Careers in HR

Where were you working before and what were your duties?I was head of human resources (HR) at Abbey, responsible for the manufacturing...

Hotel group De Vere Deluxe has appointed Kellie Rixon as people development director. Rixon will develop a new employee induction...

Jackie Orme said it was a “great honour” to be appointed the new chief executive of the Chartered Institute of...

Where were you working before, and what were your duties?I was HR director at Scottish Power, where I was responsible...

Why do human resources (HR) professionals tolerate a general lack of respect from the rest of the business? ‘Making HR a...

What is human resources (HR) so afraid of, that it jealously guards its professional qualifications as a minimum standard for...

Several senior HR posts are up for grabs at the National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA), the public body created to...

More than three employees per week have walked out of the National Policing Improvement Agency since its launch six months...

Linda Holbeche says the profession could be more strategic, once it has mastered the basics.

Directories company Yell has appointed Nikki Hood as head of learning and development. Her role will be to manage the...

Where were you working before and what were your duties?I was an HR manager for Croydon Council, setting up an...

Hamish Davidson, one of the UK’s higher-profile headhunters, is set to reveal his secrets for securing your dream job at...

To be a successful human resources professional in the future, HR practitioners will need to gain experience of working across...

Now is the time for human resources professionals to prove they can lead on diversity, rather than have it taken...

A leading civil service HR director has warned of difficult times ahead for the public sector as it faces up...