Ian Powell, chairman and senior partner at professional services firm PwC (formerly PricewaterhouseCoopers), has such an easy-going nature associates feel he would be happy to do nothing but sit and...
Since 2008, Catherine Taylor has transformed an outdated function that was being considered a candidate for outsourcing – and that operated the practices of old ‘personnel’ – into a truly integrated...
In an environment of redundancies, pay freezes and lack of bonuses, RS Components launched its total reward benefit scheme to keep employee engagement at its peak. In short, the company set out to let...
When tyre retailer ATS Euromaster made the decision to close 80 of its 460 centres, it put HR in the hot seat, deciding if the decisions were communicated effectively to staff, everything else would...
Marius Frank, CEO of curriculum development organisation ASDAN, has only been in the role since September 2010, but has been with the internationally recognised awarding body for five years as a...
Consultancy Capgemini employs more than 100,000 people across the world – so a robust talent management strategy is vital to attract, retain and grow the best people for the business.
As many as 7.6 million British workers are willing to move overseas to improve their job prospects, recent research by leading employee engagement researchers, GfK NOP Engage, reveals.
Building contracting firm Wates has kept its mantra, ‘above all, it’s about people’, close to its learning and development strategy – even when the external market environment in its sector has been...
Company bosses including those working within the chief executive or managing director’s offices are increasingly committing more fraud, according to a global KPMG survey.
HR professionals consider social mobility to be important for society, with sizeable numbers offering internships and apprenticeship schemes to candidates from diverse pools - although most do not...
Volunteering helps young people develop the skills and confidence that improve their chances of getting a job, new research by the Institute for Employment Studies shows.
Low pension scheme membership by employees in low-income brackets is affecting how they will live when they retire.
