A new survey of more than 1,300 HR leaders from across the globe has revealed that more than half strongly agree that their role has required them to manage increasing levels of complexity in recent years. The survey also found that 61% report  More...
19 June 2013 14:42

HR is sitting on a vast pool of underutilised data. KPMG's Robert Bolton looks at how the information available to HR can get it a strategic place in the boardroom. For the past 15 years, the HR function has tried to transform itself into a str  More...
13 June 2013 12:28

The Personnel Today Awards 2013 entry deadline has been extended by one week - to Friday 21 June - to allow organisations to finalise their submissions for the most prestigious awards in the HR calendar. This year, the Awards, which take place o  More...
13 June 2013 09:00

The entry deadline for the 2013 Personnel Today Awards is Friday 14 June, so the sooner you send in your entries, the better. Here are 10 tips on what to include, and what to leave out, to maximise your chances of success. 1. Keep it simple Be   More...
12 June 2013 13:36

We continue our series of interviews with senior HR figures by talking to Andrew Lawson, head of people at restaurant group Drake and Morgan . How did you get into HR? I've worked in operational roles within the hospitality industry for a   More...
10 June 2013 16:18

The Government's response to the Frost/Black report could see the biggest shake-up of the OH profession in a generation, finds Nic Paton. The reaction from the OH community to January's response by the Government to the Frost/Black "Health at wor  More...
03 June 2013 00:01

HR consultant Paul Kearns concludes his three-part series of articles on HR professionalism by asking if HR can combine its role of administrative support function with its remit to drive the people aspects of organisational strategy. Prof  More...
31 May 2013 08:53

Just over a quarter (26%) of HR directors describe their own HR function as ineffective, according to a survey of HR leaders across the public and private sectors. Thirty-seven per cent of HR directors also say the purpose and values of their de  More...
31 May 2013 00:01

As the HR director for attractions company Merlin Entertainments Group, which has a turnover of more than £1 billion, you'd expect Tea Colaianni to be busy. But just listening to her to-do list is exhausting: from early morning calls to Australia t  More...
31 May 2013 00:00

In the first of a series of articles on the role of HR, Personnel Today asks: Does HR run the risk of taking its eye off the basics by focusing too much on strategy? Talk to people outside the HR function about what HR does and many of them will sa  More...
28 May 2013 12:55

More than half of HR professionals think frequently moving from one employer to another is the best way to progress in their careers. This is the headline finding of research published today by HR recruiter Robert Walters, which found that 52% of H  More...
23 May 2013 14:25

How did you get into HR? I went into British Airways via their graduate recruitment programme. I ended up working in the food service department and began to represent them on people issues. Then some of the team I was working with went to work for   More...
17 May 2013 09:05

Employers in the finance sector have faced a tough time over the past few years, but Metro Bank aims to offer something completely different - to both its customers and staff. Ever since Metro Bank first opened its doors in July 2010 - with do  More...
17 May 2013 09:05

In the second of a three-part series based on Professional HR: Evidence-Based People Management and Development , author and HR consultant Paul Kearns explains why focusing on evidence-based methods is necessary to bring the HR profession into the   More...
13 May 2013 12:33

How did you get into your current role? I'm a lawyer by trade and I still head up the international legal team. When this role came up, I was asked to come in and lead the HR team as well. It's not that usual to do both, but there are a lot of synerg  More...
03 May 2013 12:18

The number of OH nurses taking part in published research is sadly small, finds Nic Paton. So what can be done to get more people interested in this vital part of the OH profession? In August 2012, occupational health nurse Helen Kirk published an a  More...
01 May 2013 00:01

Richard Crouch has been elected president of the Public Sector People Managers' Association (PPMA) for 2013/14. Crouch, director of HR, organisational development (OD) and communications at Somerset County Council and vice-president of the   More...
19 April 2013 09:20

Personnel Today was crowned Online HR Publication of the Year last night at the 2013 Towers Watson Excellence in HR Journalism Awards. Held at the Mall Galleries in central London, Personnel Today editor Rob Moss collected the award from Chantal Free  More...
18 April 2013 13:11

The Occupational Health Awards 2013 are now open to entries from all occupational health and HR teams that have made a difference to workplace health in their organisations. Important dates Entry deadline: 10 June Sh  More...
16 April 2013 14:48

How did you get into HR? I didn't start out in HR. I was a business manager at a time when HR wasn't really a thing, it was more about personnel. But in management you learn that success relies on people and your ability to help them grow with the co  More...
16 April 2013 10:00