HR strategy
Jobseekers more likely to apply to big brands
Organisations with low brand awareness are likely to get overlooked by jobseekers, according to Glassdoor, with candidates 40% more likely...

Major investor takes stand on gender diversity on FTSE 350 boards
Legal & General Investment Management – one of the UK’s biggest investors in the stock market – has promised to...

An employee value proposition for the future of work – is HR ready?
As the ‘war for talent’ intensifies and organisations battle to stay ahead of digital transformation, HR strategies could hold the...

How to maintain company culture in an era of flexible work
If businesses are to accept the benefits of flexibility recommended by the Taylor Review, they need to be aware of...

Work hard, rest harder: should employers monitor rest time quality?
Worried about Brexit squeezing UK productivity? One solution could be monitoring the quality of employees’ rest time, writes Paul Dickinson....

UNLEASH 2018: HR professionals urged to embrace rather than fear change
If there was one consistent theme etched through this week’s UNLEASH conference (formerly HR Tech World) it was not to...

Why do so few staff feel their employer lives up to its brand?
New research shows that only 19% of employees globally think their experience of their employer matches up to the brand...

University cleaners to strike against outsourcing
University cleaners, porters and receptionists are expected to walk out next month after a near unanimous vote in favour of...

Can we future-proof the workforce using neuroscience?
In today’s era of disruptive change and new technologies, the skills that our workforce need for tomorrow will look entirely...

Gender pay gap: employers know the clock is ticking
With less than a month to go until the gender pay gap reporting deadline, only one in six of the...

Skills-based volunteering can boost employee engagement
With younger employees increasingly believing business should be a force for good, Bruce McCombie from Pilotlight looks at how skills-based...

Business travel in the Trump and Brexit era: How to prepare for policy changes
Fundamental changes in the immigration policy on both sides of the Atlantic mean that globally mobile workers face uncertain times....

Employers need new approaches to boosting productivity
Employers and policy makers should consider new approaches to addressing low pay, the gender pay gap and rewards, which would...

HR needs to improve people analytics skills to gain credibility
HR’s attempts to adopt people analytics are “increasingly failing”, according to a global leadership survey published by DDI.
According to...

Insider threats: How an IT security company keeps itself safe
How does an IT security company ensure its own employees don’t pose a risk? With insider threats on the rise...