Peter Crush

Companies fail to on-board new staff

Only 37% of staff provide an on-boarding programme for new staff. This is despite nearly three quarters (71%) of staff said they would like it, according to research by Enterprise Rent-A-Car.

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Women more analytical than men in building their own careers, but not when it comes to others

A day after The Apprentice's all-female final, workplace psychologist OPP has revealed it is women who make better career decisions than men - but only when it comes to themselves.

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Desperate jobseekers consider a complete career change

Finding a job has become so tough, 28% of jobseekers say they would change their career just to secure employment.

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HR salaries see double digit rises

While many industries are slashing staff wages, the salaries of HR professionals actually rose by an average of 2.5-3.5% in the last year, with some rising by more than 20%.

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UK staff waste less time social networking at work than thought

UK employees spend just 44 minutes per week on social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter - far less than previously reported.

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Interview with Tanith Dodge, HR director at Marks & Spencer

When Tanith Dodge joined Marks & Spencer early last year it was at the peak of its revival. Now HR too has a new look - modelled along centralisation and business partner lines.

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Ambition 2020 - UK runs risk of an overskilled population

Mike Campbell, director of research and policy at UKCES, says businesses must create more highly skilled jobs as the number of skilled people soars.

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Collaboration: Learn from an organisation in the same sector as your own

Where better to learn than from an organisation that's in the same business? Companies are beginning to see the value in sharing information and ways of doing things. Peter Crush reports.

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British workers have the most hard-to-find skill sets but they are not using their talents

Two thirds of British workers with specialist skills do not use them in their professional lives, according to research by Oxford Intelligence.

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HR staff lead the way in feeling undervalued at work

More than one third (38%) of employees feel undervalued at work, while one in 10 is convinced their employer sees them as easily replaceable, according to the latest Badenoch & Clark Employment Study.

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Private Health Partnership acquires Healthcare Matters

Health and wellbeing consulting and brokerage firm, Private Health Partnership (PHP) has acquired Dorchester-based Healthcare Matters.

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Investors in People introduces extra bronze, silver and gold standards

Investors in People (IiP) has today announced a radical shake-up of its assessment process, in a move that sees it introduce extra bronze, silver and gold standards for high achievers and morph into a...

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