Strategic HR

Can HR truly add value as a non-executive?

Just like we’ve had to demonstrate the value of HR internally, we also need to change the views of those recruiting NEDs

Taking a walk on the wild side with ZSL's HRD

When Fiona Evans joined ZSL disorder was rampant. But engagement, training, leadership and recruitment have been tamed

Bottom 20% of workforce "wasted"

There are too few alternative routes through education and into employment for school leavers today

Mentoring can help bridge the senior gender gap

Women make up only 27% of directors in the FTSE 100 and 23% in the FTSE 350

How long before real estate and HR merge?

The HR-CRE nexus will find ways to use workplace design as a stimulus for the kind of people their organisation seeks to recruit

HRD's pocket guide to... procurement

September's pocket guide will help you obtain the facts on procurement

Top tips for choosing a CSR partner

Finding a charity partner can often be unfamiliar, unchartered territory for organisations

Poor health could obstruct later life working

Half of older employees fear work will become detrimental to their health

The significance of relationships and rituals at work

The meaning employees attach to established routines and rituals can be sorely underappreciated

Ethnic minority leaders face prejudice

Just 2% of companies surveyed were meeting their ethnic minority board representation targets

Ignoring 'best practice' in favour of common sense

Others may still follow best practice but I believe that we have gained a lot by breaking the rules

Graduates willing to back out of job offers

Almost a third of those seeking placements have already withdrawn from an offer