M&A…out-of-the-blue
Human Resource Directors can never be sure when they may get a call which will turn their lives upside down.
| Published: 24 May 2011
Recruiting the recruiter
For an HR department, trusting a third party to take on the responsibility of bringing talent to their organisation is one of the biggest decisions they will have to make.
| Published: 24 May 2011
Come back Capt. Mainwaring
Bring back traditional bank managers and increase competition, says business group in the wake of Project Merlin’s poor lending figures.
| Published: 23 May 2011
Public sector must restructure responsibly
The latest figures suggest that significant job cuts in the Public Sector will be unavoidable.
| Published: 17 May 2011
Recruitment after recession – responding to change
Matthew Parker, Group MD, StepStone Solutions , discusses how the talent acquisition environment is changing with the economy and how companies and job seekers can get the best from it
| Published: 17 May 2011
Labour market trends
This survey of more than 2000 people* looked at confidence in the labour market, recession-proofing skills and communications about job losses.
| Published: 17 May 2011
The drugs don’t work
The statistics on alcohol and drug use in the UK reveal the significant issues facing society and the major consequences for the criminal justice system and public health.
| Published: 16 May 2011
Training the invisible workforce
Attitudes to work are rapidly evolving, and traditional training and development methods are increasingly having to adapt to a new ‘invisible’ workforce of remote workers.
| Published: 16 May 2011
The art of leadership planning
The next great leaders will be those that understand there is no one single future and that their peripheral vision of possible futures will be more of an asset than the 20:20 vision of the past.
| Published: 10 May 2011
Common sense is not enough
Most employers know that they are operating in a high stakes arena when making judgements on equality issues in the workplace. However, many suffer from a lack of confidence in their own decision making about how to manage the risks.
| Published: 10 May 2011