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American HR professionals are becoming increasingly anxious about staff turnover, with many large organisations losing a quarter of their employees each year.The Society of Human Resource Management said 84 per …
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• Amanda Ravey has been appointed HR director of Whitbread Hotels, which is based in Luton, Bedfordshire. She moves from Whitbread plc where she held the role of compensation and …
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What is the most important lesson you have learnt in your career?That it is often your own employees who have the answers to many of your business problems.What is the …
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According to joint research by the Employers Forum on Age and outplacement consultancy Sanders & Sidney, about 62.8 per cent either agreed or strongly agreed with the need for Government …
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The next most important factors are interesting work (57 per cent) followed by level of pay (45 per cent) and job security (40 per cent). A further 36 per cent …
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Of senior administrators, 19 per cent are women, as are 29 per cent of middle administrators or managers.But 38 per cent of public appointments, which includes elected officers, are women. …
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Despite the growing impact of EU law on employment rights, the harmonisation of employment law across the union is still a long way off. Michele Bignami of Italian law firm …
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This month Vivianne Child, director of alchemy at First Quench, which owns Thresher, Victoria Wine, Wine Rack, Bottoms Up, Drinks Direct and the Enjoyment web site, age 39 How long …
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This month’s news. Management development works The quantity and quality of management training and development in UK organisations has accelerated over the last 10 years, according to new research by …
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Many organisations now have the infrastructure in place to exploit the technologies behind online learning, but the reality still lags behind the hype. Will embracing the concept of “learning objects” …
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The profession is failing to keep abreast of new thinking, argues Malcolm Finney As the saying goes, all good things must come to an end. During the 50 years since …
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An emphasis on skills and training is self-limiting, says Tim Pickles No-one seriously questions the notion that staff development is a good thing. We are familiar with many aspects of …
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The Government is pumping millions of pounds into changing attitudes to encourage lifelong learning, but is it making a difference? Are trainers seeing a difference? Is there a greater hunger …
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Provident Insurance believes its training has been a crucial factor behind its success in a highly competitive marketplace. The TD2000 Award judges Paul Kearns and Nigel Crouch thought so too. …
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The TD2000 judges had enormous difficulty in picking the winner of the Award. Patrick McCurry looks at the impressive work of the runners up Both Barclay’s Bank Small Business Banking …