Beckett Frith

Parents concerned by lack of career advice

Parents feel careers advice in schools is too focused on academia, and children do not receive enough of it

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Low-paid parents struggling to balance work and childcare

TUC general secretary Frances O’Grady said employers need to better support working parents

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HR future leader of the month: Kevin Lyons

HR magazine speaks to the future leaders of the function about what they think will shape it

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Staff look to employers for healthcare

Workers are increasingly turning to their employers to fund services that may not be quickly available on the NHS

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Older workers taking more work experience opportunities

Around 57,000 workers over the age of 50 have benefited from work experience since 2011

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Employees sacrifice wellbeing for company productivity

Research seen exclusively by HR magazine suggests businesses are not taking wellbeing seriously

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Streamlining global recruitment at Serco

Serco simplified and improved the mammoth task of hiring up to 20,000 people a year globally

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Government introduces new corporate reforms

All of the UK's listed companies will be required to annually publish and justify their CEO to worker pay ratios

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Workers see retraining as their responsibility

Three in five (62%) said they are willing to learn a new skill to stay employable

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Older workers unhappier at work

Older staff are less likely to view their colleagues as friends and more likely to feel under-appreciated

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English education lags behind other countries

As GCSE students receive their results, the Education Policy Institute warns English pupils are falling behind on maths and language skills

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Young people's soft skills highly valued by employers

95% of employers regard soft skills as equally or more important than exam results

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