Stephanie Sparrow`
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Personnel Today turns 30: How the new publication drove progress
Movers and shakers behind the first editions of Personnel Today in the late 1980s helped the profession to find its...
The growing importance of continuing professional development
The tough economic climate is creating pressure on HR professionals to perform well and achieve quick results while demonstrating evidence...
How to impress a CEO
Whether you are trying to make your mark or win a prestigious appointment, it pays to impress the CEO. Stephanie...
Key learning and development skills to get you noticed
One of our most popular career articles is HR skills to get you noticed, in which we suggest stand-out details...
Preparing for an interview
Preparing for an interview can take as much time and research as the initial stages of applying for a job,...
HR skills to get you noticed
Jobseekers and career-changers need more than a pair of sharp elbows to get ahead in today’s tough economic climate. A...
Could I be headhunted on social media?
Social media has become an established recruitment tool and is now part of what has become known as “multi-channel resourcing”, with...
What can HR do for my career?
The HR profession is working hard to shake off its reputation as a “siloed” career with a limiting skill-set, but...
How do I re-enter HR after a career break?
Job hunting is never more challenging than during an economic downturn. In tough times, applicants feel driven to cast their...
Graduate routes into HR
Graduate opportunities in HR are withstanding the faltering economic recovery, with organisations offering both specific graduate programmes and, thanks to the...
Measuring coaching ROI: the importance of being measured
Proving return on investment has been a key challenge for the coaching profession for the past decade, but economic uncertainty...
Coaching: How to become a business coach
Fancy qualifying as a business coach? You’re not alone.Coaching is an attractive career option to many who are re-thinking their...
Coaching questions: ask the right questions…
Using carefully selected questions can be an effective way to structure coaching sessions.One of the great myths about coaching is...
Coaching questions: Question time
Questions are at the heart of coaching. What makes a good one?Renewed interest in the effect questions have on the...
Coaching the top team: Time for the team talk
Coaches believe that these straitened times are perfect for coaching oganisations’ top teams. Why might that be?It seems that no...
