Dealing with job losses in all areas of a business and managing the negative press that come with it is something that would be a challenge to any HR director. It is unfortunately a challenge Mark...
One of the biggest news stories of 2012 came in October courtesy of a television expose on the activities of a famous 1970s light entertainer. Stories around the TV figure’s “darker side” have since...
With six in 10 businesses in the UK reporting that they are being 'held back' by a shortage of skilled employees, HR magazine asked Karen Beavan (pictured) HR director at River Island, for her...
Despite a surplus of job applicants and high levels of unemployment, many companies are having difficulties finding employees with the right skills to fill vacancies. This has created what some...
Caroline Waters, director of people and policy at BT and one of HR’s Most Influential Practitioners 2012, is to step down after 34 years at the company to take up a portfolio career.
After 25 years of experience in HR and business operational roles, John Wrighthouse has been appointed HR director at home emergency repairs firm HomeServe. Attempting to reposition the entire...
Jackson was previously employed as the head of HR for the Scottish Ambulance Service. In this role he was responsible for leading a similar range of HR-related functions for a comparably sized...
His might not be the usual HR career path: from frontline corporate sales to general management and finally chief people officer. But then Jeremy Campbell does know a thing or two about HR, having...
Two weeks ago, travel agent Thomson suffered every businesses customer service nightmare.
December 2012 is the end of an epic sporting year for Britain. In the world of business, it seems that no awards ceremony or black-tie dinner is complete without a token Olympian to sprinkle a little...
HR director of payroll services firm Ceridian believes many organisations face difficulty balancing the need for a lean cost base with the requirements to retain top talent.
Almost 100 years ago, scientist Albert Einstein identified the three great forces that drove the universe as “stupidity, fear and greed”. And 25 years ago, Hollywood character Gordon Gekko in Wall...
