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30 years in HR: How careers have changed and where they’re heading next (webinar)
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Five reasons why everyone is so busy – Tony Crabbe
Business psychologist Tony Crabbe looks at the impact of technological progress on our lives and provides five reasons why we...
Happy in HR? Job satisfaction in the department
They work long hours and more than half say they do not feel valued by their employer – yet more...
The implications of occupational health’s ageing workforce
As many OH professionals approach retirement, Nic Paton finds that there are too few younger nurses to replace them.Is OH...
Sharing best practice with a new occupational health group
A new group is bringing OH workers together with the aim of furthering their knowledge of workplace health. Stephen Haynes...
A minute with… Laura Hare, head of HR, Jagex Games Studio
How did you get into HR?
After completing a degree in marketing with business psychology, I wanted to pursue a...
What will the next 20 years bring for occupational health?
A report published in June on the role of OH over the next 20 years is already stimulating comment from...
How to start using data and evidence in HR
Evidence-based HR, the scientific approach to devising and implementing HR policies and practices, has gained traction over the past year....
Winning with workplace health in the Global Healthy Workplace Awards
The three winners of the Global Healthy Workplace Awards, sponsored by the Cigna Foundation, share an attribute: buy-in from senior...
Helping young people with autism into work
The National Autism Strategy aims to help all adults with autism into work. Kellie Nauls, project coordinator for the Moving...
Stepping up audit practice in occupational health
Five years ago, Dame Carol Black’s review of workplace health recommended that the occupational health profession raise its game. As...
Survival of the fittest: the NHS Health at Work Network
The new head of the NHS Health at Work Network faces many challenges amid a huge service shake-up.The NHS, we...
Occupational health included as key part of benefits pilot
The Government is to pilot schemes whereby people on sickness benefits have meetings with healthcare professionals, including occupational health nurses,...
Barclays appoints Irene McDermott Brown as group HR director
Irene McDermott Brown, pictured above, has been appointed as Barclays’ group human resources director, after nine months in the role as...
Tests and assessments: the right tools for the job?
Whether it is aptitude tests, Belbin, the nine-box grid or Myers-Briggs, HR professionals often find themselves facilitating cognitive or psychological assessments...
