The incredible pace of change is providing plenty of opportunities to set your HR team apart from others. Put simply, there are some HR departments out there who have risen to the challenge, have been managing change well and should be rewarded for it.
And carving out a niche of being 'architects of change' as companies look to HR to come up with innovative new ways of working could be a very smart move, as the demand for such professionals with an enviable track record grows, as shown in Personnel Today's HR career moves feature.
Providing a means of rewarding these efforts, this week marks the launch of this year's prestigious Personnel Today Awards. And as any self-respecting HR professional knows, these are THE AWARDS to enter.
To acknowledge your hard work in this area, we¹ve added a new award for managing change, to the 12 other categories that you can enter. This recession is make or break for HR; those of you making it happen would be crazy not to shout about your achievements.
Aside from striving to become more adept at managing change, how much has HR itself really evolved over the past few decades?
Five HR professionals who started out in HR between the Sixties and the Noughties share their experiences, with one claiming that the recruitment process that secured her first job in HR was heavily biased towards her ability to stay propped up at the bar.
