More employers plan to use social networking sites to research and screen job candidates

A growing number of employers are making use of social networking to screen candidates, with more than half using sites such as Twitter and Facebook as part of their recruitment strategy.

Telepresence technology transforms video-conferencing and cuts carbon emissions

In the past, video-conferencing has been notoriously problematic, most notably due to audio and visual delays that give a jerky picture and mean that when you crack a joke you'd better be prepared for...

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Greater risk of information security breaches from increased use of social networking and web mail at work

Over the past few years there has been a significant increase in the numbers of employees accessing instant messaging and web mail (such at Hotmail or Yahoo) and social networking sites (such as...

Psysoft - Assessment, Development and Psychometric Training

Psysoft works in partnership with organisations to help them recruit, retain and develop talented people. As an independent business psychology consultancy, we help you to identify the skills,...

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Croner launches Employment Assist

Delegates at Manchester's CIPD Conference saw the launch of a single IT HR solution that promises to streamline all HR operations into one single platform.

Truro and Penwith College streamlines its HR and payroll with web-enabled technology

Truro and Penwith College has implemented its web-enabled HR and payroll solution to deliver a deliver a more joined-up service for employees and allow staff to concentrate on supporting students.

Accor Services's new prepaid payroll card aims to make processing easier, faster and cheaper

Accor Services has launched a new electronic prepaid payroll card to enable employers to service employees with bank accounts and those without, as well as those on short-term temporary contracts,...

Saving Face (book): has the time come for HR to love social networking?

As an HR professional you might have spent the past few years trying to outlaw networking sites. But now is the time to embrace Web 2.0.

Mamas & Papas introduces online recruitment and talent management system to save time and money

Mamas & Papas has taken recruitment in-house and launched an online recruitment and talent management software solution to save costs and time when hiring new employees.

Councils in Clyde Valley collaborate on online staff learning for 100,000 employees

Eight Scottish councils have joined forces to create an e-learning platform for more than 100,000 staff.

HR can't provide the strategic data to help their businesses respond to the upturn

HR departments lack the tools they need to respond to an economic recovery, new research reveals.

Taleo's talent community lets employers collaborate on common problems and connect with jobseekers

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