The HR profession

A story about highly paid roadworkers went from the ridiculous to the farcical last week when the HR professional at...

I’m an HR assistant with two years’ experience in healthcare and an MA in HRM, and I am currently studying...

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,...

Next week if you’re lucky – or have drawn the short straw, depending on how you look at it –...

What is your new role?
Earlier this year, I was appointed as HR director at SITEL, with responsibility for HR...

Helen Sweeney has been appointed group HR director at building services company NG Bailey. She joins the firm from Co-operative...

I read with interest your article on the struggle people face trying to get into the HR profession (Personnel Today,...

I read your article ‘Moving On Up’ (Personnel Today, 12 September) with growing frustration.Going into HR without spending time in...

Award profile This award recognises HR teams that have demonstrated they have achieved genuine strategic status within their organisations. Entries...

Rarely do I get motivated to write a letter to a magazine. But Paul Robertson-Marriott’s whine about the Department of...

IT supplier Aveva has appointed Hilary Wright as head of group HR. Wright will lead Aveva’s regional HR teams, implementing...

I am an HR generalist working for a medium-sized publishing company, and have been involved in negotiating pay deals with...

What is your new role?My job title is programme manager, Everyone is Welcome at Tesco. I head up the work...

Many HR professionals sharpening their pencils for further study this autumn will be contemplating the following question: to MBA, or...