The HR profession

The elite ‘super HR professionals’ who sit on the boards of big private sector organisations are earning an average base...

Geoff Armstrong is to retire as director general of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) in June 2008.By...

Gillian Alford has joined Royal Mail as head of industrial relations for the letters business.Alford has been the BBC’s head...

HR professionals in the Royal Navy have been rebranded ‘personnel logisticians’ from ‘writers’ in a bid to boost recruitment.
The...

HR consultancy Hewitt Associates has opened its first office in Russia.

The new Moscow office is to focus on HR consulting...

Personnel Today and Henley Management College have awarded Rachel Oliver, a partner at HR consultancy People Mechanics, an £18,000 bursary...

With the entries whittled down to half a dozen, the Henley team of judges felt that one applicant stood out.

Where were you working before and what were your duties?
My last job was strategic director of corporate services at...

IntroductionBefore considering what the key skills for HR practitioners in the future will be, it is essential to identify the...

Introduction – Business ContextTraditionally HR has been required to focus time and resources on transitional and operational services which has...

Much has been written and debated about the future of HR services. Many experts predict that HR will split in...

IntroductionIn order to establish which skills are required it is important to understand where the value needs to be added...

Customer contact centre beCogent has promoted HR director Jackie Lowe to the board of the Airdrie-based company. Lowe joined beCogent...

This award is aimed at HR teams that can demonstrate they have achieved genuine strategic status within their organisations.
Entries...

The Civil Service has recruited a record number of black and minority ethnic graduates onto its Fast Stream training and...