Outplacement services help boost a companys reputation for existing members of staff according to a survey by coaching and outplacement provider Mason Finch.
The qualifications candidates list on their CVs give no indication of how they will act in the job. Recruiters want a more rounded picture before they select for interview.
Adrienne McFarland wants Sage to be on the Most Admired and Best Companies to Work For lists. After a year in the HRD job at the payroll software firm, her goal looks within grasp.
Is virtual worlds learning a fad or is it better than the real thing? HR magazine asked the UK's top virtual worlds experts to leave their avatars behind and join a real discussion to debate the...
It seems you cant make a silk purse from a sows ear. Virtual Worlds learning the technique that is supposed to sound the death-knell for old-school chalk n talk classrooms by beaming learners into...
Rotary International's new CEO, Annemarie Harte, is excited by the explosion of corporate interest in volunteering but admits her organisation needs updating. Peter Crush reports.
For a telecoms company Cable & Wireless hasn't been very good at communicating with its own workforce - a situation HR boss Colm Coffey is well on his way to transforming. Peter Crush finds out how.
The number of corporate-run volunteering schemes has risen along with the importance of CSR on the business agenda. So are employers doing it for the right reasons?
Managements use of e-learning has surged in the last 12 months according to research launched this morning at the Chartered Management Institutes Annual Conference in Birmingham.
This week HR directors are being urged to ask how they can improve the customer interaction skills of staff, as the Institute of Customer Service launches National Customer Service Week (6-11 October)...
UK unemployment figures could go back to more than two million for the first time in 20 years, according to predictions from the British Chamber of Commerce (BCC).
Average pay rises in the past six months stabilised at 3.8% according to figures released today by IDS Pay Databank.
