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• As an engineering company with 150 employees, we have always tried to start two engineering apprentices every year. In the bad old days, we recruited one "craft" and one …
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This week’s stock market review British Telecom once again dominated the minds of City analysts last week. First came the news that the company’s US competitors Alta Vista and NT …
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The hotel and catering sector is to embark on a major joint initiative with government to provide industry-ready New Deal recruits to tackle the huge skills shortages in the industry. …
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Companies in the UK and across the EU risk missing the e-commerce boat because of the serious shortage of people with IT skills, Microsoft told a skills conference in Brussels …
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Unions representing professional staff at Ford Motor Company have settled their dispute over pensions and pay. Management put forward a revised pay offer for negotiation following a one-hour strike on …
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The IPD has recruited a former CBI adviser to act as a specialist on pay and employment conditions. Nick Page, formerly lead adviser on pensions at the CBI, will move …
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Construction firm Taylor Woodrow is putting HR at the heart of plans to transform its business and become the sector’s employer of choice. Over the next four months the company …
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Government departments will have to double the number of disabled people in senior Civil Service roles, under targets announced last week by Cabinet minister Mo Mowlam. By 2005, departments will …
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A memorial donation fund has been set up in memory of an HR recruitment consultant who died in the Paddington rail crash. John Raisin, who worked for IPG, divided his …
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Despite the growing case for industry and commerce to offer some form of flexible working, there remain a number of barriers to individual employers implementing a policy successfully. Caroline Horn …
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On 24 March, the Government will launch an initiative encouraging employers to address the work-life balance of its employees. But while it may wheel out examples of organisations which have …
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• Banking and finance union Unifi has warned that London jobs are under threat with the merger of Deutsche Bank and Dresdner Bank, despite claims that most of the 1,500 …
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It has been a few years coming to the UK but the irresistible draw of the Internet finally seems to be making itself felt in the personnel profession. It is …
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IT services firm ICL is embarking on a major staff communication project ahead of its flotation on the Stock Exchange later this year. The company wants its 22,000 employees to …
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More than 80 per cent of people would like to swap jobs for the day, a survey by recruitment web site totaljobs.com found. And they will get the opportunity with …