<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>PersonnelToday.com - E-HR and HR information systems news</title><link>http://www.personneltoday.com/</link><description /><language>en-gb</language><copyright /><generator /><lastBuildDate>Thu, 25 Nov 2010 00:01:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><item><title>UK companies more at risk of missing talent opportunities</title><link>http://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2010/11/25/56984/uk-companies-more-at-risk-of-missing-talent-opportunities.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2010/11/25/56984/uk-companies-more-at-risk-of-missing-talent-opportunities.html</guid><description>UK companies are more at risk of missing talent opportunities than organisations in the US and Western Europe due to not managing succession planning on a global basis. Less than half (47%) of UK-based internation</description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Nov 2010 00:01:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Communicate IT security policies more clearly, employers urged</title><link>http://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2010/11/10/56907/communicate-it-security-policies-more-clearly-employers-urged.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2010/11/10/56907/communicate-it-security-policies-more-clearly-employers-urged.html</guid><description>Employers have been urged to communicate their IT security policies more effectively after a survey revealed that ignorance and lack of understanding were major factors behind security breaches suffered by organisations. </description><pubDate>Wed, 10 Nov 2010 15:57:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Company smartphones creating security risks for employers</title><link>http://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2010/09/10/56522/company-smartphones-creating-security-risks-for-employers.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2010/09/10/56522/company-smartphones-creating-security-risks-for-employers.html</guid><description>Employees are increasingly risking the security of their companies' systems by downloading insecure mobile applications to their corporate smartphones, IT experts have warned. The use of "rogue" applications has become a to</description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Sep 2010 11:42:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Managers struggling to switch off on their summer holidays</title><link>http://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2010/07/22/56311/managers-struggling-to-switch-off-on-their-summer-holidays.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2010/07/22/56311/managers-struggling-to-switch-off-on-their-summer-holidays.html</guid><description>Technology is making it harder for employees to switch off on their summer break with one-third admitting they work while on annual leave, a poll has revealed. A survey of almost 2,500 managers by the Institute of Leadershi</description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:01:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Top 30 articles of 2009</title><link>http://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2009/12/18/53488/top-30-articles-of-2009.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2009/12/18/53488/top-30-articles-of-2009.html</guid><description>It's been a long, hard year in HR. The recession has taken its toll on employers. HR has responded with a creative flair that has minimised redundancies by organising pay cuts, pay freezes, part-time working and sabbaticals, to name a few.</description><pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 16:15:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>HR departments lack tools to respond to economic upturn</title><link>http://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2009/09/24/52289/hr-departments-lack-tools-to-respond-to-economic-upturn.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2009/09/24/52289/hr-departments-lack-tools-to-respond-to-economic-upturn.html</guid><description>HR departments are ill prepared to deal with a potential economic upturn, new research has revealed.  Almost a third of 100 HR directors polled expressed concern that they did not have the appropriate plans to deal with a </description><pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 09:58:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Online HR job ads increase for second month</title><link>http://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2009/09/08/52047/online-hr-job-ads-increase-for-second-month.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2009/09/08/52047/online-hr-job-ads-increase-for-second-month.html</guid><description>The number of HR jobs available online has increased for the second month in a row, in contrast to demand dipping across all sectors, the latest figures have revealed. The &lt;A href="http://about-monster.com/sites/default/fi</description><pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 11:14:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Army recruitment push goes online with ‘action-packed’ wargame</title><link>http://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2009/04/08/50227/army-recruitment-push-goes-online-with-action-packed-wargame.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2009/04/08/50227/army-recruitment-push-goes-online-with-action-packed-wargame.html</guid><description>The Army has launched an online wargame to attract youngsters to become soldiers in a new recruitment drive. Four 'action-packed missions' have been created to test observation skills, problem solving, intelligence, memory </description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2009 17:17:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>CIPD rubbishes claims that HR is mistrusted</title><link>http://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2009/04/07/50205/cipd-rubbishes-claims-that-hr-is-mistrusted.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2009/04/07/50205/cipd-rubbishes-claims-that-hr-is-mistrusted.html</guid><description>The CIPD has rubbished research that claims employees have less trust in their HR departments out of all business functions. &lt;A href="http://www</description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 15:28:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Monster recruitment website hackers steal jobseekers’ personal data</title><link>http://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2009/01/27/49152/monster-recruitment-website-hackers-steal-jobseekers-personal-data.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2009/01/27/49152/monster-recruitment-website-hackers-steal-jobseekers-personal-data.html</guid><description>Recruitment website Monster.com has been hacked for the second time in two years, compromising personal data.  According to a warning published by Monster, data stolen included users' e-mail addresses, names, phone numbers </description><pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 14:25:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>£81m HR shared services project slammed by MPs</title><link>http://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/12/17/48779/81m-hr-shared-services-project-slammed-by-mps.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/12/17/48779/81m-hr-shared-services-project-slammed-by-mps.html</guid><description>An HR shared services project likely to cost the taxpayer £81m has been slammed as "one of the worst cases of project management ever seen" by a group of MPs. The Department for Transport (DfT) scheme aimed to cut administr</description><pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 12:32:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Government aims to offset 100% of ICT carbon emissions by 2012</title><link>http://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/07/17/46758/government-aims-to-offset-100-of-ict-carbon-emissions-by-2012.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/07/17/46758/government-aims-to-offset-100-of-ict-carbon-emissions-by-2012.html</guid><description>The government has announced plans to slash the carbon footprint of its computer systems.  Information and communications techno</description><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:58:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Revenue suspends board after review into lost child benefit data discs</title><link>http://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/04/16/45431/revenue-suspends-board-after-review-into-lost-child-benefit-data-discs.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/04/16/45431/revenue-suspends-board-after-review-into-lost-child-benefit-data-discs.html</guid><description>HM Revenue  Customs (HMRC) has suspended its main board after an external review highlighted leadership failings in the wake of its &lt;A href="http://www.personneltoday.com/articles/2007/11/21/43366/union-blames-job-cuts-and-l</description><pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 12:05:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>MoD provides online pay and benefits calculator for Armed Forces personnel</title><link>http://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/04/01/45191/mod-provides-online-pay-and-benefits-calculator-for-armed-forces-personnel.html</link><guid 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workload</title><link>http://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2007/10/12/42781/askhr-online-tool-helps-norwich-union-cut-human-resources-workload.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2007/10/12/42781/askhr-online-tool-helps-norwich-union-cut-human-resources-workload.html</guid><description>Norwich Union has reduced the workload of its human resources department through the introduction of an online tool to provide employees with answers to their queries. The company said, in the four months since the online H</description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2007 08:28:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Nearly 1 million employees on NHS Electronic Staff Record integrated HR and payroll system</title><link>http://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2007/08/07/41848/nearly-1-million-employees-on-nhs-electronic-staff-record-integrated-hr-and-payroll-system.html</link><guid 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containing sensitive employee information.&lt;/</description><pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2007 11:53:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
