Gratton: Technology has disrupted talent management

Technology has created serious “tension points” in talent management, professor of management practice at London Business School, Lynda Gratton said in her keynote address at the Hot Spots Movement’s...

Automation must not lead to ‘facelessness’

A human touch must be retained when automating transactional HR processes, University of Bradford head of operational HR Gary McFarlane told HR magazine.

Employees lack the technology to do their jobs

More than half (55%) of employees believe they do not have access to the technology needed to do their jobs, according to research by Fujitsu.

VSO uses technology to aid global collaboration

Charity VSO uses technology to enable collaboration and learning between employees spread all over the world.

Webb: Business must tackle threat of ‘digital exclusion’

Businesses and government must be careful not to exclude older or less technologically-savvy workers, pensions minister Steve Webb has said.

Digital skills will make or break the UK

A report from the Digital Skills Committee, released this month, has explored how the UK is currently failing to address its digital skills shortage.

Quest for talent: where financial services are casting their recruitment nets

It has become something of a cliché to bang on about the tumultuous changes in financial services since the 2008/9 banking crisis. The industry today is obviously very different from six years ago,...

Data collection may cause legal ‘hurdles’ for HR, warns law firm

Updated EU data protection regulation may cause trouble for businesses collecting and mining employee data, law firm Allen & Overy has warned.

Put people before technology, says Source UK Services HR director

HR and L&D professionals must put people first when integrating new technologies, according to Source UK Services HR director Caryn Berlingieri.

Hot topic: Automation and the rise of the robots, part two

With research from Deloitte suggesting many lower-skilled workers may lose their jobs to machines in the future, should people be worried about the impact that increased levels of automation will have...

Hot topic: Automation and the rise of the robots

With research from Deloitte suggesting many lower-skilled workers may lose their jobs to machines in the future, should people be worried about the impact that increased levels of automation will have...

Predictions for cloud-based business in 2015

Greg Bohlen, strategy practice lead at Appirio shares his predictions for cloud and CRM tools in 2015.