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The use of Internet technology to recruit and manage temporary staff could significantly reduce the £17.1 billion that companies spend every year. Internet usage can streamline administration, save on costs, …
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The publisher of Personnel Today, Reed Business Information, has acquired the publishing rights to the magazine HR World from Martin Leach Publishing Group Ltd.The magazine has a distribution arrangement with …
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The media industry is as big as the water, gas and electricity industries combined according to a new survey by Skillset. A total of 116,000 people were working in the …
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UK universities will need at least an extra £1.6bn in funding each year from 2004 to 2010, according to a report by London Economics.The extra investment is needed to enhance …
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There is a shortage of multi-lingual graduates and it is affecting the performance of international businesses, claimed the global HR director for IT of PricewaterhouseCoopers at a recent management training …
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The UK education system is denying young people access to knowledge of foreign languages and senior European management jobs.An industrial relations expert has called on the government to abolish A …
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Employers will have to make administrative changes to their occupational pension schemes as a result of changes in the law which come into effect today.The changes allow divorcing couples to …
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Ford workers have voted 63 per cent to 36 per cent against strike action in the campaign to save car production at the Dagenham plant. In all, almost seven thousand …
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Seven pressure groups led by the Equal Opportunities Commission have sent an open letter to Trade and Industry Secretary Stephen Byers calling for urgent changes on parental and maternity leave.The …
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Almost 90 per cent of PAs and secretaries continue to send personal emails from their work PCs, despite a recent tribunal ruling that bosses can sack workers for email misuse. …
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The Business Services Association is urging politicians to listen to employers, after both Labour and Conservative politicians announced plans to tackle long term unemployment yesterday.According to BSA director-general Norman Rose, …
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The overall winner of the Personnel Today Awards 2000 is project manager Paul McKinley and the HR team at Asda Stores. This small team showed real vision with a creative …
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In a customer-centric economy, businesses increasingly seek competitive edge through the quality of their management and staff.This has been understood by Lex Service, which three years ago moved to transform …
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The Royal Bank of Scotland brought e-learning to the heart of its operations.The company built a dedicated training and communications network (TCN) which delivers e-learning to 650 branches in the …
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Inspiration for the Candidate as Priority initiative was a realisation that extra value could be gained for the company through a qualitative approach to recruitment rather than simply an efficient …