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Local government employees are being urged to study for vocational qualifications under new plans by the Local Government National Training Organisation (LGNTO), announced today. The LGNTO launches its Local Government …
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Half of UK business managers claim they are working longer hours, according to a business survey. The I in Business Survey 2001, carried out by the British Chambers of Commerce …
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Last week employers in the UK looked on in disbelief as the story of Marks & Spencer’s withdrawal from France unfolded. Unions, the French legal system and politicians rounded on …
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Online recruitment sites are used by HR managers everywhere on a daily basis. But are they being fully embraced by the department and integrated as fully as they could be? …
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No, we’re not suggesting a site that organises naturist office awaydays (although there probably is one somewhere on the Web). Go Native is rather for fully clad executives looking for …
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Cribsheet: The latest technology in a nutshell. This week: Broadband. What is it? The name used to describe various types of high-speed connections to the Internet. Broadband is viewed in …
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The Royal Bank of Scotland outsourced its graduate recruitment programme to PSL at a cost of £600,000 last month. The aim is to develop a more consultative role for HR, …
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Publishers are facing severe skills shortages because potential employees lack the necessary skills, a report by the Publishing National Training Organisation reveals. It claims 50 per cent of publishing companies …
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Sainsbury’s is outsourcing its payroll department to cut costs and free its HR team to concentrate on core functions. The transfer, worth £20m over eight years, will see 50 staff …
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Nearly half of City workers worldwide think a better balance between work and home life would reduce stress in the office, according to a survey by financial recruiter CitiPeople.com. The …
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The profile of current university undergraduates is radically different from the stereotype, according to research by the Institute for Employment Studies. The Diverse Graduate Supply reveals that more than half …
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Employers are struggling to fill technical vacancies due to a shortage of IT and engineering graduates with the right interpersonal skills, according to research by the Institute for Employment Studies. …
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Volvo and the Cabinet Office have broken into the top 10 most preferred employers for UK graduates and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office has supplanted the BBC as the most …
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Tim Sargisson gives an update now the regulations governing the benefit are in force Stakeholder pensions were introduced earlier this month and by 8 October 2001, firms with five or …
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The UK’s tight labour market has made recruiting the army of workers needed to carry out the 10-year census more difficult than ever before. More than 60,000 people have been …