Amaury Houdart joins Steria Group as HRD

Amaury Houdart has become director of HR for Steria Group, a European IT-enabled business services provider.

Liverpool Community Health appoints Michelle Porteus as director of HR

Michelle Porteus has joined Liverpool Community Health (LCH) NHS Trust’s board, as director of HR

HR salaries and vacancies both on the rise according to Badenoch & Clark

Permanent vacancies have 1.55% month on month to 1,967 and permanent salaries up 0.08% on average, according to the Talent Spotlight Report from Badenoch & Clark.

Discovery is seeing what everyone else has seen – but thinking what no one else has thought

In 1899, Charles Duell, the US Patent Office commissioner, was predicting the demise of his organisation because, in his view, every human and organisational need had already been addressed by the...

Exclusive interview with Gina Qiao, senior VP HR at Lenovo

Until I met Gina Qiao (pictured), senior vice president human resources at Chinese PC superbrand, Lenovo, I was secretly pleased with HR magazine’s burgeoning Twitter following (some 25,300 and...

The value of HR – how to get in the driving seat at board level

HR is no bigger or smaller than any other organisational function.

Accountancy firm HRD spearheads HR consultancy initiative

Menzies, the accountancy firm, has launched an HR consultancy to provide advice to employers and the initiative will be spearheaded by the company's own HR director.

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.

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