The HR profession

Geraldine Brammer, OH manager, Surrey Fire and Rescue

How to get into it... You will usually progress to this role through a more junior position such as HR officer or adviser, having gained experience and demonstrable knowledge of certain key areas

Director of HR and OD, Heart of England NHS Foundation Hospital Trust

Buddy schemes - where new recruits are provided with an informal mentor - are an increasingly common feature of the recruitment and induction process

Sara Williams and Joe Mann

While the story above shows the other side of the coin, Guru wants to make it clear that he isn’t one of those namby-pamby journalists who like to give both sides of the story

In recent weeks, Guru has been besieged by interview stories from hell, or thereabouts, all clamouring for his inadvertently established Workplace Weirdo Award 2006TM

OH nurse Nichola Elvy’s Building Health consultancy, which provides OH and safety services to the demolition and construction industries, has...

Pat Wash is a locum OH adviser with Cheviot Recruitment

This month's issue of Occupational Health is another step forward for the leading title in the OH field, with a bright new look and feel designed to inspire readers to rise to the opportunities of the new workplace health agenda

A month is a long time in HR. We look back at the highs and lows of May

Last week’s coverage of the shock survey by Cranfield University prompted some pretty horrified responses. How could it be that...

Arnold Wagner, Jayne Pellatt and Liz Cussans move into senior roles.

What is your new role?Head of HR at Action for Blind People, a national charity for blind and partially-sighted people.Where...

What you need to succeed… You are likely to be a graduate with a first degree – either in HR...