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Martin Couzins

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Martin is an experienced business-to-business journalist who has spent many years covering the HR and L&D sectors. As well as writing and curating content on these topics, he runs Massive Open Online Courses through MOOC Pro as well as a digital content and communications agency Itsdevelopmental.

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    MPs and unions unite to call for focus on Olympic training

    by Martin Couzins 31 Jan 2006
    by Martin Couzins 31 Jan 2006

    Employers bidding for 2012 Olympics contracts should be forced to include commitments on staff training in their proposals, MPs and union leaders said last week.

    • HR strategy

    Raw emotion

    by Martin Couzins 10 Jan 2006
    by Martin Couzins 10 Jan 2006

    Martin Couzins discovers how chief executive of Nationwide, Philip Williamson, gets his employees emotionally involved in the business.It is not...

    • Employee relations
    • HR strategy
    • Trade unions

    Unionist outsourcing recruit shows imaginative thinking

    by Martin Couzins 7 Jun 2005
    by Martin Couzins 7 Jun 2005

    Hats off to Bob Fawthrop, chief executive of outsourcing company Morgan Chambers, who has just recruited Rory Murphy, one of the UK’s leading unionists, as its HR director.

    • HR strategy
    • Pay & benefits
    • Opinion

    Your HR department needs support too

    by Martin Couzins 15 Mar 2005
    by Martin Couzins 15 Mar 2005

    The news that HR professionals are less likely to cope with life's most unsettling events than any other profession isn't in itself surprising, but it is worrying.

    • Employee relations
    • Mediation
    • Opinion

    Delivering a resounding message to government

    by Martin Couzins 1 Mar 2005
    by Martin Couzins 1 Mar 2005

    Yesterday, Personnel Today presented the Department of Trade and Industry with the HR profession's response to the draft consultation on Operating and Financial Reviews.

    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • HR practice
    • Family-friendly working

    Family-friendly policy tops 2005 government agenda

    by Martin Couzins 18 Jan 2005
    by Martin Couzins 18 Jan 2005

    The general election is likely to see all major parties promising policies to improve voters' work-life balance

    • HR strategy
    • Human capital
    • Opinion

    HR must stop turning a blind eye to HCM

    by Martin Couzins 2 Nov 2004
    by Martin Couzins 2 Nov 2004

    This week’s exclusive research with Deloitte into human capital management (HCM) is a sobering read for HR practitioners. Almost 40...

    • Latest News
    • HR strategy
    • Productivity

    HR admin system will save MoD £600m

    by Martin Couzins 28 Oct 2004
    by Martin Couzins 28 Oct 2004

    The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has signed a deal for an HR administration system that is set to save the...

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    • HR practice

    Delivering change

    by Martin Couzins 27 Apr 2004
    by Martin Couzins 27 Apr 2004

    With a new managing director and a place on the board, the HR director at TNT Express has a lot to look forward to.

    • Career development
    • Learning & development

    Come on – give Bob a job!

    by Martin Couzins 10 Feb 2004
    by Martin Couzins 10 Feb 2004

    One man's search for a job through traditional methods failed. So he set up his own website and started a personal marketing campaign. Could this be the future for jobseekers?

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