The HR profession

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

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...

Mandy Coalter has been appointed director of HR and organisational development at Heart of England NHS Foundation Hospital Trust in...

Sheila Murphy, HR manager, Fredericks Dairies

I graduated from university nearly two years ago and have been trying to get into HR ever since. The closest I have got is my current role, where I work as a recruitment co-ordinator for a recruitment agency. Can you offer any advice as to where to look for experience directly in HR - either paid or unpaid? I do have the transferable skills but companies seem reluctant to take me on, even at an administrator level.

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