The financial sector has taken a battering, yet many banking groups still top the list of places graduates want to work. Why have these brands have stayed indestructible?
How has e-learning evolved since the early days of 'video disks' and 'computer-based training'? Peter Crush delves into the past to see how golden oldies compare with what's on offer today.
Union learning representatives are helping to keep employers committed to training.
Navjot Singh is a hybrid. He is an HR person but he is also a marketer. The two functions may use different language, he says, but both are in the business of selling the brand.
HRD Scott Northcutt has ambitious plans to cultivate the delivery firm's management talent - but that doesn't mean fast-tracking. As he tells Peter Crush, there's no substitute for years of service.
Despite the Government currently legislating that firms need to invest in preventive health and absence management policies, it seems most businesses still only deal with absence after it happens.
Disney is building its first candidate community to match jobseekers for current and future jobs by holding recruitment days at its head offices. Peter Crush joined one to see it in action.
Directors of talent from a variety of industry sectors debated the issue of talent in the recession. Peter Crush chaired. Sponsored by Sum Total
BT is offering some staff a year off as a sabbatical in return for a 75% pay cut in that year's pay.
It was exactly two years ago this month that the Government's ban on smoking in the workplace single-handedly presented companies with a zero-cost way of tacking staff ill-health.
Unilever is well aware of the business benefits of a healthy workforce. It should do - it is on its third initiative, a year-long pilot of health checks involving 2,000 staff.
Improved customer service could haul businesses out of recession, says Institute of Customer Service boss Jo Causon. And it's a great chance for HR to make its mark on staff training.
