HR strategy

I have worked for a multinational company for several years and have been involved in the people side of a number of acquisitions. I really enjoyed the challenges of managing HR through change, and would like to pursue this in a more focused way. What is the market like for senior change management roles, and are there ways I can improve my chances?

Does the operations director or the chief executive think along the same lines as the HR director?

More firms are outsourcing HR - the value of the sector rose £4.7% in 2005-06, but may be peaking

Working close to water improves employee productivity and makes staff feel more valued, according to a survey.

The TUC has called for all employers who offshore any part of their operations to cheaper locations abroad to be forced to pay large sums in compensation to workers who lose their jobs as a result

UK productivity is set to plummet after next week's bank holiday, according to a survey

These days, chief executive officers can be gone in a flash. What can your company do to avoid being dazzled?

Hairdressers, celebrities and management consultants are the most representative jobs of our time, according to The Work Foundation think-tank

The government is creating an ethical recruitment code to prevent authorities and agencies hiring social workers from developing countries.

Conservative party leader David Cameron has unveiled a document outlining what he believes his party should stand for and there are a number of policies to interest HR professionals

Alcohol saps afternoon performance at UK plc.

Personnel Today is supporting an employer-led campaign to introduce tax breaks for employees who support older relatives. As a part of the campaign Personnel Today is asking HR professionals to sign our petition to urge the government to include tax breaks for carers in its next comprehensive spending review, to be announced in Spring 2007.

London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham has signed a £120m, 10-year deal to set up London's first local government shared-services centre.

More than 500 staff at insurance company Aon are to transfer to Xchanging after it signed a 10-year £230m business process outsourcing deal with the outsourcer.

Lloyds TSB has signed a five-year HR outsourcing deal with business services firm Xansa