The HR profession

Jo Daubney has joined Young’s Seafood as HR director. Daubney joined from BSN Medical, where she was Western Europe HR...

Where were you working before, and what were your responsibilities?I have worked in various roles in either a generalist HR...

When I began my first line management role, I had a mentor, Roger, who was quite senior in the organisation....

HR blunders were partly to blame for staff fraud and theft, costing government departments £4.3m last year.An official study out...

Microsoft has appointed the respected former Toyota HR chief, Sarah Fisher, to lead its UK people management department.Fisher joins Microsoft...

This award recognises effective approaches to the selection, recruitment and retention of employees at all levels.
Entries provided evidence of...

Where were you working before, and what were your responsibilities?
I was at the Health and Safety Executive, as head...

Helen Jarvis has joined Challinors as their first HR director, having previously been HR manager at Fraser Brown. Jarvis will...

Avoiding employment tribunals and embracing flexible working are the biggest challenges for HR professionals in the upcoming recession, a senior...

Former CIPD chief Geoff Armstrong was paid a total of £428,000 in his final year in charge – £85,000 more...

What is it like to be declared one of the Best Places to Work in HR? Some of this year’s...

‘Let’s sit down and have a nice cup of tea’, or words to that effect, seems to be the reaction...

Virginia Matthews finds out what it takes to be a Best Place to Work.“I did an assessment centre dressed as...

Nigel Perks has joined BT as chief HR officer, BT Global Services. He was previously group HR director at Logica...

HR director, people & culture UK, Clydesdale & Yorkshire Banks (part of the National Australia Group)