HR strategy

Writer and trainer John Charlton finds out whether personal branding can help us achieve our objectives

It is more important to ensure that responsible personnel practices are applied to all workers, regardless of their employment status,...

From call centres to the boardroom, there has never been a greater emphasis on speaking well and speaking up. We look at the options for honing this vital skill

Only one UK employer in five outsources its recruitment activities, according to research.Despite the increased use of outsourcing in other...

One of the presenters at a session at this year’s American Society for Training and Development (ASTD) Conference in Florida...

Fast food giant McDonald’s has become the first UK organisation to go through a new gold standard profiling model from...

They say the office can be a jungle, but don’t worry because it appears the majority of people in it...

As the nights draw in and the seasons change once again, I find myself reflecting on how HR has evolved...

Daniel Thomas speaks to David Fairhurst, the vice-president for people at McDonald's UK, about the challenge he faces in changing the fast food chain's reputation as a provider of low-paid 'McJobs'

More than two-thirds of UK employees believe they are more productive than they were five years ago, but attribute this...

Employers are regularly told that they cannot rely on the police to do the job of investigating for them and that they should conduct their own inquiry

Dutch bank ABN Amro is cutting its full-time headcount from 5,000 staff to 1,800 and taking on 2,000 staff from outside after signing several deals with IT services companies

The use of mobile phones has blurred the distinction between work and leisure and policies proscribing the taking of calls will be tough to enforce. Leah Larkin reports

Conciliation service Acas has published a corporate plan which outlines its three-year strategy

MoD exit programme; 78m sick days for UK staff; GCSEs 'not good enough'; Armed marshals on Tube