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Enter the dragon: interview with Duncan Bannatyne

Entrepreneur and Dragons' Den star Duncan Bannatyne is clear. HR people are essential: they know about people issues, but they don't need to know how the business works.

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Exclusive: PPMA urges constructive dialogue between trade unions, employers and staff

Public-sector HR directors have called for robust discussions between trade unions, employers and staff saying a focus should be on the 'total cost' of the public-sector pay bill not just the salary...

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Graduate recruitment fairs are still popular with students considering their future careers

In a time when most organisations feel that one of the main channels to appeal to and communicate with students is via technology students still favour graduate recruitment fairs and face-to-face...

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Equality Act: the Government outlines the main provisions

The Government has confirmed the provisions that will come into effect when the Equality Act is in place next Friday (1 October).

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Brits blame their jobs for relationship breakdowns

At least half of Brits blame their job for a past relationship breakdown, with a further 11% of these admitting that they have ended a relationship due to a work-related affair.

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Proposed centralised tax system would relieve employers of responsibility for calculating employees' tax

New proposals from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) could take the power to calculate employees' tax away from employers and give it to a centralised tax system.

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Half of generation Y plan career moves over the next year

Half of generation Y staff intend to leave their current employer within the year, new research claims.

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Training programme launched for gay leaders

A specialist training programme for senior lesbian, gay and bisexual leaders has been launched.

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Poor hygiene, grammar and dress sense scupper employment chances for jobseekers

More than two thirds of employers believe poor personal hygiene makes a person unemployable and this is closely followed by negative body language and poor speech and grammar new research shows.

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Grant Thornton trainees blog what it's like to work for the company

Grant Thornton has launched for trainees to tell job seekers what it is like to work at the accountancy firm, as part of its 'Telling it like it is' campaign.

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RBS appoints Elaine Arden as group head of HR

Elaine Arden has been appointed group head of HR at the Royal Bank of Scotland Group.

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CIPD recognised for the quality of it's defined contribution pension

The CIPD has been given the pensions industry's top mark of excellence for its staff pension scheme.

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