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Aspiring HR professionals need 'solid business grounding', says BBC HRD

Young people looking to enter the HR profession should first ensure they have a good understanding of business, according to BBC HR director Valerie Hughes-D'Aeth.

Embedding sustainable high performance

Benjamin Franklin is quoted as saying: “Nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes”. In a modern workplace, we can add another certainty: the need for managers and leaders to have...

Where does HR stand in NHS pay debate?

Strikes over public sector pay have hit the headlines recently, but is it still business as usual for HR practitioners in the NHS?

First British standard released for HR practice

The first HR standard has been released and the British Standards Institution wants HR professionals to contribute to the consultation.

Plumbing qualifications more employable than law degrees, say parents

More than half of parents (57%) rate young people with plumbing qualifications as "very employable", according to a report by City & Guilds and Edge Foundation.

‘Candidate confidence’ on the up as 61% of employees plan to move jobs

‘Candidate confidence’ is increasing, with 61% of employees saying they plan to move jobs in the next 12 months, according to recruiter Hays.

Businesses fail to track cost of overseas assignments

British companies are increasing the number of employees they send to work overseas but are not able to quantify the ROI, according to a report by PwC.

Rising to the occasion: How Greggs manages change

Greggs' HRD Roisin Currie may have found a winning recipe as the company goes through a difficult change programme that includes closing in-store bakeries.

Cheese: 'It's time to invest more in HR'

CIPD chief executive Peter Cheese has called on HR to professionalise and business to invest much more in the function.

CIPD 2014: Roundup of the first day

The whole HR magazine editorial team (editor Arvind Hickman, deputy editor Katie Jacobs and news reporter Hywel Roberts) are at the CIPD Annual Conference in Manchester. As well as the main stories on...

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The advantages of workforce management

It’s no secret: employees are expensive. The Human Capital Management Institute calculated the sum of employee salaries, hourly wages, overtime and indirect compensation at 70% of an organisation’s...

Whitepaper calls on HR professionals to embrace big data

HR professionals risk falling behind the curve if they do not use big data effectively, according to a report by talent and RPO specialists Cielo.