The public and third sectors, once viewed as private industry's poor relations, started to look like havens from the recession - but making the move from business can be a culture shock.

When it comes to filling vacancies, employees whose talents may have been overlooked can often be a better and more cost-effective bet than external candidates, writes Steve Hemsley.

What are the talent concerns facing some of the UK's largest organisations in the current climate? Stephen Hoare spoke to eight HRDs about the issues that keep them awake at night.

Redundancy, re-engineering, re-structuring - whatever the latest buzz word - HR departments are all too familiar with the cold, hard facts of making organisational change and its aftermath.

Utopia for a business owner is when employees are driven, engaged, skilled, fairly compensated and successful. It is when workers unite as a team in shared values and behaviours and the productivity...

The Co-operative Group has joined forces with the National Council for Work Experience (NCWE) to develop a new student work placement programme.

Taleo has launched an online talent community to allow employers and jobseekers to collaborate on talent management issues via social networking.

HR is in danger of training staff not to think by over-managing talent and implementing "ridiculous" policies.

HR magazine held a round-table discussion to investigate the role talent is playing in a recession and the challenges faced by senior HR professionals, sponsored by Sum Total.

The Government has confirmed UK's first workplace parking levy will come into effect in Nottingham in 2012, meaning employees will have to pay up to 350 per year to ensure a space.

Directors of talent from a variety of industry sectors debated the issue of talent in the recession. Peter Crush chaired. Sponsored by Sum Total

Renewable and energy efficient technology developer, Ener-G, has launched a careers programme designed to turn its engineering graduates into the senior executives of tomorrow.