HR InSights Launches!

Exclusive content library, meets online networking. Read it. Watch it. Talk about it – The HR Industry’s newest online resource… HR InSights. Totally free for users, this site fuses the very best in industry content with an easy to use social networking platform. WTG have brought a powerful new tool for knowledge sharing and career [...]

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The war for diverse talent

Let’s face it – diversity has become a pretty tired term in HR circles. By now, HR people should know that diversity is important. However, is there a genuine business case for diversity?

Does Your Company Suffer From Strategic Insanity?

By Thomas A. Stewart | September 7, 2010 The definition of insanity, says the quip, is doing something again and again but expecting a different result. By this definition, every company I’ve known is looney tunes. We’ve all seen companies throw good money after bad. Oldsmobile was a zombie for years before the brand was [...]

Equality Act comes into force: overview

The new Equality Act came into force on 1 October. As well as ‘harmonising’ much of the discrimination law into one single act, there are other changes HR need to be aware of.

Successful organisations know in detail about the competencies and skills of their workforces

It still surprises me today that many businesses in the UK do not have access to good quality, in-depth metrics around talent within the workforce. With as much as 70% of a company’s value based on the skills, experience and performance of its employees, it seems ludicrous that there is not more of a focus [...]

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Equality Act: the Government outlines the main provisions

The Government has confirmed the provisions that will come into effect when the Equality Act is in place next Friday (1 October).

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Arden appointed head of group HR at RBS Group

HR director for business services steps into Neil Roden’s shoes

Half of workers feel their skills are underused

Employers have ‘misconception’ of what drives talent retention, report finds

UK lags behind the rest of the world when it comes to engaging staff

The UK scores ‘significantly lower’ than other countries when it comes to employee engagement and job security, according to a new report

Aviva modernises HR with pan-European system

Faster growth and global roll-out supported by ‘Aviva in a box’