News: CIPD 2012 – ‘Employers must take more responsibility for skills development’
If the UK is to remain competitive globally, employers must take more responsibility for addressing structural employment and systemic skills issues among the next generation of workers, according to government representatives. Jo Swinson, a Liberal Democrat MP and current minister for employment and Michael Davis, chief executive of the UK Commission for Employment and Skills, […]
News: Office romances cost British business millions
Office-based romances could be costing British businesses millions and inflicting untold damage to their reputations. Over a thousand individuals responded to the ‘Are Office Romances a good idea’ survey and over 200 businesses to the ‘Impact of Office Romances on UK Businesses’ survey, both commissioned by website IllicitEncounters.com last month. Three quarters of individuals said […]
Giz a job: The state of the HR recruitment market
There have been encouraging signs of more HR hiring activity during the last couple of months following our golden summer of sport. HR stakeholders are now back in the office and permanent recruitment is starting to move again, with the flow of new opportunities also on the rise. Financial and professional services As […]
Blog: What are the benefits of hiring a recovering alcoholic or drug user?
DrugScope’s London Drug and Alcohol Network, a membership body for drug and alcohol services in the capital, is entering the second phase of a Trust for London-funded project to improve access to employment for people recovering from substance misuse problems. In our last blog, we discussed the barriers that can hold people back. So are […]
In a Nutshell: Five ways to make the right impression when hiring talent
Every business wants to hire the best talent, but the problem is that the best talent can be selective. As a result, Olivia Hill, head of HR at the Association of Accounting Technicians, believes that it’s important for employers to give jobseekers the right impression during the recruitment process and shares her insights into how […]
Blog: How to stop a lacklustre induction process creating an induction crisis
A recent survey has apparently shown that 2 out of 5 new starters at senior level seriously consider jacking in the new job within 3 months, due to rubbish onboarding processes by HR – in other words, ‘induction crisis’. It’s no revelation that the first few months in any job are critical – if you get […]
Talking Point: Isn’t there a better way to make redundancies?
A huge 2.7 million people in the UK have been made redundant over the last three years. But as shocking as that statistic is, even more shocking is the fact that the current model for making such redundancies isn’t mandated by law, is unnecessary, and is as harmful for those taking such action (organisations, HR […]
Blog: Would you hire someone with a drug or alcohol dependency?
The HRZone community will already be well aware that getting people ‘back to work’ and reducing the welfare bill are central to this government’s ambitions. What may not be so familiar is the way in which this broader political context is reflected in policy on treatment for drug and alcohol problems. The vision of […]
Blog: Social recruitment – Stop hunting, start fishing
Accepting that there are ‘lies, damned lies and statistics’ it is claimed that over a third of the people in the world are registered members and users of social networks. In developed, highly networked regions such as the US and Western Europe that figure can approach eighty per cent. Furthermore, once you have accounted for […]
News: Sheila Lawlor – Scrap “family-unfriendly” maternity leave
The UK should scrap paid maternity leave because it creates a “perverse incentive” for women to return to work and replace it with an unpaid career break instead, the head of a right-wing think tank has said. Sheila Lawlor, director of Politeia who will chair the organisation’s fringe ‘Women in The Boardroom’ event at the […]
In a Nutshell: Five tips when recruiting for a start-up
The hospitality sector is a people business and poor management can quickly turn customers off, no matter how plush a hotel’s facilities. Caroline Lowe, HR director for Hilton London Heathrow Terminal 5, who was involved in launching the hotel last year, explains how she dealt with recruiting the right 130 staff to try and ensure […]
Legal Insight: How to deal with social media defamation
As proved by the viral take-off last week on Twitter of Keiran Allen’s very public resignation email, there are three fundamental concerns that employers should have about social media. These are: It’s a very fast moving environment – things happen in real time Postings are permanent – most of the time (with very few exceptions), […]
News: Impact of AWR 1 year on? Depends who you talk to
Research on the impact of the Agency Worker Regulations a year after their introduction has thrown up some deeply contradictory findings about the desire of employers to take on temps. One survey indicated that fewer agency personnel have been taken on as a result of the legislation, while another found that it had made no […]
News: Redundancies likely early next year if economy fails to improve, warns CIPD
Rising unit labour costs and falling productivity will only put more pressure on employers to either restrict pay rises and cut working hours or start making redundancies, the CIPD has warned. Figures published today by the Office for National Statistics revealed that the productivity of UK workers fell by 0.9% in the second quarter of […]
Blog: The reservist issue – Why employers are not “despicable”
Last year’s Defence Review makes clear that by 2018, the trained strength of our Reserve Forces must grow by 50 per cent, meaning numbers in the Territorial Army will have to rise to 30,000, and that of the Royal Navy and Royal Marine Reserves to 3,100 and the Royal Auxiliary Air Force, to 1,800. The […]
Blog: The future of HR – Statistics, analytics and marketing
“It is important for communities to educate our children for their future, not our past.” In a recent interview, Romain Dallemand, the superintendent of schools in Bibb County, Georgia, talked about how he came into the job last year with a bag of changes he calls “The Macon Miracle.” One of the tools in that tool kit […]
News: Top internship and work experience employers revealed
Financial services firms have taken the first three slots in a league table ranking the UK’s best employers for work experience placements and internships, with professional services organisations dominating the top 10 overall. Number one in the survey compiled by RateMyPlacement.co.uk, a student review website, was Barclays Investment Banking arm, which leapt up 13 places […]
Five social media platforms to help boost your career
Social networking can prove a useful tool for finding a new job or moving forward in your career. Here we look at the pros and cons of five key platforms: 1. Link up with LinkedIn Professional social network LinkedIn now has 150 million users globally, so it’s essential you are using all of its […]
Blog: Organisational values – Actions speak louder than words
“For us this lawsuit has always been about something much more important than patents or money. It’s about values. We value originality and innovation and pour our lives into making the best products on Earth. And we do this to delight our customers, not for competitors to flagrantly copy.” This was part of the missive […]
Blog: How to build rapport during a job interview
Building rapport during a job interview. It’s not always the brightest and the best who get the job. Often it’s the person who interviews well. The bond you establish with an interviewer is a very important factor in doing well at interview. From their point of view, when they meet you they’re considering working […]
