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    • HR practice

    Tork & Grunt’s Guide to Effective Negotiations

    by Tara Craig 6 Feb 2009
    by Tara Craig 6 Feb 2009

    Author: Bob Harvey ISBN: 0462099237
    Having this topic illustrated by two cavemen won’t be to everyone’s taste, but it will...

    • Military
    • HR practice
    • Learning & development

    Team building: Personnel Today goes to Spy School

    by Tara Craig 3 Feb 2009
    by Tara Craig 3 Feb 2009

    A ‘spy school’ team bonding day turned out to be less about black ties, private jets and gadgets and more...

    • Recruitment & retention
    • The HR profession
    • Retention of staff

    TalentDrain survey – Shifting sands for HR

    by Tara Craig 27 Jan 2009
    by Tara Craig 27 Jan 2009

    Hardly a day goes by without a redundancy announcement, with the papers using words like 'worst ever', 'disastrous' and even 'frightening' to describe the economic climate. But while we are clear about the economy's impact on the employee, what does it mean for HR? An exclusive survey from employee engagement consultancy TalentDrain has some of the answers.

    • Latest News
    • HR strategy

    HR sticks to original strategies despite economic downturn

    by Tara Craig 26 Jan 2009
    by Tara Craig 26 Jan 2009

    EXCLUSIVE The majority of HR professionals are playing a dangerous game by sticking with their original strategy this year despite...

    • Employee relations
    • HR practice

    Know how to get value from your EAP

    by Tara Craig 23 Jan 2009
    by Tara Craig 23 Jan 2009

    The humble employee assistance programme (EAP) comes perilously close to what number crunchers might, in these straitened times, see as a...

    • HR practice

    HR Survival Guide for 2009: Challenges and opportunities for HR

    by Tara Craig 13 Jan 2009
    by Tara Craig 13 Jan 2009

    Tara Craig asked five top HR professionals to highlight the obstacles and opportunities ahead, both in their own roles and for the sector as a whole.

    • Global HR

    International HR: Different strokes

    by Tara Craig 24 Nov 2008
    by Tara Craig 24 Nov 2008

    As global workforces become the norm, HR must manage an increasingly diverse range of cultures. What difficulties do they face...

    • Coaching and mentoring
    • HR practice
    • Learning & development

    My mentor: Helen Bailey, managing director, Pinna

    by Tara Craig 21 Nov 2008
    by Tara Craig 21 Nov 2008

    My experience with this person is fairly recent. He was doing some strategy work with my company and as part...

    • Recruitment & retention
    • Pre-employment screening
    • References

    Know how to do background checks

    by Tara Craig 21 Nov 2008
    by Tara Craig 21 Nov 2008

    The need to check the background of job applicants couldn’t be more evident, yet it is often neglected. It may...

    • HR practice
    • Learning & development
    • Qualifications

    How I made a difference: introducing NVQs

    by Tara Craig 21 Nov 2008
    by Tara Craig 21 Nov 2008

    Attracting, developing and retaining contact centre and retail employees is as tough a challenge as delivering a consistently great customer...

    • Alcohol and drug misuse
    • Wellbeing

    Drug and alcohol policies: A matter of substance

    by Tara Craig 21 Nov 2008
    by Tara Craig 21 Nov 2008

    We discover why every company needs to develop a drug and alcohol policy for staff.Images of packed and sweaty City...

    • Movers and shakers
    • The HR profession

    On the move: Jo Rigby, Ann Harper, Emma McCaulay

    by Tara Craig 12 Nov 2008
    by Tara Craig 12 Nov 2008

    Jo Rigby has been appointed HR director at the Manchester office of chartered accountants Beever and Struthers. She joins from General...

    • Careers in HR
    • Movers and shakers
    • The HR profession

    On the move: Jo Daubney, Jamie Sims, and Geoff Tranfield

    by Tara Craig 10 Nov 2008
    by Tara Craig 10 Nov 2008

    Jo Daubney has joined Young’s Seafood as HR director. Daubney joined from BSN Medical, where she was Western Europe HR...

    • Careers in HR
    • Movers and shakers
    • The HR profession

    Top job: John Athanasiou, director of people, Harper Collins Publishing

    by Tara Craig 10 Nov 2008
    by Tara Craig 10 Nov 2008

    Where were you working before, and what were your responsibilities?I have worked in various roles in either a generalist HR...

    • HR practice
    • Movers and shakers

    Top Job: Alison Mckenzie-Folan, head of people services, Wigan Council

    by Tara Craig 31 Oct 2008
    by Tara Craig 31 Oct 2008

    Where were you working before, and what were your responsibilities?
    I was at the Health and Safety Executive, as head...

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