Virtual Worlds Roundtable

Roundtable on Virtual World Technology and Human Resources 31 October 2008

Features

Skills - Candidate profiles - What a CV doesn't tell you

The qualifications candidates list on their CVs give no indication of how they will act in the job. Recruiters want a more rounded picture before they select for interview.

A challenge can be an opportunity

HR could prove its worth by raising the levels of satisfaction among 31-35 year-old workers.

E-learning: Virtual worlds - Virtually speaking

Is virtual worlds learning a fad or is it better than the real thing? HR magazine asked the UK's top virtual worlds experts to leave their avatars behind and join a real discussion to debate the...

Employer Branding 2008 - HR Magazine - 20 November 2008

CIPD Employer Branding Conference4 December 2009, London or 9 December 2009, Birmingham

Features

New scheme to improve manufacturing skills

UK manufacturers have been offered more help to tackle the skills gap and stay competitive.

Exclusive: Virtual worlds don't excite staff

It seems you cant make a silk purse from a sows ear. Virtual Worlds learning the technique that is supposed to sound the death-knell for old-school chalk n talk classrooms by beaming learners into...

Firms save money by training

Employers who invest in their staff are best placed to cut costs.

New jobs and apprenticeship scheme at Whitbread

Whitbread is to create 4,000 new jobs over the next year and will launch a new apprenticeship scheme.

Opportunities for Westminster unemployed

Young people in Westminster will have the opportunity to work with UK construction companies as part of a new scheme to help the unemployed find work.

Toyota staff to train for an NVQ

Toyota is to train 1,500 members of staff to attain an NVQ qualification in business improvement techniques over the next year.

Sainsbury's staff get chance of formal qualifications

Sainsburys is to offer nationally recognised qualifications to its entire workforce of 150,000.