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Peter Crush is an award-winning HR journalist who writes for daily newspapers including The Guardian and the Evening Standard, as well as HR and business journals.

    • Financial services
    • HR strategy
    • Talent management

    ClearScore CEO: Why my fast-growing company needs HR

    by Peter Crush 16 Aug 2017
    by Peter Crush 16 Aug 2017

    Credit checking company ClearScore is one of the UK’s fastest growing financial technology companies, doubling in size every six months....

    • Candidate experience
    • Recruitment & retention
    • Online recruitment

    Recruitment advertising: unleashing the power of audio

    by Peter Crush 16 Aug 2016
    by Peter Crush 16 Aug 2016

    To mark the launch of a brand new category in the upcoming RAD Awards, Personnel Today was invited to an...

    • Social mobility
    • Early careers
    • HR strategy

    Penguin Random House HRD: “Degrees are a lazy sifting tool”

    by Peter Crush 25 Apr 2016
    by Peter Crush 25 Apr 2016

    Penguin Random House this year joined a select group of employers to remove the requirement for a degree for new...

    • Recruitment & retention
    • Online recruitment
    • Psychometric testing

    Psychometrics evolution: how testing has won over HR

    by Peter Crush 15 Sep 2015
    by Peter Crush 15 Sep 2015

    Psychometrics tools have long been associated with senior hires, but new research by Network HR suggests that organisations are spreading...

    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • LGBT
    • Recruitment & retention

    Recruitment advertising: making diversity your message

    by Peter Crush 14 Sep 2015
    by Peter Crush 14 Sep 2015

    With employers under pressure to prove their commitment to diversity, how important is it to reflect this in their recruitment...

    • Line managers
    • Performance management

    The end of the annual appraisal: what’s next for performance management?

    by Peter Crush 24 Aug 2015
    by Peter Crush 24 Aug 2015

    A growing number of employers are shunning formal annual appraisals in favour of regular dialogue with employees. What is driving...

    • Candidate experience
    • Recruitment & retention
    • Employer branding

    Employer branding: all theory and no action?

    by Peter Crush 20 Jul 2015
    by Peter Crush 20 Jul 2015

    HR understands the importance of a strong employer brand and positive marketing experience, but poor candidate experience suggests otherwise. Peter...

    • Employee communications
    • HR strategy
    • Trade unions

    Ticket to success: how London Overground became HR team of the year

    by Peter Crush 9 Jun 2015
    by Peter Crush 9 Jun 2015

    Introducing driver-only operated trains at London Overground could have been a recipe for industrial unrest and employee dissatisfaction, but last...

    • Personnel Today Awards

    HR director of the year Fiona Roberts on driving success at Volkswagen UK

    by Peter Crush 26 May 2015
    by Peter Crush 26 May 2015

    Fiona Roberts, HR director at Volkswagen UK, won the coveted 2014 Personnel Today HR Director of the Year award. Judges...

    • Public sector
    • Settlement agreements
    • Redundancy

    HR can change the face of public spending, says TaxPayers’ Alliance

    by Peter Crush 21 Apr 2015
    by Peter Crush 21 Apr 2015

    Jonathan Isaby, CEO of the TaxPayers’ Alliance (TPA), wants to see an end to excessive public-sector payoffs. HR can deliver...

    • Online recruitment
    • Social media

    Profile: Andy Sumner, managing director, Monster

    by Peter Crush 21 Oct 2014
    by Peter Crush 21 Oct 2014

    Monster managing director Andy Sumner talks to Peter Crush about how the company has had to make bold strides to...

    • Recruitment & retention
    • Mobile recruitment
    • Online recruitment

    Have job boards really had their day?

    by Peter Crush 2 Oct 2014
    by Peter Crush 2 Oct 2014

    In recruitment circles, few questions come close to generating such opinion and passion as these: Have job boards had their...

    • HR strategy
    • Learning & development
    • Knowledge management

    How Homebase grows its own skills

    by Peter Crush 29 May 2013
    by Peter Crush 29 May 2013

    DIY retailer Homebase recently won a gold medal at the Chelsea Flower Show, thanks to the efforts of 20 of its...

    • Working life
    • The HR profession

    How HR is helping Metro Bank to buck the banking trend

    by Peter Crush 17 May 2013
    by Peter Crush 17 May 2013

    Employers in the finance sector have faced a tough time over the past few years, but Metro Bank aims to...

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