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    • Employee relations
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    Silent Unite: Super union Unite has been slow to communicate with human resources

    by Rob Willock 1 Oct 2007
    by Rob Willock 1 Oct 2007

    Research from Personnel Today and Eversheds reveals that the new super union Unite has been slow to communicate its strategy...

    • Personnel Today
    • The HR profession

    Personnel Today HR Directors Golf Society: Tee time at Silvermere Golf Club

    by Rob Willock 18 Sep 2007
    by Rob Willock 18 Sep 2007

    Golf and business are a classic mix – so discovered the senior HR professionals who took part in Personnel Today’s...

    • HR strategy

    Oomph research…who has got it and who hasn’t. High-profile figures with an energetic and exciting personality

    by Rob Willock 17 Sep 2007
    by Rob Willock 17 Sep 2007

    So, does HR have oomph? Personnel Today conducted a survey of more than 300 HR professionals to find out whether...

    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Latest News

    Councils boost numbers of high-flying black and minority ethnic staff

    by Rob Willock 7 Aug 2007
    by Rob Willock 7 Aug 2007

    England’s local authorities have seen the first increase in the proportion of black and minority ethnic staff among their top...

    • Bonuses
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Pay & benefits

    BBC bosses’ pay sacrifice is the way to diversity

    by Rob Willock 3 Jul 2007
    by Rob Willock 3 Jul 2007

    In an unprecedented move, senior executives at the BBC have elected to forgo hundreds of thousands of pounds-worth of bonuses...

    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • HR strategy
    • Sex discrimination

    Roundtable debate: why are there so few men in HR?

    by Rob Willock 3 Apr 2007
    by Rob Willock 3 Apr 2007

    Last August Personnel Today transcribed a women-only HR roundtable debate at which the participants discussed the factors that prevent women...

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    • HR strategy

    Asda sets humble style by removing hierarchical status symbols at head office

    by Rob Willock 28 Mar 2007
    by Rob Willock 28 Mar 2007

    Humility is the watchword for senior executives at supermarket chain Asda.People director David Smith, who lives the Asda brand, proudly...

    • Latest News
    • Recruitment & retention

    Google makes the mind boggle with its recruitment challenges

    by Rob Willock 7 Feb 2007
    by Rob Willock 7 Feb 2007

    Google is growing so fast its senior managers spend 30% of their time interviewing prospective employees.
    The internet giant receives...

    • Employee relations
    • Latest News
    • Trade unions

    Being a union rep can seriously damage your career prospects

    by Rob Willock 30 Jan 2007
    by Rob Willock 30 Jan 2007

    Trade union reps believe they are sacrificing their careers to represent their colleagues, exclusive new research has revealed.
    Personnel Today...

    • Employee relations
    • Trade unions
    • The HR profession

    HR and unions’ relationship: Cordial relations

    by Rob Willock 30 Jan 2007
    by Rob Willock 30 Jan 2007

    HR professionals and union reps are age-old adversaries - employer and workforce representatives meeting toe to toe at the front line of industrial relations. But what is their modern relationship really like? Rob Willock analyses exclusive new research to find out.

    • Employee relations
    • Trade unions
    • The HR profession

    Relationship between HR and union representatives revealed in TUC and Personnel Today research

    by Rob Willock 30 Jan 2007
    by Rob Willock 30 Jan 2007

    I was delighted the TUC agreed to join forces with Personnel Today to conduct a major piece of research on...

    • Business performance
    • Latest News
    • Economics, government & business

    Get networking in the New Year at the HR Directors Business Summit

    by Rob Willock 2 Jan 2007
    by Rob Willock 2 Jan 2007

    The AA, Jaguar, Vodafone, Canon, Arup, Currys, Norwich Union, Woolworths and The Children’s Trust are just some of the blue-chip...

    • HR practice

    Group therapy

    by Rob Willock 14 Nov 2006
    by Rob Willock 14 Nov 2006

    In the latest of our series of teambuilding road tests, Personnel Today journalists had their heads examined in a Myers-Briggs personality test. Rob Willock reveals where our strengths and weaknesses lie.

    • Latest News
    • HR practice
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    Time for HR to reflect on its image problem

    by Rob Willock 24 Oct 2006
    by Rob Willock 24 Oct 2006

    Less than one-third of line managers believe their HR department offers good value for money – compared to 80% of...

    • The HR profession

    Personnel Today research: 360-Degree Appraisal of HR – the results

    by Rob Willock 24 Oct 2006
    by Rob Willock 24 Oct 2006

    Take a long, hard look at yourself. According to exclusive research from Personnel Today, HR and its stakeholders have very different ideas about the value HR adds to the business. Rob Willock reports

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