One of my employees, who lives in a house-share with three other people, has requested a change to his working...
Recruitment & retention
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Jonathan Baume talks about the challenges of his third term as general secretary of senior civil servants' union the FDA.Continuing our series of interviews with influential figures from business and industry.
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Top job Bev Messinger Director of customer and workforce services, Coventry City Council Where were you working before and what were your duties? I...
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£3bn wage bill for London Olympics could rocket by 20% if Olympic Delivery Authority gives into union demands for direct employment
by Mike Berryby Mike BerryUnion demands for direct employment on the Olympic Games building project could send the £3bn wage bill rocketing by as much as...
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Online recruitment: how to make it more effective IRS has launched a survey to analyse how employers use online recruitment, the results...
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Female doctors are failing to reach their potential because the NHS’s commitment to flexible working schemes has waned, the UK’s...
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A huge training project is necessary to prepare central government line managers to do their jobs with a reduced budget,...
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US recruitment site Jobster has appointed recruitment process outsourcing provider Alexander Mann Solutions as its UK partner.Alexander Mann will be responsible for sales...
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The controversial Agency Workers Directive is back on the agenda under the Portuguese presidency of the EU, which began on 1 July.New...
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University of Bath develops English language tests for foreign healthcare professionals seeking work in UK
by Mike Berryby Mike BerryA university has developed a range of tests that evaluate the English language skills of foreign healthcare professionals seeking work...
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Ethics used to be the province of arcane university philosophy departments. Now you can’t move for them. What does it...
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Interim work for training and learning and development managers has grown in recent years and can pay well – if you...
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Psychometric tests have been around for decades, but it is largely in the past few years that employers have used...
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Director of HR and development, Health & Case Management (rehabilitation case management and employment services)
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Barclays and G4S are just two recent victims of bad press coverage broken by undercover journalists. So what can HR do? Background screening at the recruitment stage to help spot bogus CVs and references is one way of screening out potential troublemakers.