Category Archives: May 19

Jönköping University and Department of Agriculture We thought the recruitment process that the HR professionals follow in the Department of Agriculture was interesting. I liked that they spent the majority of time assessing the needs for the position before actually … Continue reading →

Blog 5/19 Today we had a very busy day. It started off with us waking up at 7:30 am this morning with the blinds getting opened and our sight being lost for a few seconds because of how bright it … Continue reading →

Hej Hej! Today was a very adventurous day. We started our day with a visit with to the Swedish Department of Agriculture where we learned about the department’s new activity based project. This project encourages communication among colleagues and provides … Continue reading →

Board of Agriculture The second day in Jönköping had an early start, but getting up was not as difficult as expected as the sun was already up. There was a quick 10 minute walk to the Sweden’s Board of Agriculture’s … Continue reading →

Today we visited Sweden’s Department of Agriculture’s (Jordbruksverket) headquarters in Jonkoping, Sweden and learned about their selection and performance review process as well as organizational policies/practices such as their use of flex-time and experimentation with “activity based” work environments. The … Continue reading →

Hej hej! Our day started our bright and early! In the summer the sun almost never sets on Sweden so Nick and Matt both mistakenly woke up at about 4:30am and after realizing their mistake quickly returned to bed. At … Continue reading →