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Employer branding conference preview: Connecting Employees to Customers to Profit

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:26:00 GMT

London will play host to the 2012 Employer Branding World Series Summit on 21 March and Personnel Today and TMP Worldwide are official partners for the event. The "2012 Employer Branding World Series" S

Global mobility not integrated with talent systems, research finds

Thu, 24 Nov 2011 00:01:00 GMT

Just 2% of organisations think that their global mobility functions and talent programmes are aligned, despite nine in 10 (90%) believing that such integration is important. This is according to research from professi

Women on boards: progress is promising, but more to be done, says minister

Thu, 03 Nov 2011 16:46:00 GMT

FTSE companies have today been praised for making some progress in putting women in board-level positions, but it was stressed that more work needs to be done if boardroom diversity is to be achieved at the rate proposed by the Government.

HR undertaking more strategic role

Thu, 27 Oct 2011 00:01:00 GMT

HR is increasingly finding a role at executive level as employee issues have come to the fore during the economic downturn, a study suggests. Research by Dr Anthony Hesketh of Lancaster University Management School found

Future vision of work patterns revealed

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 12:35:00 GMT

Employees could be rewarded by results rather than the number of hours worked and decide when and where to do their work, while offices will become meeting spaces rather than the focal point of a working day. That's the v

Build trust in senior leaders or risk losing talent, CIPD warns

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 09:59:00 GMT

Employers risk losing talented workers to other companies should they fail to tackle distrust in senior management, the Chartered Institute for Personnel and Development (CIPD) has warned. According to the CIPD's quar

'Connectivity' conference will address collaboration in organisations

Mon, 11 Jul 2011 09:21:00 GMT

Bernard Hodes Group has announced the date of a conference on collaboration in organisations: "Connectivity - the competitive edge". Spons

Businesses warned to provide guidance on social media

Fri, 08 Jul 2011 14:22:00 GMT

Employers need to provide clear guidance for staff regarding the use of social networking sites to avoid inappropriate relationships, harassment of staff and the potential for disclosure of confidential information, the Nursing and Midwife

Monster to launch rival to LinkedIn with BeKnown Facebook app

Sun, 26 Jun 2011 02:33:00 GMT

Global job board Monster is to launch a professional networking platform on Facebook, which looks set to compete with the LinkedIn social network. The Facebook application, called BeKnown, will enable Facebook’s users to ma

NHS Plus conference addresses occupational health concerns

Mon, 06 Jun 2011 08:00:00 GMT

NHS occupational health services need to develop competence, credibility, communication and consistency to meet the challenges of an uncertain future. This is what Professor John Harrison told delegates at the NHS Plus annual conference in

EasyJet's Carolyn McCall to speak at HR conference on 'silo syndrome'

Thu, 31 Mar 2011 11:57:00 GMT

Carolyn McCall, chief executive of EasyJet, is set to speak at an HR conference, her first since she left her position as chief executive of the Guardian Media Group last year.

Cycle-to-work schemes improve employee engagement, say businesses

Wed, 09 Feb 2011 11:59:00 GMT

One-fifth of workers believe they may lose jobs

Fri, 04 Feb 2011 11:52:00 GMT

One employee in five believes that they are likely to lose their job, according to research by the Chartered Institute of Personnel Development (CIPD). The CIPD's Employee Outlook Survey found that public sec

Workplace unrest rises as austerity measures take toll

Thu, 03 Feb 2011 10:06:00 GMT

Employers face a sustained increase in workplace unrest as staff work longer and harder without greater reward. This is according to the State of Human Resources survey by Kings College London and law firm Speechly Bircham

Government body to issue proposals on NHS OH revamp

Mon, 31 Jan 2011 16:20:00 GMT

New guidelines that could radically change how NHS occupational health services operate, their oversight and even their branding are due to be unveiled in March 2011. The Task and Finish Group, which was set up by the Gove

Recruitment a top priority for private sector

Mon, 24 Jan 2011 10:20:00 GMT

Companies in the private sector say that hiring staff and improving their recruitment procedures are their top priorities for the coming year, while the public sector's key focus is on cost savings and change management.

Listed companies should publish numbers of executive women

Wed, 15 Dec 2010 09:39:00 GMT

Listed companies should be required to report diversity progress on a "comply or explain basis" to boost the numbers of women in boardrooms, according to the Confederation of British Industry (CBI). In a submission to the <

Depression not good enough reason for time off, say half of employers

Wed, 08 Dec 2010 17:01:00 GMT

UK employers are leaving themselves wide open to disability discrimination claims because they are failing to take depression and stress in the workplace seriously, new research reveals. More than half (52%) of the 1,822 f