Katie Jacobs

Diversity takes fresh thinking by businesses, says top HR thinker

London Business School professor Lynda Gratton (pictured) has called diversity an “inevitable consequence of business strategy”.

News

Exclusive report: Line managers think HR is neglecting the 'small stuff'

Has HR been neglecting the ‘small stuff’ in its quest to take a more strategic seat at the conference table? That’s the view of the majority of line managers, according to the findings of Roffey Park...

Features

City Spotlight: Bristol

A pack of cards, a lemon and a spoon: probably not a set of objects most companies looking for their next hire would deem essential. But then Bristol-based Slingshot Effect isn’t most companies.

Features

HR Talks proves HR can be innovative

Delegates gathered in London yesterday for the first HR Talks event, a collaborative forum organised by HR magazine.

News

“Landscape of pay freezes and job insecurity” across homelessness and care sector, warns report

More than 80% of organisations from the homelessness and care sectors are concerned about pay freezes in the coming year, with more than a third from the social housing, homelessness and care sectors...

News

Manchester: A city of innovative ideas

In our fourth article exploring innovation, we return to Manchester and ask: is this the perfect home for organisations?

Features

UK unemployment down by 37,000, say latest ONS figures

According the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), unemployment fell by 37,000 in the three months to the end of November, with the total figure of those out of work standing...

News

5,000 jobs expected to go in MoD Army job cuts

About 5,000 job cuts will be announced by the Government today, in a third wave of military redundancies.

News

How to build an innovative company

Today is the start of a week long series on innovation. The first issue we look at is: how to build an innovative company.

Features

Businesses increasingly offering more than “cash and philanthropy” when it comes to CSR, forum hears

Multinational corporations are starting to play a core role in disaster response, but the process and HR planning that goes into these CSR activities cannot be overstated, delegates at the JustGiving...

News

HMV calls in the administrators: over 4,000 jobs at risk

Embattled music retailer HMV has gone into administration, putting 4,350 jobs at risk.

News

Talent and technology at Daily Mail & General Trust

Think about the last time you read the news. Did you buy a newspaper? Were you browsing the internet at work, on your tablet at home or on your mobile on the go? Or was it through a link that someone...

Features