HR professionals optimistic that training will be recognised as important for the recovery

Nine out of 10 HR staff are still confident training will be vital in planning for recovery in 2010.

'Work pairings' are Tory Party's answer to young people who have no jobs or experience

The Conservative Party will create 'work-pairings' to allow young people to gain business experience while keeping their benefits, and will create 400,000 apprenticeships and training places to tackle...

Employers and teachers must learn to share their approaches to people development

Having built a successful career in marketing, a friend of mine decided a year or so ago to retrain as a teacher.

HR can lead the way in encouraging entrepreneurial leaders

As an organisation how can you gain competitive edge? In particular, now when many organisations are fighting over smaller markets, markets with less revenue or less growth potential due to the...

CIPD survey shows learning and development is important in driving organisational change

Developments in learning and development will bring organisational development, coaching and organisational change closer together, claims the CIPD.

Senior public sector staff join police on new leadership programme

Public sector managers and police are set to join forces on a new leadership programme pioneered by the National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA).

Met Police HR boss hits back at David Cameron's attack on police spending

The head of HR at the Metropolitan Police Service has hit back at Tory leader David Cameron's claim that the 400 people in its HR department is a sign of a bloated public sector.

Firms are targeting training more effectively despite budget constraints, finds CIPD survey

Employers are rising to the challenge of providing tailored business-focused training despite falling budgets, the CIPD has revealed.

Pre-school Learning Alliance introduces development programme for nursery and baby and toddler group managers

Tough government targets on childcare management have led the Pre-school Learning Alliance to roll out a leadership capability programme to its managers.

Let's stop wasting money on training schemes that don't benefit employees, employers and the economy

Well-intentioned measures to revive the British economy and keep all young people in education, employment or training will fail unless a robust skills policy provides people with the skills...

Career coaching is believed to be beneficial for staff and employers but most don't offer it

Employers have cited career coaching as beneficial for employers and employees but three quarters offer no such scheme in their organisation.

Investment in work experience is an investment in the future prosperity of our next generation of customers.

The first work experience I had was at Ogden's Empire Stores in Wigan. My first job was peeling the prices off jars of jam, cleaning any residue from the sticky labels and applying a new - higher -...