Pomeranian Employers’ Association Lewiatan and BPO Education Center.
The Centre has been extended systematically since 2010, one building a year. The foundation stone for a skyscraper, Olivia Star, was laid ceremoniously in June 2016. It will be the highest building in northern Poland and one of the ten highest buildings in the country.
The Regional Chamber of Commerce of Pomerania (RIGP) is an organization of economic self-government, currently associating over 250 companies of various sizes operating in the Pomeranian, West Pomeranian, Warmian-Masurian, Kuyavian-Pomeranian and Greater Poland Voivodeships. Its main tasks include representing the economic interests of its members, establishing cooperation and exchanging experience with domestic and foreign business support organizations, shaping and disseminating ethical principles in business activity or giving opinions on the functioning of the economy to relevant bodies and organizations.
The Regional Pomeranian Chamber of Commerce (RIGP) is a local government economic organisation grouping now over 250 companies of various sizes, operating in the Provinces of Pomerania, West Pomerania, Warmia-Masuria, Kujawy-Pomerania and Wielkopolska. Its core tasks include representation of economic interests of its members, establishing cooperation and exchange of experiences with domestic and foreign business support organisations, development and dissemination of ethical business principles or providing opinions on the functioning of the economy to competent bodies and organisations.
We cordially invite all male Residents to celebrate Boy’s Day! At 3 p.m., on the 1st floor of the O4 coworking space, there will be a one-of-a-kind table football tournament and FIFA on PS4. Interesting prizes await the winners. We encourage you to have fun with us!
PIANO DUO – ANNA LISZEWSKA and ANNA MIKOLON
Sara Mocarska graduated from the State Music School. in Gdańsk-Orunia in the class of Krystyna Przybylińska-Zgaj, MA. During her studies, she was a laureate of many competitions (distinction at the 1st National Violin Competition in Grudziądz, 3rd and 2nd place at the Slavic Music Festivals in Tczew, 1st place at the 10th Sopot Violin Competition, 2nd place at the 11th Gdynia Violin Competition, 1st place at the 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th Oruń Violin Competition, 2nd place at the 1st National Violin Competition in Elbląg). Currently, she is a student of the Secondary Music School. in Gdańsk-Wrzeszcz in the class of the outstanding violinist and pedagogue Anna Śliwa. Despite her young age, she has already given concerts in Germany and Finland. Sara’s recent achievements include: fourth place at the National String Instrument Competition in Elbląg and third place at the First Violin Confrontations in Gdynia.
Beniamin Brzozowski was born in 2005 and as a child of musicians, from the beginning of his life he grew up surrounded by the sounds and sound of instruments. As a four-year-old, already showing musical talents, he announced without much hesitation that he intended to play the tuba in the near future. After reaching the age allowing him to learn, he began to learn to play the tuba, in the trombone and tuba class of the excellent musician and teacher Marek Sikora, M.A., at the Primary and Secondary Music School. Zygmunt Noskowski in Gdynia. At the moment, Beniamin is learning to play the tuba for the second year and is a laureate of the Young Sheet Music Competition “Szansa na sukces” in Gdynia, where students of Pomeranian music schools present their skills. In March 2016 he took part in the Regional Workshops for teachers and students of trombone and tuba classes in Kwidzyn, which were led by ace. Krzysztof Mucha from the Academy of Music in Poznań. He actively participates in school and community concerts as a soloist and chamber musician.
Monika Bogdanowicz (Olivia Business Centre): How did you come up with the idea of a series of events on effective communication in a dynamically changing work and business environment, and what are your goals in this project?
Maciej Dębski, PhD – founder and leader of the Foundation, sociologist of social problems, academic lecturer, social educator, expert in the implementation of scientific research, expert of the Supreme Audit Office, the Commissioner for Human Rights, Founder and President of the DBAM O MÓJ Z@SIĘG Foundation, author/co-author of strategic documents, local programs, originator of nationwide research in the field of phonoholism and the problem of cyberbullying carried out among 22,000 students and 3,500 teachers. In 2016, he implemented the first social experiment in Europe to cut off 100 people from all digital devices (mobile phones, tablets, Internet, online games, Playstation games, television) for 72 hours.
