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.

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

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

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...

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

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 -...

With so many bodies claiming to be umbrella organisations for best practice in coaching, HR professionals are confused. All that will change, under the new chair of the AFC.

Nearly two thirds of marketers have no formal training planned or professional development path in place.

The goal of raising the bar on workplace skills risks being jeopardised by 'confusing political priorities with economic ones', according to the food and drink sector skills council, Improve.

New research provides evidence of a link between investing in management capabilities and business profitability.

Employers' calls for young people to leave education with the right skills for work have been well documented. Only last week, a senior member of the Tesco board criticised levels of literacy and...

The Government has launched national skills academies to cover the rail engineering, logistics, green building services, biotechnology and composites sectors.