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Dedicated areas of the site for the most useful topics in training and HR.E-learning ZoneOnline learning explained: content, design, technology, delivery and advice.IT ZoneCovers general IT news and software updates, with specialist areas allocated to Excel and PowerPoint. Recruiters Resource CentreVacancy filling made easy: a dedicated area for recruiters wishing to target HR, training, finance, […]
Dilbert: Excuse Me While I Wag
I may be wrong, but I suspect that HR people especially are keen on following the wisdom of Dilbert.The latest tome of business advice to come via the pen of Scott Adams is called Dilbert: Excuse me while I wag, and the description says: Learn all the latest inept management techniques, moronic mission statements and […]
E-mail your way to the top!
In this week's feature, FTdynamo present us with a challenge to understand both the nature of management and modern communication if we want to get ahead Salesmen used to be told to "smile before you dial". Today the dictum runs: "Think before you send". The seductive ease of e-mail as a method of communication […]
Transferrable and Mature skills are being overlooked by employers
Online recruitment agency totaljobs.com said of a recent survey of 250 workers, that whilst many would consider a career switch, most were put off because it would mean starting at the bottom of the jobs ladder again. Paul Ivory, speaking for the company said, "Only if a jobseeker has an almost identical position, in a […]
CBI Manifesto: Make Lifelong Learning a Priority
Lifelong learning and Business-Education Links should be high on the agenda for any incoming government claims the CBI in its ‘Manifesto for Business’.Timed to coincide with the release of party political manifestos, the CBI’s Manifesto for Business calls on the next government to do more to increase the skills of the UK workforce, and saying […]
Menopausal? Are you positive?
HR Zone is grateful to the Guardian and the Ottawa Citizen for a timely reminder landing in my e-mail inbox this morning.Apparently, author and U.S. gynecologist Christiane Northrup is warning that 40 million North American women of the baby-boom generation – the babies born in the immediate post WWII period – are now in the […]
Who says that the government doesn’t listen?
There are increasing signs that Government Ministers are taking notice of TrainingZONE and HR Zone.So, OK, it all started a little tongue in cheek with our April Fools Day story on TrainingZONE titled Government to pay you extra to learn, when we reported that “at the HRD 2001 Conference, a senior goverment minister will announce […]
Mind your language!
The latest trend in monitoring employee behaviour in the States could catch on in the UK. Following hot on the heels of actively dissuading workplace romances, comes news that the latest workplace rule in the USA is “No Swearing”.There is an increasing trend for companies to introduce codes of ethics for employees to adhere to, […]
Survey shows top executives are unhappy with pensions earning cap
A growing number of senior executives are concerned about the pension earnings cap, according to research by consultants William M. Mercer. Of over 100 major employers surveyed, 62 per cent said that the cap was raised by senior executives as an issue at recruitment interviews, with the number rising to 83 per cent in the […]
Negotiations on pay and industrial relations in higher education
As a result of a series of negotiations which concluded in the early morning of 11 May, after a final 15 hour session of talks, important progress has been made towards resolving the outstanding dispute in HE on pay and conditions, and also towards the establishment of a new NJC for the sector as a […]
New guide for pension scheme trustees from OPRA
Opra today announced the publication of an updated version of its keynote publication: A guide for pension scheme trustees. The new version is now available on the Opra website at www.opra.gov.uk/publications/guides/.At the beginning of June Opra will send printed copies of the new guide to the trustees of every live occupational pension scheme in the […]
TUC welcomes justice for asbestos victims
The TUC yesterday welcomed the news that a trade union campaign to secure full compensation for asbestos-related disease sufferers in the wake of the collapse of Chester Street Holdings Ltd earlier this year has succeeded. The government has agreed arrangements with the insurance industry to make good any shortfall in compensation payouts to asbestos victims.TUC […]
Government and insurers agree asbestos compensations
The uncertainty of asbestosis sufferers and their families whose expectation of compensation was thrown into doubt by the insolvency of Chester Street on 9 January this year will soon be over thanks to a partnership between the insurance industry and Government.Andrew Smith MP, Chief Secretary to the Treasury, said, “This is good news for asbestosis […]
Intercultural Services – a word from the author
Recent mention of a book called Intercultural Services in the HR Briefing newswire prompted a few e-mails asking what Intercultural Services are.The author of the book, Gary Wederspahn, has been kind enough to explain, at HR Zone’s request, in a brief synopsis given below.Whilst HR Zone and TrainingZONE reviews are normally conducted by independent reviewers, […]
Survey highlights low employer awareness on equal pay
While statistics show that full-time female employees still earn only 80 per cent of the average hourly wage of full-time male employees, most employers remain unconvinced that equal pay is a workplace issue.The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development’s (CIPD) latest membership survey on salary and reward reveals that most organisations do not believe that […]
Training
Any views an this What Strategies can the trainer use to facilitate learning and to motivate learners? margaret mannion
The whistleblowers website – use with caution!
In this week’s feature article FTdynamo tells us of a new website for whistleblowers, but adds a cautionary reminder.Remember the Bank of Credit and Commerce International, Barings and trading company Versailles? They carry the infamous label of prominent businesses that have collapsed and gone bankrupt through internal fraud. According to the specialist practice Forensic Accounting, […]
HSC: Employers should face compulsory incident investigations
The Health and Safety Commission (HSC) launched a consultation on its proposal to introduce a compulsory duty for all companies and organisations to investigate all reportable work-related accidents, ill health or ‘near misses’ which could have resulted in serious injury.The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) estimates that if every single reportable incident not at present […]
Learning and Motivation
Hi AllOn the way home today in the car I was thinking about the following question. What strategies can the trainer use to faciliate learning and to motivate leaners?I would be interested in peoples views on this subject. ThanksMick Mick Haven
