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As it strives to earn its strategic label, HR is being supplied with new analytical tools. But in order to assert itself in this business intelligence role, the profession needs to learn to use the software to its advantage. Keith Rodgers reports
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Recruitment can be seen by some companies as a routine admin task carried out by the most junior member of the HR team because it is seen as a relatively …
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New regulations could make it harder for employers to defend direct and indirect sex discrimination complaints
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This week’s letters Letter of the week Give call centre staff an incentive I agree with your article "Call centre brain drain due to lack of training", (News, 21 August …
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The HR Scorecard What is it? The HR Scorecard is the latest offering from academics to the HR performance measurement and management pot. Like other tools before it, the Scorecard …
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Most personnel directors in the UK are in their positions because of their HR experience. While experience is more important than length of service or wider business skills in the …
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Now this is going to make me sound like a real killjoy, but can someone explain to me what an "away day" is? Yes, I know what management teams mean …
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Only one in five companies have a clearly defined corporate social responsibility policy, according to a major survey of HR professionals. The survey, which collected the views of nearly 400 …
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Drop the grandiose ideas and take a more dynamic approach to bonuses to gain employee respect
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The Trade and Industry Secretary was due to call for a partnership approach to tackling the productivity gap at the annual Trades Union Congress in Brighton. As Personnel Today went …
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Employers must ensure homosexual members of staff do not suffer abuse because of their sexual orientation despite a recent Court of Appeal ruling that dismissed a lesbian teacher’s claim for …
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The number of black and Asian recruits joining the Army is rising dramatically due to a raft of initiatives to encourage young people from ethnic minorities to sign up. Colonel …
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Computer giant IBM opened a massive online chatroom for three days to allow staff from around the world to share ideas and best practice. More than 52,000 IBM staff participated …
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BP group vice-president of HR, Nick Starritt, who led the high-profile outsourcing deal with US outsourcer Exult, has left the oil giant in the latest restructuring round. Starritt who was …
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Bonus payments for London bus drivers are helping employers tackle severe recruitment and retention problems. The Transport for London bonus scheme was introduced in April by the Greater London Authority …