Do the Best Work of Your Life, episode two: Becoming a business talent magnet

The second of a new video series is now available, focussing on talent attraction. It explores how to create a culture that attracts top talent, and offers tips about how AI-enhanced HR technology can...

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Move on up: Making internal mobility work

The economics of promoting from within make much more sense than recruiting externally, so why aren’t we doing it? Dan Cave investigates.

Don’t mistake people ‘sitting tight’ for employee satisfaction

'Our people aren’t leaving, so things must be fine', the thinking often goes. But this assumption doesn’t mean that your organisation will be ready for growth in a recovering economy in 2025. Far from...

How Tessa Boshoff transformed Wall Street English

Tessa Boshoff, vice-president of HR at education provider Wall Street English, tells Millicent Machell how she helped a ‘sleeping giant’ awaken into an online learning powerhouse.

Sue Gray resignation: What HR can learn

Sue Gray resigned as chief of staff to prime minister Keir Starmer on 6 October. What can HR leaders learn from the lead up to this resignation, about how to handle internal and media scrutiny?

Managers want, but aren’t getting, emotional intelligence training

Nearly three quarters (72%) of UK managers have reported that emotional skills should be one of the top five most important capabilities for managers, research by manager training platform MindTools...

Unpaid internships should be illegal

It’s not enough to say, 'but we’ve always done it this way', when 'this way' is literally unpaid labour.

How much do you really know about the talent within your organisation?

If Covid taught us one thing, it could well be the fact that there were hidden talents and abilities within our organisations we were previously unaware of. So, post-Covid, how can you continue to...

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Award-winning HR: Best Talent Management Strategy

What does it take to win an HR Excellence Award? In advance of Friday's deadline for entering this year's awards, we share how last year's winner, global PR firm Dentsu, won Best Talent Management...

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Award-winning HR: HR Team of the Year 2023

What does it take to win an HR Excellence Award? In the lead-up to extended deadline to enter the HR Excellence Awards 2024 (23 August), we share how last year's winners impressed the judges.

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How to build a skills-first HR approach

Building a skills-first organisational approach requires HR leaders to lay firm foundations, as research conducted by John McMackin and David Collings revealed. In this article, the two set out the...

Beyond exit interviews: Three steps to productive offboarding

Employee experience is arguably one of the most important aspects of any business, and can sometimes feel like one of the hardest to crack. HR teams are largely responsible for ensuring employee...