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    • Graduates
    • Recruitment & retention
    • Online recruitment

    Facebook and LinkedIn profiles used in recruitment

    by Mike Berry 18 Jun 2009
    by Mike Berry 18 Jun 2009

    One-third of employers now use social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn to connect with potential recruits, research has...

    • Latest News
    • Pay & benefits
    • Living Wage

    London Living Wage increased to £7.60 per hour

    by Mike Berry 22 May 2009
    by Mike Berry 22 May 2009

    London mayor Boris Johnson has increased the London Living Wage to £7.60 per hour, a rise of 15p. The rise...

    • Age discrimination
    • Employment law
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion

    Default retirement age lined up by HR managers to aid job cuts

    by Mike Berry 21 May 2009
    by Mike Berry 21 May 2009

    One in seven HR managers plans to use the default retirement age to help cut jobs, according to a survey...

    • Bonuses
    • Latest News
    • Executive pay

    FSA code of practice will have no impact, say top business leaders

    by Mike Berry 18 May 2009
    by Mike Berry 18 May 2009

    An overwhelming majority of top firms believe the Financial Services Authority’s (FSA) new code of practice will have little or...

    • Agency workers
    • Business performance
    • Employment law

    Voluntary redundancy and cancelling agency jobs top employers’ list of cost-cutting measures

    by Mike Berry 14 May 2009
    by Mike Berry 14 May 2009

    Most employers would axe agency workers and use voluntary redundancies as their preferred method of cutting staff costs, a survey...

    • Latest News
    • HR practice
    • Learning & development

    HR training needs research commissioned by UKCES

    by Mike Berry 11 May 2009
    by Mike Berry 11 May 2009

    The UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES) has commissioned new research to investigate the skills and training needs of...

    • Employee engagement
    • Latest News
    • HR practice

    Kellogg’s staff clock off at lunchtime on Friday for summer working scheme

    by Mike Berry 8 May 2009
    by Mike Berry 8 May 2009

    Employees at cereal maker Kellogg’s are being given Friday afternoons off over the summer – providing they have already worked...

    • Latest News

    City skills timebomb tackled by government and financial services bosses

    by Mike Berry 7 May 2009
    by Mike Berry 7 May 2009

    City firms and the government must work together to attract new blood to the financial services sector, with a greater focus on on-the-job training, a major...

    • Careers in HR
    • Business performance
    • Latest News

    New PPMA president calls for ‘purpose, passion and performance’

    by Mike Berry 29 Apr 2009
    by Mike Berry 29 Apr 2009

    PPMA president Gill Hibberd has called on public sector HR professionals to demonstrate more “purpose, passion and performance” in their...

    • Latest News

    HR manager Karla Biddle jailed for manslaughter

    by Mike Berry 28 Apr 2009
    by Mike Berry 28 Apr 2009

    An HR manager who stabbed her love rival to death has been found guilty of manslaughter and jailed for seven...

    • Latest News
    • Economics, government & business

    Unemployment rises to 2.1 million

    by Mike Berry 22 Apr 2009
    by Mike Berry 22 Apr 2009

    Unemployment increased by 177,000 people in the three months to February to reach 2.1 million, official figures have shown.
    Data...

    • CIPD
    • The HR profession
    • Opinion

    Has Jackie Orme made a a difference at the CIPD?

    by Mike Berry 17 Apr 2009
    by Mike Berry 17 Apr 2009

    A little more than a year has passed since Jackie Orme took over at the helm of the Chartered Institute...

    • CIPD
    • Latest News
    • Economics, government & business

    Jackie Orme in firing line over manner and timing of CIPD redundancies

    by Mike Berry 16 Apr 2009
    by Mike Berry 16 Apr 2009

    EXCLUSIVEFurious CIPD staff have hit out at chief executive Jackie Orme over the timing and handling of the redundancies announced...

    • Business performance
    • Careers in HR
    • Latest News

    Work Foundation study looks at future of HR

    by Mike Berry 3 Apr 2009
    by Mike Berry 3 Apr 2009

    The Work Foundation has launched an 18-month research programme to examine the future of the HR profession.
    The Future of...

    • CIPD
    • Latest News
    • Economics, government & business

    CIPD axes 41 jobs as recession hits at heart of HR

    by Mike Berry 2 Apr 2009
    by Mike Berry 2 Apr 2009

    The CIPD has axed 41 jobs as the recession hits right at the heart of the HR profession, Personnel Today...

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