Talent

How Wincanton attracted younger talent, transforming itself in the process

Leaders of supply chain logistics provider Wincanton introduced a comprehensive early careers strategy to solve its attraction problem.

How to retain staff during mergers and acquisitions

When an employer’s boat is rocked by merger and acquisition activity, what’s the best way to retain employees? Edmund Tirbutt investigates.

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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Employers must unlock the value of military skills 

Leaving the armed forces can be a daunting transition. It can be a lonely and isolating. How can employers help? 

When it comes to talent, the readiness is all

You’ve identified the future talent needs of your organisation – so now you need to both identify the future top players and find ways to grow their skills.

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What can Keir Starmer’s rose garden speech teach your organisation about navigating change?

Lessons learnt from the new government's approach can help your organisation navigate key workforce challenges. Here's how.

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NFP

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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...

Features

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...

Diversity, development and drive: A Smiths success story

Meet the woman on a mission to oil the wheels of success: Vera Parker, chief people officer for the engineering solutions firm Smiths.

HR Focus podcast: 'How to introduce AI to talent management' now live

The third episode of HR magazine's HR Focus podcast is now live.

Job shares are a win for all parties

Be curious. Identify challenges. Evolve. Evaluate. Rinse and repeat. This is how I practice my craft. Sometimes this leads to refinement, continuous improvement, optimisation.

Most businesses are suffering from Long Covid

Organisations are trying to put Covid-19 in the rear-view mirror, but the aftereffects of such a turbulent business period – lack of clarity, fatigue over change, anxiety about redundancy – are still...