Two thirds of FTSE 100 engage with social media, with most preferring Twitter

Sixty-seven businesses in the FTSE 100 are actively engaging with social media, and prefer to use Twitter over Facebook according to a new study.

HR software may be in the clouds, but are our heads there too?

HR software as a service (SaaS}, accessible through the ‘cloud’, has certainly opened up access to HR technology. However, I’m not convinced that this really addressed our core HR challenges; have we...

Charity launches technology to ensure staff take all their holiday entitlement

The human rights organisation Christian Solidarity Worldwide has put technology in place to make sure its employees are taking their entitlements to holidays and days off.

Lack of measurement in return on investment could be damaging the reputation of HR within business, research reveals.

According to the Global Assessment Trends Report talent management firm SHL, less than half (48%) of HR staff in EMEA collect metrics to show the value of their HR investments in general.

Shell enlists IBM to provide automated training to 1,000 staff

Petrochemicals giant Shell has teamed up with IBM to change the way it the way it trains employees on its new automated system for loading fuel onto trucks, barges, trains and pipelines.

Government launches online health and safety resource

The Government has launched an online directory to help businesses find a health and safety consultant.

CERN launches automated video interviewing to recruit talent internationally

Scientific research centre, CERN, has launched an automated video interviewing tool to reduce recruitment delays and the costs associated with the sourcing of candidates from its 20 European Member...

Mental health charity puts HR power into the hands of employees and line managers

Mental health charity, Making Space, has launched a single platform to administer its talent management, workforce planning, HR and payroll, with a view to giving responsibility for HR tasks, in a bid...

Recruiters eschew social network tools

While social media has garnered attention as an effective and inexpensive marketing, business development and customer service tool, employers and workers may not yet be ready to adopt this technology...

Cheshire firm plumps for electronic workforce system

Manufacturer Brunner Mond, part of Tata Chemicals, is to roll out a new workforce management system across its two UK plants, which produce chemicals such as soda ash, sodium bicarbonate and calcium...

Alcatel-Lucent launches global performance management system to 70,000 staff

Telecommunications giant Alcatel-Lucent has launched a talent management and development programme for 70,000 staff across the globe.

Making the most of social networking for HR

Using the web for recruitment is now a given, not a maybe. So let’s briefly explore this new landscape and see how we can best tap into the power it brings.