The HR profession

HR-related and specific courses: MA Human Resource Management (full-time over one year). The Durham MBA core programme includes ‘Managing People’...

Mike Cutt, the outgoing HR director at B&Q, has said he is leaving a business "more true to its values and more focused on its customers" after five years in the job

Jacqui Macdonald has joined global pharmaceutical firm AstraZeneca as HR business partner. She joins from GlaxoSmithKline where she was UK...

Recruiting a new chief executive is always a tough task. But, with the help of a business psychologist firm, the Learning and Skills Council's HR team made the right decision. Alex Blyth reports

Dominic Mellonie, Lynette Brown, Paul Hepworth and Veronica Wheatley are on the move

Award profile: This category rewards employer achievement in attracting and retaining graduates. It recognises best practice where employers have shown innovation in recruiting and managing degree-level qualified individuals in line with organisational goals. The judge also looked for evidence of the contribution graduates make to the whole organisation. Graduate Prospects has been bringing graduates and recruiters together for more than 30 years. Its award-winning website attracts in excess of 465,000 users each month and it publishes the Prospects Directory.

Outgoing B&Q HR director, Mike Cutt, said he was leaving a business “more true to its values and more focused on its customers” after five years in the job.

Whitbread promotes Maria Horn to HR director of its Costa Coffee division

Big moves in three industry sectors

Equal pay deal U-turn Aberdeen City Council has avoided industrial action by doing a U-turn and conceding to union demands...

As the nights draw in and the seasons change once again, I find myself reflecting on how HR has evolved...

Award profile: Fujitsu Services and Baxter Neumann work in collaboration on HR shared services and HR outsourcing projects. Fujitsu Services...

Margaret Kubicek assesses the enduring appeal of Ken Blanchard, who wrote The One-Minute Manager more than two decades ago

Giles Cockman, European learning and development adviser at automotive aftermarket supplier Kent Europe, explains how he deploys coaching and mentoring

A spate of new codes and standards are emerging in the coaching industry in a bid to put it on a more professional footing. Guy Sheppard examines whether the result is likely to cause more confusion for buyers