Opinion

With all the discussion about business partners and HR becoming more strategic, there are three things that strike me.
First, the...

The question most people want answered when they join an organisation is: what are the career prospects? Up until now,...

The stubbornly high level of public sector sickness absence is really beginning to grate with me. To make matters worse,...

Philip Whiteman wants the Leitch skills review to give more power to sector skills councils' elbows.

The not-so secret diary of a training manager.This month's entries: HRM MBA and Excel hell.

In a country where media studies attracts five times more A-level entrants than German, it's hardly surprising that City bosses aren't too happy with the educational system and its outputs.

Here readers voice their views on articles published in Training & Coaching Today or on training issues generally. This month: call centres and diversity

Your article on HR careers (Personnel Today, 12 September) illustrates the importance of taking a planned approach to career development...

The damning Dignity at Work report cuts to the very heart of HR’s identity. It raises serious questions over whether...

Many column inches have been devoted to bemoaning the skills of young people today. But what of the skills of...

Picture the scene: middle manager, right side of 50, but with a face that no longer ‘fits’ with his employer...

Remember Mrs Merton, the spoof TV chat show hostess created by Caroline Aherne? One of her catchphrases was: “Let’s have...

Organisations embarking on an outsourcing process must often feel they’re on a hiding to nothing. Not only are they tapping...

– I was interested to see your story on Amicus and the GMB fighting over equal pay claims regarding Amicus’...

How serious a ‘player’ are you really in your business? Are you involved in the decision-making process, or are you...