Human resource managers are responsible for staff issues and recruitment, inductions, professional development, salaries and benefits. Also, leadership and coaching everybody in their roles. In a growing company like Axelent much of the work is linked to organisational changes. Human resources is about development.

“Finding the right person for the right job is becoming increasingly difficult but is no less important. Recruitment plays a vital part and the next step is a good induction, so people know how things are pieced together. After this it's about developing and growing in the role and with the company. Axelent is good at developing expertise,” explains Cecilia. 

Axelent always looks for an internal candidate before advertising the job. There are several positive examples of this approach, one being Marcel Darroch-Davies, who began at the warehouse in England at the age of 16 and made his way up the Axelent ladder to become MD of Axelent Ltd, acting MD in Italy and European Sales Manager. Marcel is now MD for Axelent Safe-X and has moved to Sweden with his family. Another example is Andreas Gotmark, who worked for Axelent in the USA and Germany before returning to Hillerstorp as Sales Manager. This is summarised in Axelent’s “Grow with us,” career opportunities within the company.

“We’re proud of our approach, our model. We are Axelent, we are good at this. We’re good at developing people inhouse and long-term. “Grow with us” means everything is gathered under one umbrella term,” explains Cecilia Davidsson.