Sian Harrington

HR/Blastbeat talent-nurturing winners are Jack Morton and Axa

Global brand experience agency Jack Morton and healthcare company Axa PPP are the winners of HR magazine’s Blastbeat CSR competition.

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Where’s the talent?

The UK’s talent crisis has deepened, with employers having more difficulty filling vacant positions than at any time since 2007. According to a Manpower survey published today, more than half of...

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HR Excellence Awards 2011: The shortlist for the Most People-Focused CEO

Who do employees rate as the best leaders of their organisations? HR magazine reveals the shortlist for the Most People-Focused CEO in this year’s HR Excellence Awards.

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The shortlist for HR director of the year 2011

The 10 HR directors on our shortlist for this year’s HR Excellence Awards HR director of the year have risen to the challenges thrown at them over the past 12 months.

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HR v Marketing

Forget Noel, Angelina and Brad: let’s hear it for Paul Gallagher, James Jolie and Julie Pitt. Placed beside marketing, HR feels like the less famous sibling. Marketing is sexier, more famous, more...

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If HR doesn't add value, business will wrest control of the people agenda from HR

The role of chief human resource officer is being filled with people from marketing, operations or corporate law, if you are to believe a report by global executive search firm Heidrick & Struggles.

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Interview with Darren Hockaday, HR director of London Overground

Perhaps it was a childhood spent watching Ivor the Engine or just the love of seeing new places, but I have always rather enjoyed train journeys. So the opportunity to travel in the driver’s cab to...

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There is good and bad in the public sector. Both are also found in the private...

The public sector is clinging onto its best people with its fingertips. So says Graham White, who is HR director at Westminster City Council - and he is not the only one. Unprecedented cuts are...

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Julian Duxfield joins G4S Secure Solutions as HR director

Julian Duxfield moves to G4S Secure Solutions, the largest security solutions company in the UK and Ireland, as regional HR director.

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Government appoints Chris Last to head up its HR operations

Chris Last, HR director general at the Department for Work and Pensions, is to be the first head of government HR operations.

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Workers want employers to help them understand finance

Eight in 10 employers feel responsible for their employees’ financial security while three quarters of employees would value more help from their employer.

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How you can become the professional people go to…

Invariably in business, you come across an individual who stands out from the crowd. They are usually distinctive in their chosen profession and attractive to clients and work referrers, the ones...

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