The HR profession

Does your organisation’s IT department enjoy a positive working environment? Does it encourage continued professional development and effective work-life balance?If...

I’m an interim manager with specialist skills in mergers and acquisitions (M&A). I have read that the pharmaceuticals industry in...

HR director for UK and Ireland electricals, DSG International

 I’ve recently joined a large, complex sales organisation in the newly created role of HR director. The senior management team...

Trade unions are not the enemy of your business – your own managers are, according to one of the UK’s...

Award profile: This award recognises the HR team's efforts in working with other functions as a business partner to achieve strategic goals. The judge looked for examples of specific projects where HR integrated well and co-operated effectively with IT, marketing, finance, or any other part of the organisation. Entries explained the nature and purpose of the project, who was involved, how and why, and provided evidence of the impact on the function itself, as well as the organisation.

What you need to succeed… The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development qualification and a thorough knowledge of employment law...

Gillian Forrest works at the sharp end of training management, helping develop and run courses for the credit and debt...

Gina Ramson-Williams has become group talent director, UK & Ireland, at marketing company Constituency Management Group. She was most recently...

The 40 most influential people in occupational health
Every month, Occupational Health covers the developments in workplace health which will...

Award profile  This award is for the HR director who demonstrated outstanding leadership. Entries explained the difference the HR director...

Many seasoned HR professionals started out in junior HR roles and worked their way up, but how easy is it to get into HR from other parts of the business? Nic Paton finds out.

Alison Hodgson; Robin Cooper and Clare Buxton

Head of HR, GE SeaCo Services

I'm a senior HR administrator and my partner has just had a baby. I would like to take a career break for three to six months. How will potential employers react to my time out of work?