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    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
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    Diversity is bigger than human resources but HR still has crucial role

    by Personnel Today 1 Oct 2007
    by Personnel Today 1 Oct 2007

    I agree that diversity goes far wider than HR (Personnel Today, 21 August). It is integral to the full range...

    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
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    Human resources has a role in diversity but will not succeed in isolation

    by Personnel Today 1 Oct 2007
    by Personnel Today 1 Oct 2007

    Having just attended my organisation’s diversity steering group meeting, I have been reading with interest the debate regarding HR’s role...

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    • Sector Skills Councils

    Training is latest to benefit from EU money-go-round

    by Personnel Today 24 Sep 2007
    by Personnel Today 24 Sep 2007

    Work and Pensions Minister Mike O’Brien may welcome the news that the EU is to finance training schemes in the...

    • Education - further and higher
    • Letters
    • Recruitment & retention

    Financial awareness can improve UK productivity

    by Personnel Today 24 Sep 2007
    by Personnel Today 24 Sep 2007

    I am writing in response to the news story questioning the importance and role of employers in providing financial education...

    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
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    Diversity has to be a business-wide concern

    by Personnel Today 24 Sep 2007
    by Personnel Today 24 Sep 2007

    I wholeheartedly support taking diversity away from HR (‘Is diversity destined for a bigger role without HR?‘, Personnel Today, 21 August)....

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    • Race discrimination

    Positive discrimination: Positive contribution to the debate discovered online

    by Personnel Today 24 Sep 2007
    by Personnel Today 24 Sep 2007

    I’ve just discovered Tony Pettengell’s piece ‘Why positive discrimination is a positively stupid idea’ via a Google search, and wanted...

    • Age discrimination
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Letters

    Law will be an ass and not an asset if retirement age stays

    by Personnel Today 24 Sep 2007
    by Personnel Today 24 Sep 2007

    Despite the fuss about extra burdens that the Age Discrimination Regulations were feared to place on business, the regulations have...

    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Letters

    Study will address diversity issue

    by Personnel Today 20 Sep 2007
    by Personnel Today 20 Sep 2007

    Sir, Further to your recent articles quoting the LSC research into a professional association for diversity advisers and Trevor Phillips’...

    • Sickness absence
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    A GP’s job is to help and support employers

    by Personnel Today 18 Sep 2007
    by Personnel Today 18 Sep 2007

    What planet does Dr Peter Holden live on to say he would discourage GPs from spending extra time on the...

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    • The HR profession

    Gloucestershire’s HR glory makes public sector proud

    by Personnel Today 18 Sep 2007
    by Personnel Today 18 Sep 2007

    What a shame that the fantastic story of how HR at Gloucestershire County Council had helped mobilise an organisation in...

    • Candidate experience
    • Letters
    • Recruitment & retention

    Job candidates should be treated as individuals

    by Personnel Today 18 Sep 2007
    by Personnel Today 18 Sep 2007

    I was dismayed to read the recruitment interview advice to “try to put the same questions to each person in...

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    Training and coaching letters: reader response spot

    by Personnel Today 18 Sep 2007
    by Personnel Today 18 Sep 2007

    DRAMA AND TRAININGI remain unconvinced by the use of drama as a training tool that offers more than just entertainment...

    • Learning & development
    • Letters

    Government’s Train to Gain initiative is ‘most misguided’

    by Personnel Today 18 Sep 2007
    by Personnel Today 18 Sep 2007

    I read with interest the feedback given by Christopher Banks regarding the money being ‘wasted’ on the Learning and Skills...

    • Employee relations
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    • Letters

    Employee engagement is key to building successful teams

    by Personnel Today 10 Sep 2007
    by Personnel Today 10 Sep 2007

    Measuring employee engagement is one of the few ways a business can determine if its benefits packages, values and people...

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    • Learning & development
    • Letters

    E-learning proves to be a real benefit for workers

    by Personnel Today 10 Sep 2007
    by Personnel Today 10 Sep 2007

    I read your article on e-learning (Personnel Today, 24 July) with interest and I can confirm we are one of the...

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