The online threats faced by HR departments

Typically, HR departments are privy to a company’s most sensitive information, be it private details about individual employees ranging from their personal information and insight on their financial...

Talent and technology at Daily Mail & General Trust

Think about the last time you read the news. Did you buy a newspaper? Were you browsing the internet at work, on your tablet at home or on your mobile on the go? Or was it through a link that someone...

Employees spend up to half the working day surfing the internet for personal use, says K3 Managed Services

Around 14% of the UK workforce spend almost half of their time on the Internet for personal use, according to research published by networking and communications company K3 Managed Services.

IT sector created more than 1 million jobs in 2012, says Adzuna

The growth in smartphone apps, tablets and online shopping has led to a 'boom year' for IT jobs, with more than one million specialist roles advertised in the sector, according to a report published...

Healthy competition for British technical talent will help raise standards for workers in the technology sector, says GCS

Technology and Financial Services recruiter GCS has published a report, which offers some interesting insights into the thoughts of employers, permanent workers and contractors within the technology...

Social networking and web conferencing are commonplace but organisations are no longer in charge of the tools people use

Living in the iPad, Twitter and texting world, nobody can be unaware of the power of contemporary technology. Theodore George Paraskevakos first patented the concept of combining intelligence, data...

HR magazine launches unique TV channel

Today sees the launch of HRTV, a video website curated by HR magazine.

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Europe's largest HRO providers call for a new approach to 'procurement driven' tender process

A debate last week from over 250 HR professionals highlighted an urgent need for organisations to review the tender process when selecting an HR outsourcing (HRO) provider, paying particular attention...

Web based evidence on social media

Social media and web based communication has become part of our daily lives, both personally and professionally and the speed at which dialogue is exchanged and the range of content shared means that...

Business needs to focus on cyber security threat, says KPMG

Senior management in British businesses are not taking the threat to cyber security seriously enough, despite increasing publicity about online security breaches in some of the world's largest...

Firms understand the need for work anywhere anytime culture, but have yet to deploy technology to support it, says research

Businesses understand the importance of flexible working but aren't supporting this with technology, according to research published today by IT provider Computacenter.

Think afresh to reach 'pactive' talent, recruiters told

Companies are underselling their brand and overlooking both 'passive' and active job candidates, by use of outdated recruitment methods.