Strategic HR

Top talent alone won't guarantee success

Humility and continual evaluation are vital to organisational success, said Matthew Syed at TREC 2017

Incorporating flexible working into your recruitment strategy

It’s vital to break down the perception that flexible working is linked to lower levels of employee commitment

Is the HR blogosphere on a collision course with HR practice?

HR bloggers are competing with mainstream HR experts in the endless search for answers to workplace challenges

Firms failing to make the right hire for two out of five roles

REC finds the costs associated with hiring the wrong person can be three times the hire's salary

No immigration clarity from Queen's Speech

Few details were forthcoming on an immigration Bill, workers' rights or corporate governance

Health and wellbeing: Don't go for low-hanging fruit

The most popular H&W initiatives risk leaving many people behind and missing the point

Anchoring the shift in mindset

Anchors hold our attention in the sea of consciousness and help us to focus on desirable thinking patterns

Building a holistic wellbeing strategy

There are many factors that add up to a holistic H&W strategy, including mental and financial health

Is the apprenticeship levy the end for grad programmes?

Apprenticeships can provide the training that has been used to smooth over graduates' rough edges

Workers concerned about discrimination

Many believe that diversity and inclusion are not high on their employers’ agendas

Parents suffer poor work/life balance

Forty-one per cent of the UK parents surveyed do extra hours all the time or often

L&D professionals have an important contribution

Learning and development professionals have an important contribution to make in this new and difficult climate