London School of Business and Finance guarantees students a job after graduation

Students joining a new undergraduate programme at London School of Business and Finance (LSBF) will be guaranteed a graduate level, full-time position within six months of graduation.

Learning and development staff too busy to be strategic, survey finds

Seven out of 10 learning and development teams are too busy fire-fighting their day-to-day challenges to focus on the strategic talent and learning issues in their organisations, according to a survey...

Rating the rating scales: do they ‘meet expectations’?

Organisations spend inordinate amounts of time designing and redesigning rating scales, but the goal of achieving objective and equitable assessments continues to elude them.

Line managers need guidance so they can effectively communicate with employees

There were some interesting nuggets in among the expected in the latest CIPD survey on pay. A desire to increase pay and benefits has become the main reason that employees want to change jobs, the...

Civil Service ineffectual training wastes £275 million, says National Audit Office

Last month, says Kevin Beales, a Government report ‘exposed’ the estimated £275 million wasted on ineffectual training courses by the Civil Service. The National Audit Office estimated that hundreds...

HR must champion customer service to help UK profit from Olympics and beyond

It is our hope that London 2012 acts as a catalyst for a renaissance in customer service standards in the UK, writes Sharon Glancy.

HR is dead, long live OD – or why organisational development may be all that’s left for in-house HR

Outsourced HR has often suffered a bad press – and for a variety of reasons.

School's out: why business has a crucial role to play in education

It’s the Big Society in action: Tina Clark, PA to Andrew Likierman, dean of the London Business School, has been acting as a mentor to Haverstock Hill Comprehensive sixth-former Kerry Drew, in the...

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Hollyoaks' production company launches volunteering scheme for employees

The stars of Hollyoaks have launched a new volunteering scheme today for the soap’s production house, Lime Pictures, which will allow them to volunteer their time to local charity and community work.

Bank of America Europe Card Services receives accreditiation for skills strategy

Bank of America Europe Card Services has become the first UK credit card lender to receive accreditation from the National Skills Academy for Financial Services for the in-house training it offers to...

Network Rail apprentices hit ground running, after year with the Navy

Nearly 200 apprentices have started work at Network Rail depots across Britain after completing their first year at Europe’s largest engineering training facility at HMS Sultan in Hampshire.

Government moves up a gear on employer-led projects to deliver skills and growth

The Government has given its backing for employer led projects to deliver the skills for growth in sectors ranging from healthcare to nuclear manufacturing.