Nurture entrepreneurial flair or lose top talent, study shows

Employers risk losing their most talented workers if they fail to embrace their ideas and innovations, research by cosmetics company L’Oreal UK and Ireland has revealed.

Older workers help avoid skills crisis, report finds

Older workers could help solve an imminent skills shortage if organisations learn to embrace their ageing workforces, research has shown.

Employers urged to look beyond 'top talent' when hiring graduates

Graduate recruiters need to look beyond top talent and access a broader range of candidates, which can help drive long-term business performance, according to research published today from talent...

Can HR ever really be strategic?

Can HR ever really be strategic? It’s a question I have pondered over the seven years I have edited HR magazine.

Older workers key to managing skills shortage

EXCLUSIVE: British employers are not planning to adapt their HR policies to accommodate a greying workforce despite an imminent skills shortage, a report by Talentsmoothie, in association with HR...

Longer careers likely to cause generational tensions: KPMG study

Nearly half of the UK’s youngest workers believe the prolonged presence of older colleagues hampers their career progression and could damage productivity, a KPMG study has found.

Harvey Nichols' people management secrets

Overseeing seven UK stores and 15 overseas, it is Monica Goitiandia’s role to keep Harvey Nichols’ staff happy in their work, wherever they are based and whatever their ambitions. She explains the...

War for talent increases threefold, CIPD survey finds

The number of employers reporting an increase in competition for top talent has risen threefold since 2009, research released today by the CIPD has revealed.

UK faces talent exodus as economic outlook improves, Hay Group research reveals

UK employers face a rising talent exodus as economic and labour market conditions improve, according to a study from global management consultancy, Hay Group.

Employers not doing enough to 'fuel growth', research finds

Employers are placing too much emphasis on cost reduction and not enough importance on initiatives to fuel growth, according to research from transformation consultancy Moorhouse.

Skills shortages will always exist as we're unaware of "the next big thing", says Sky people director

There will always be skills shortages in the UK as long as innovation is driving change, because we don’t know what the "next big thing" is going to be, Deborah Baker, people director at broadcasting...

Increase in the world's top talent moving to the UK, study finds

The UK is the second most attractive country in the world, after the United States, for high-flying professionals to move to.