Where were you working before, and what were your responsibilities? I was divisional registrar on the John Lewis management board. I was responsible for ensuring the principles of our unique co-owned business are integral to our ways of working. I a  More...
19 February 2009 08:00

HR has gone through a number of image overhauls over the years, but how much has it really changed? Five HR professionals who started out in each decade from the 1960s to the Noughties reveal how it was for them.   More...
18 February 2009 16:12

Debt collection is a booming industry in this recession-gripped economy, but HR has its work cut out improving the brutal image of the sector, recruiting the right people and training staff to comply with government calls for a more compassionate approach to debtors.  More...
18 February 2009 13:30

CIPD qualifications will be transformed over the coming year to offer HR staff a greater understanding of what drives performance in organisations, the boss of the institute has said. Speaking exclusively to Personnel Today , Jackie Orme  More...
13 February 2009 09:31

Where were you working before, and what were your responsibilities? Before joining Univar, I engineered the successful reorganisation of the structure of DSM Composite Resins, which included the set-up of a global HR team. What qualifications d  More...
12 February 2009 17:50

Jackie Lanham has joined the Co-operative Group as director of resourcing and development. She will focus on leadership resourcing and development, skills development, and embedding the corporate brand. Lanham was director of learning and development a  More...
12 February 2009 17:50

As the number of people out of work soars closer to two million, the Department for Work and Pensions and its national Jobcentre Plus network have their work cut out. HR director Chris Last talks about how the recession has changed his immediate priorit  More...
12 February 2009 14:44

A serious recruitment blunder involving a senior HR chief has sparked a row between two major high-street retailers, Personnel Today has learned. D IY store B &Q announced in December that R ob Bacon, chief operations officer at Carphone   More...
30 January 2009 12:54

A sda's people director David Smith has i nsisted he is proud of his legacy ahead of his departure at the end of this week. S mith retires on 30 January after 15 years at the supermarket chain to pursue part -time work as an industry speaker  More...
26 January 2009 08:02

Rachel Burlton found leadership development such a powerful force that she headed to London to embrace it. She's since discovered succession planning. Graduates and final-year students still expect more than a bowl of muesli from employers. And training is at the top of their wish list, according to a poll by recruiter TMP Worldwide .   More...
14 January 2009 10:59

Chemical distribution giant Univar has appointed Detlef Prangenberg as HR director for Europe. Prangenberg, a former General Electric Healthcare HR professional, will join Univar on 1 March 2009. He has also served for 12 years as an officer in th  More...
04 December 2008 09:17

Guy Pink, HR director, Addaction, a drugs and alcohol charity How did you get to where you are now? Hard work, seizing the opportunities that came my way, identifying the issues that add value to the work that we do and networking - a most underra  More...
01 December 2008 00:00

Former CIPD assistant director-general Duncan Brown is to join the Institute for Employment Studies (IES) next month. Brown joins as director of HR business development after two years at professional services firm PricewaterhouseCoopers. His focu  More...
25 November 2008 08:00

The Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) has hired two senior HR professionals from the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA). The ICE has appointed Sandra Parsons as HR director and Ethan Kelly-Wilson as group HR manager. Parson  More...
17 November 2008 10:25

BBC HR chief Stephen Kelly is leaving the corporation to join Logica in a shock move. Kelly will join the IT services company as group HR director and a member of its executive committee in the New Year after two years at the BBC . He   More...
13 November 2008 15:57

Jo Daubney has joined Young's Seafood as HR director. Daubney joined from BSN Medical, where she was Western Europe HR manager. She will be responsible for driving employee engagement and ensuring that Young's continues to attract the strong candidates  More...
10 November 2008 10:56

Where were you working before, and what were your responsibilities? I have worked in various roles in either a generalist HR capacity or a specialist area such as talent acquisition. Most recently at Time Warner International, I focused on both exec  More...
10 November 2008 10:53

What is it like to be declared one of the Best Places to Work in HR? Some of this year's winners describe what receiving the coveted awards mean to them. Ruth Ovens and the team at Wilts Wholesale Electrical, Angela Dyer from Castle Morpeth Borough   More...
27 October 2008 14:49

HDA, with almost 30 years' human capital and career consultancy experience throughout the UK and internationally, is a founder member of CareerNet International (CNI) – CareerNet International (CNI) is a network comprising leading outplacemen  More...
22 October 2008 14:26

Where were you working before, and what were your responsibilities? I've worked most of my career in the NHS, starting out in a general management role. Following a spell in the private sector in recruitment, I returned to the NHS in a recruitment a  More...
13 October 2008 16:52