By Georgina Fuller - hrmagazine.co.uk So many people want to work remotely, yet so few employers allow them to. We ask why this remains the case, and weigh up the pros and cons of the practice for staff and company alike. Internet company Yahoo should be the...
By Jane Farrell - guardian.co.uk Global talent spotters have their eye on graduates from top universities, especially women. Photograph: Andrew Fox/Alamy Let's be clear: in 2013, imbalances of all kinds are still prevalent in the office and the boardroom. Broadening the talent pool or diversifying senior management...
By Sylvia Vorhauser-Smith - forbes.com Nine years after the launch of Facebook FB +29.59% and 16 years after the first widely available mobile phone, the growth in social and mobile is staggering: some 55% of the world’s cell phone owners say their main source of internet...
By Kate Russell - hrmagazine.co.uk One of the remarks often bandied around the workplace is “people are critical to the business”. Wrong! You need to re-write that to “the right people are critical to the business”. Getting the right people into the right position in your organisation...
By Scott Beagrie - hrmagazine.co.uk We assess the cutting-edge technologies and tools that have the potential to revolutionise recruitment As anyone who has queued overnight in the cold for the latest smartphone will tell you, keeping up with technology isn’t easy. But with many HR departments taking...
By Gregory P. Smith - hr.blr.com Employee dissatisfaction is on the rise, especially among entry-level and mid-level employees. A recent study from Dale Carnegie Training found that only 23% (that’s one in four!) of non-management workers reported being engaged at their current job. Meanwhile, almost 70%...
By Jane Sunley - hrzone.co.uk Most of us have been there – a job offer is made, accepted and notice period worked. During this time the new employer sends a contract and details of where the new starter should go on day one. Then silence… very...
By Pocket Gamer Libby Wolfensperger is a global HR veteran with over 15 years experience in the rapidly changing wireless industry. Prior to GREE, she worked for Vodafone in Japan, managing the Asia Pacific territory for 5 years. Libby has been with GREE for 6 months and has an...
Unemployed people are told they risk losing benefits if they fail to carry out meaningless questionnaire By Shiv Malik - guardian.co.uk Jobseekers are being made to complete bogus psychometric tests by the Department for Work and Pensions – and told that in some cases they risk losing...
By Ben Rosen - hrmagazine.co.uk With companies coming under increasing pressure to make the correct hiring decisions and recruit the best candidates for any available role, HR heads have to be at the very top of their game. Outsourcing has always been available of course, but has...