Jobseekers more likely to apply to big brands
Organisations with low brand awareness are likely to get overlooked by jobseekers, according to Glassdoor, with candidates 40% more likely...
Major investor takes stand on gender diversity on FTSE 350 boards
Legal & General Investment Management – one of the UK’s biggest investors in the stock market – has promised to...
An employee value proposition for the future of work – is HR ready?
As the ‘war for talent’ intensifies and organisations battle to stay ahead of digital transformation, HR strategies could hold the...
How to maintain company culture in an era of flexible work
If businesses are to accept the benefits of flexibility recommended by the Taylor Review, they need to be aware of...
Work hard, rest harder: should employers monitor rest time quality?
Worried about Brexit squeezing UK productivity? One solution could be monitoring the quality of employees’ rest time, writes Paul Dickinson....
UNLEASH 2018: HR professionals urged to embrace rather than fear change
If there was one consistent theme etched through this week’s UNLEASH conference (formerly HR Tech World) it was not to...
Why do so few staff feel their employer lives up to its brand?
New research shows that only 19% of employees globally think their experience of their employer matches up to the brand...
Talent management
HR needs to improve people analytics skills to gain credibility
HR’s attempts to adopt people analytics are “increasingly failing”, according to a global leadership survey published by DDI.
According to...
ODEON Cinemas stars in the Award for Talent Management category
We look at the achievements of the ODEON Cinemas Group in promoting talent and radically altering its selection, motivation and...
How to upskill existing employees and sharpen retention
In their Resourcing and Talent Planning Survey 2017 of over 1,000 HR professionals, the CIPD and Hays examined a range...
Managing change
BAE Systems lands Award for Managing Change
The defence and aerospace giant was victorious in the field for Managing Change at the Personnel Today Awards 2017. We...
Great Western Railway pulls in for HR Impact Award
We look at the changes made by Great Western Railway that helped it win the category and at the innovative...
How happiness helped Boundless grow in leaps and bounds
Teamwork and mindfulness at work helped rebrand membership club Boundless and transform its culture. CEO Carl Fillery, a speaker at...
Corporate social responsibility
Skills-based volunteering can boost employee engagement
With younger employees increasingly believing business should be a force for good, Bruce McCombie from Pilotlight looks at how skills-based...
How will millennial managers shape the future?
Millennial employees now dominate the workforce, and it won’t be long before they’re running those same organisations. So what can...
Attracting millennials: What businesses can learn from Labour and the Tories
After an unexpected election result and a fresh wave of scandals at Westminster, it’s not surprising that the millennial generation...
Outsourcing
University cleaners to strike against outsourcing
University cleaners, porters and receptionists are expected to walk out next month after a near unanimous vote in favour of...
How does TUPE apply when an employee asks to be transferred?
When a business or service is transferred outside the UK, affected employees often take redundancy. But what happens if an...
Corbyn vows to end public sector outsourcing
Jeremy Corbyn yesterday vowed to end public sector outsourcing in the wake of the collapse of support services giant Carillion....
