CIPD to recruit new chief executive

The CIPD has launched a search to find a new chief executive.

Person in the news: Paula Jordan, HRD at McCarthy & Stone

As employers face a continuing period of economic uncertainty, it is those that lift their heads above the parapet that will survive and thrive – and McCarthy & Stone’s HR director, Paula Jordan...

CFA and CIPD develop higher apprenticeship in HR management

CFA and the CIPD have been successful in their bid for funding to develop a higher apprenticeship in HR management, as part of the £18.7 million Higher Apprenticeship fund announced by business...

Economic climate creates a 'new breed' of influential HR director, according to Penna research

HR directors have seen their influence increase over the past 12 months, suggesting that the economic climate has provided fertile ground for a new breed of HRD.

UK employers confident about growth in 2012, but recruitment looks less optimistic for HR staff, says Robert Half Index

Despite the uncertain economic outlook, almost three-quarters (72%) of UK executives are more confident about their company’s growth prospects compared with last year, according to the latest Robert...

A day in the life of an HR professional

Over half of HR professionals are happy in their jobs despite their biggest bugbear being computers and printers crashing, according to a study commissioned by Mars Drinks UK.

Features

HR transformation: what can you achieve if you think afresh?

As we enter a new year full of opportunities and challenges, will the HR glass be half full or half empty? One area in which HR can make huge strides through implementing HR transformational...

ILM appoints Charles Elvin as chief executive

The Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM) has appointed Charles Elvin (pictured) as its chief executive today (18 January 2012).

Interview with Helene Speight, group head of talent at Endava

If you put the name ‘Helene Speight’ into Google, you’ll be met with a barrage of news about Lord Alan Sugar’s television show, The Apprentice, where she came runner-up to the ‘reverse pterodactyl’...

Death of a quango: interview with Nick Gargan, CEO of the National Policing Improvement Agency

It is not every day the CEO of an organisation, soon to be closed, invites a journalist to lunch to talk about strategy, but a few weeks ago I received that very phone call from Nick Gargan...

Healthcare Locums appoints Lynette Eastman as chief people officer

Lynette Eastman has joined Healthcare Locums (HCL) Group as chief people officer.

Ashurst appoints Sasha Hardman as global HRD

Law firm Ashurst has appointed Sasha Hardman as its new global HR director