The Public Sector People Managers' Association (PPMA) has hit back at claims that the sector is wielding its axe at frontline services rather than reducing bureaucracy.

The Government should focus on supporting export competitiveness through improving skills levels and providing incentives to invest, according to a report released today by the Ernst & Young Item...

Employees in the public sector are feeling the pressure of the Government's spending cuts, with more than one in three thinking it is likely they will lose their job and seven in 10 having had their...

JJB Sports and Barclaycard are the latest companies to announce restructuring plans likely to result in major job losses.

Increasing numbers of jobseekers are resorting to fabricating their CVs in order to find work, according to background screening company Kroll Background Worldwide.

HR needs to develop its skills at understanding the future if it is to provide value to the business, Lynda Gratton, professor of management practice at London Business School, told delegates at the...

People should stop talking about recession and cuts and start talking positively about the future, Oracle's vice president HR (EMEA) Vance Kearney said today.

Down at the level of local NGOs and faith-based bodies, what is HR in Africa like? I went out to work in a Church of Uganda hospital in rural Uganda in 2008 and recently returned. Though quite remote,...

When times get tough, the tough get going, but HR is receiving little thanks for its efforts in recession. A major survey shows a marked deterioration in (non-HR) line managers' estimations of HR,...

A reduction in government funding that enables UK students to study abroad could damage the economy by reducing language skills, according to a recruitment specialist.

Major Players won with the Agency of the Year Award at the inaugural Marketing and Advertising Recruitment Awards last week.

Impending regulation has induced salary increases of up to 50% for IT workers in the insurance sector.