Personal resilience: shaping the work experiences of today’s middle manager

Resilience: a word commonly cited in the media to describe certain adaptive behaviours and used when referring to those recovering from loss or illness, performance in endurance challenges, success in...

Augmented reality and HR – is it just a gimmick or does it have real utility?

Hold your phone over an image of Tottenham football players and a video will start to play showing highlights of a goal scored by Tottenham vs. Liverpool. How is this possible?

National Apprenticeships Week: Employers pledge to increase recruitment

British employers have pledged to increase apprenticeship recruitment, according to a study released on the final day of National Apprenticeships Week.

HR takes centre stage in UK apprenticeships campaign

The National Apprenticeship Service (NAS) has launched a UK wide marketing campaign to promote apprenticeships to employers, young people and parents across the country.

National Apprenticeships Week: Hilton extends chef Academy

Hilton Worldwide has unveiled plans to recruit 50 chefs to join its Chef Apprenticeship Academy, this year.

National Apprenticeships Week: BAE Systems creates 265 apprenticeship roles

BAE Systems has launched plans to recruit 265 engineering and business apprentices across its UK business in 2012 including 136 to work at its submarine building business in Barrow-in-Furness in...

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National Apprenticeships Week: vocational qualifications and apprenticeships are 'a great investment'

The economic downturn and rising costs of further education in the UK has done much to change attitudes towards vocational training in the UK and university is no longer regarded as the only route to...

National Apprenticeships Week: KFC introduces Level Two apprenticeship

As part of Apprenticeship Week 2012, restaurant chain KFC is to extend its national apprenticeships programme to more employees in 2012, by building on the success of its City & Guilds partnership and...

McDonald's kicks off Olympic volunteer training initiative

Training for the Olympic volunteers has got underway as 10,000 Games Makers decended upon Wembley Arena on Saturday, one of the training venues for the 32 orientation events.

Employer Skills Survey finds 13 million staff received no training last year

Unionlearn, the TUC’s learning and skills organisation, has condemned “shocking” statistics from the UK Employer Skills Survey showing that 41% of UK employers did not train any of their staff in...

National Apprenticeships Week: Starbucks launches its first UK apprenticeship scheme

At the start of National Apprenticeships Week, coffee chain Starbucks has unveiled plans to offer apprenticeships for the very first time to young people in England.

People 1st urges employers to improve customer service skills in preparation for London 2012

Today (Friday 27 January) marks six months until London hosts the 2012 Olympic Games (27th July - 12th August) and almost three quarters of business leaders believe the UK needs to improve its...