Gu\u00f0r\u00fan \u00deorsteinsd\u00f3ttir, Human Resources Manager for the City of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur, was born in Gaflar but moved to Keflav\u00edk as a young child, where she now lives. The plan is to move back to Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur sooner rather than later, and the family has even found the neighbourhood where she wants to live. Gu\u00f0r\u00fan is the interviewee of the week in Vitanum, the City of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur's podcast. <\/p>\n
Listen to the programme<\/a><\/p>\n As everyone who knows Gu\u00f0r\u00fan knows, she is a tough cookie and unafraid to take on difficult tasks. She started working at the age of 10 in her father's fishing business, is a great advocate for equality, and fought hard to get to sea. Gu\u00f0r\u00fan is a qualified nursery school teacher and holds a Master's degree in Human Resource Management. She was involved in running a private nursery school for a time, in the spirit of the Hjallastefnan philosophy. She has extensive experience in human resources, including with Reykjanesb\u00e6r, Isavia, and now with Hafnarfjar\u00f0arb\u00e6r. She received her baptism of fire in HR at Reykjanesb\u00e6r, where she navigated several economic downturns with the accompanying challenges to the town's employment sector. She then tackled the growth at Isavia and a massive increase in staff. <\/p>\n The City of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur is fortunate to have Gu\u00f0r\u00fan and her experience working for the city. In the interview, she discusses the projects at the city, the workplace of the City of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur, and the role of a human resources manager, where no two days are the same. She strongly feels that the people of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur are keen to work for the council, as there is a great quality of life in living and working in the same town.<\/p>\n In her spare time, her mind is on golf, where she gets a good break from her busy job, and she is keen to watch her twin daughters play football.<\/p>\n Interviews with interesting individuals who work for the municipality.<\/strong><\/p>\n In Vitanum, interesting individuals who work for the benefit of the town are interviewed. This covers the council's services, interesting development projects, and a wide range of topics. The podcast opens up to a more in-depth discussion of specific projects, services, and issues that are prominent in the current debate. All episodes of The Watcher can be accessed on the Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur town website. <\/a>but also on podcast platforms such as Spotify, Simplecast and Podcast Addict.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Gu\u00f0r\u00fan \u00deorsteinsd\u00f3ttir, mannau\u00f0sstj\u00f3ri Hafnarfjar\u00f0arb\u00e6jar, er f\u00e6ddur Gaflari en fluttist ung til Keflav\u00edkur \u00fear sem h\u00fan er b\u00fasett \u00ed dag. Stefnan er tekin \u00e1 a\u00f0 flytja aftur til Hafnarfjar\u00f0ar fyrr en s\u00ed\u00f0ar og fj\u00f6lskyldan er meira a\u00f0 segja b\u00fain a\u00f0 finna s\u00e9r hverfi\u00f0 sem h\u00fan vill b\u00faa \u00ed. Gu\u00f0r\u00fan er vi\u00f0m\u00e6landi vikunnar \u00ed Vitanum, hla\u00f0varpi Hafnarfjar\u00f0arb\u00e6jar. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_breakdance_hide_in_design_set":false,"_breakdance_tags":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-frettir"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14042","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14042"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14042\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14042"}],"curies":[{"name":"WordPress","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}