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A major study by the Institute of Management two years ago found that UK businesses were not producing the quality of managers companies said they wanted. Its latest report shows …
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• Bill Shipton, 38, is managing director of PeopleBank, the UK’s first on-line recruitment company. PeopleBank, set up in 1990, lists 700 advertised vacancies on its web site and holds …
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A survey of UK management development at the millennium provides an interesting snapshot of the current state of management training in the UK.
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If you are using the creative right side of your brain, you inhibit its potential by using the logical left side strongly at the same time. The more you focus …
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68% believe there is inadequate time to respond to consultation73% believe there is not enough time to implement new legislation43% think government guidance is unclear CIPD adviser on employee relations …
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Employees earning up to £30,000 a year will be able to take a stakeholder pension and belong to their employers’ final salary occupational pension scheme, the DSS announced last week.Employers …
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Time and attendance data plays an important part of strategic planning in the workplace – but it is more than simply a study of the hours employees are in the …
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“Many organisations address only one aspect of lost time, or else tackle the symptom and not the cause,” argues Christine Owen, healthcare and group benefits consultant at William M Mercer. …
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Wouldn’t it be great if someone had brought together all the human resources-related web sites? Ray Lye, a lecturer at Nottingham Trent University Business School, has done so at www.nbs.ntu.ac.uk/staff/lyerj/hrm_link.htm.Under …
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Graduates want to be employed by companies that are honest with them about job opportunities.The Association of Graduate Recruiters announced the winners of its annual literature and Internet awards, where …
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Recruiters should turn to graduates from mid-league universities because they have the skills necessary for success in a “revolutionary” economy, the chief executive of the Industrial Society has claimed.Will Hutton …
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UK companies should be taking graduate recruitment as seriously as their counterparts in the US, a recruitment expert has claimed.Peter Johnston, associate partner at Andersen Consulting, criticised British companies for …
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This workshop, presented by Chris Phillips of GTI, looked at how to hook top graduates in an innovative way. Its key feature was the participation of students who have been …
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Employers who ignore conventional job applications and selection in favour of on-line job-hunters do so at their own risk, a recruitment expert warned delegates.Dr Robert McHenry, employment psychologist at Oxford …
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Public-sector call centres must provide training to help staff deal with attention-seekers who become addicted to helplines.Kathy Mulville, director of the Telephone Helplines Association, said attention seekers often plague staff …