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Job satisfaction and pride at work rose in 2008

Orc International's annual Employee Opinion Survey 2008 has just been published and it reveals 71% of employees are satisfied with working for their organisation, while 68% say they feel proud to work...

Companies fail to on-board new staff

Only 37% of staff provide an on-boarding programme for new staff. This is despite nearly three quarters (71%) of staff said they would like it, according to research by Enterprise Rent-A-Car.

Clients too optimistic about HR outsourcing savings

Data from more than 100 pan-European companies shows HR departments expect far greater cost savings from outsourcing than what they actually get.

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Staff who smoke cost UK business billions of pounds through sickness absence and lost productivity

Employees who smoke cost UK business up to 2.1 billion every year, according to the London School of Economics and NHS Smokefree.

What will the head office of the future look like?

Find out how to create and innovate a dynamic organisation that maximises people effectiveness and cost-efficiency at HR magazine's FREE breakfast briefing in association with Egremont Group on...

Rate of decline in job market has slowed down giving hope the worst is over

Further signs of green shoots have appeared as the job market deterioration slowed down in May, according to the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) and KPMG.

Jobseekers make a bigger effort to look smart for interviews

Looking good has become the main priority for jobseekers with more than a third of women and 24% of men spending one to two hours getting ready for job interviews.

A fifth of SMEs are breaching the Data Protection Act

Almost a fifth of businesses have unwittingly breached the Data Protection Act - and of those nearly half have done so several times.

Employees kept in the dark about their employer's expenses policy

Despite the role of workplace expenses finding its way into the media spotlight over the last month following MPs' expense scandals, 30% of employers do not make their expense policy available to...

HR magazine's 50 most influential HR practitioners and thinkers 2009

Our readers have spoken, and in the most in-depth investigation of its kind ever undertaken, have revealed who they consider to be the most influential names in HR in 2009. Sian Harrington examines...

Public sector: Talent management - No time to skirt tough decisions

As new head of the body representing public-sector HR managers, Gillian Hibberd is adamant higher pay is not the answer to recruiting and keeping talent. HR must be more inventive, she tells Peter...

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HR recruiters have taken pay cuts, suffered reduced hours and loss of benefits since start of recession

Almost a quarter (24%) of HR recruitment staff have taken a pay cut since the beginning of the recession, HR magazine has learned.