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    Keeping track of skills in a contingent workforce

    by Cath Everett 2 Feb 2016
    by Cath Everett 2 Feb 2016

    As organisations increasingly rely on self-employed contractors or other forms of contingent labour, how can they account for these skills...

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    Occupational health research round-up: July 2015

    by Sarah Silcox 1 Jul 2015
    by Sarah Silcox 1 Jul 2015

    This month’s round-up of recently published occupational health research looks at the risks run by journalists in their working life,...

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    Getting off to a good start with temporary staff induction

    by Cath Everett 22 May 2015
    by Cath Everett 22 May 2015

    Many employers focus their induction efforts on permanent staff, but a new online onboarding system can help them ensure that...

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    How should we approach talent management in the future?

    by Cath Everett 11 May 2015
    by Cath Everett 11 May 2015

    Many ideas around the workforce of the future focus on the type of work done or where it will take...

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    Micropreneur rights: how do we protect workers in the digital age?

    by Cath Everett 31 Mar 2015
    by Cath Everett 31 Mar 2015

    As a new generation of online marketplaces, such as transportation service Uber, start to disrupt existing business models, the big...

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    • HR Technology

    Three ways HR can understand the workplace of the future

    by Cath Everett 13 Mar 2015
    by Cath Everett 13 Mar 2015

    So much has been written about the workplace of the future. But beyond the holograms and space-age offices, what are...

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    Flexible working policies will bolster recruitment

    by Zain Wadee 20 Sep 2013
    by Zain Wadee 20 Sep 2013

    This time last year, the working world was returning to normality as the London Olympic and Paralympic Games drew to...

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    Flexible working helps employers compete during recession

    by Jo Faragher 20 Sep 2012
    by Jo Faragher 20 Sep 2012

    Greater openness towards flexible working has been a positive outcome of the recession, according to a report released today by...

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    Freelancers key to SME growth

    by Laura Chamberlain 20 Jan 2011
    by Laura Chamberlain 20 Jan 2011

    More than half (52%) of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) believe that freelancers are key to their stability and growth.This...

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    UK employees take second jobs to cope with credit crunch

    by Guy Logan 23 Jun 2008
    by Guy Logan 23 Jun 2008

    Thousands of UK employees are taking second jobs to deal with growing consumer inflation, according to an online jobs site.PeoplePerHour.com,...

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    PeoplePerHour facilitates surge in small business outsourcing

    by Personnel Today 29 May 2008
    by Personnel Today 29 May 2008

    Outsourcing was once exclusively associated with large companies developing large-scale business processes abroad – such as overseas call centres. PeoplePerHour...

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    Skills funding misses 25% of workforce – the self-employed and those working for small businesses

    by Louisa Peacock 20 Jul 2007
    by Louisa Peacock 20 Jul 2007

    Freelancers, the self-employed and small business owners – nearly four million people – have been left out of the government’s skills...

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    BBC freelancers make history with union recognition vote

    by Personnel Today 2 May 2003
    by Personnel Today 2 May 2003

    BBC
    freelancers in Bristol have won the right to vote on union recognition.
    The
    legal body which oversees new legislation...

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    Freelancers’ popularity grows in PR

    by Personnel Today 21 Nov 2000
    by Personnel Today 21 Nov 2000

     Public relations companies are increasingly using a freelance workforce, a study has found.A survey by Leeds Metropolitan University says the...

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