Features

img

Placement and internship schemes are becoming a key pipeline for drawing in top graduate talent

Oliver Sidwell, 03 Dec 2012

The placement and internship market has matured exponentially over the past five years with wages, as...

img

Applying sports psychology to business

Adrian Moorhouse, 03 Dec 2012

Sport is, and always will be, a powerful metaphor for business. Fierce competition, winning by the smallest...

img

Mind the generation gap: how managers can engage with Gen Y

Penny de Valk, 30 Nov 2012

Just as you can’t choose your family, so you can’t always choose your colleagues – and the generation...

Will an agenda for change take hold?

Paula Whelan , 30 Nov 2012

Despite talk of Government intervention, it’s no secret that the Employment Tribunal system is struggling...

Changes to UK immigration rules announced

Peter Bryne, 29 Nov 2012

Organisations based in the UK who currently employ workers from outside the European Union, or may employ...

Engage for Success couldn't come at a better time for HR

Andy Philpott , 28 Nov 2012

At a point in the year when many of us in HR are deep in planning for 2013 and thinking about how we...

Web based evidence on social media

Graham Jackson, 27 Nov 2012

Social media and web based communication has become part of our daily lives, both personally and professionally...

Graduate employability: less finger pointing, more preparation

Alastair Creamer, 26 Nov 2012

We’re sleepwalking into a crisis. There is much talk of the ‘lost generation’ of frustrated, angry,...

RSA's Leading Insight

Sian Harrington, 23 Nov 2012

If an ability to deal with difficult people situations is a prerequisite for an HR director, then Vanessa...

Brand of Brothers – uniting HR and marketing

Hayley Brooksbank, 23 Nov 2012

A new job brings new perspectives. During my time as head of global brand at an HR consultancy firm,...

Key contractual considerations when promoting employees

Nicholas Robertson, 22 Nov 2012

You might think that, from an HR perspective, promoting an employee ought to be a low risk exercise....

HR departments are increasingly prioritising employee wellbeing

Jilly Forster, 21 Nov 2012

Wellbeing schemes are not new. But since they initially emerged much has changed. They have evolved from...

Small companies have an advantage: clients have direct access to people who do the work

John Fisher, 20 Nov 2012

Being a small company has its challenges, and FMI Group has had to overcome more than most. When our...

The workforce planning challenges of such large reductions in public-sector headcount are mind-blowing

Stephen Bevan , 20 Nov 2012

Len is a long-service civil servant five years off retirement. He works in IT. His department, like all...

Success in any young company is linked to a talented team

Katy Clough, 20 Nov 2012

The technology sector is one of the few to experience growth during the downturn, but recruitment remains...

Social networking: freedom of speech vs protection of legitimate business interests

Sarah Henchoz, 20 Nov 2012

The decision of the High Court in Smith vs Trafford Housing Trust – where a Christian demoted for Facebook...

Nothing succeeds like succession planning

Katie Jacobs, 19 Nov 2012

Naked photographs notwithstanding, 2012 has been a good year for the British royal family. A Diamond...

Should volunteers be protected from discrimination under European law?

Andy Williams, 16 Nov 2012

At present, any employee or worker working anywhere in the European Union is entitled to work without...

Trying to justify why a senior executive has received a large bonus package for delivering a drop in share price and negative growth will only damage your credibility.

Jack Downton , 15 Nov 2012

The disparity and perceived unfairness of directors receiving large salaries and bonus payments compared...

Employing migrant workers: A checklist for compliance

Ilda de Sousa, 14 Nov 2012

Supermarket giant Tesco has recently been fined £115,000 for employing foreign students who were breaking...

MA Business & Leisure Limited © Copyright 2013, All Rights Reserved