Prime Minister launches volunteer scheme for UK workforce
The scheme will apply to every employee of a firm with more than 250 employees, and all public sector workers
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Struggle to find leaders looms large, new workplace leadership survey reveals
The Global Workforce Leadership Survey captured the gap between priorities and expectations of HR leaders around the world and the workers they employ. Overall, the findings show that the biggest issues for powering future business growth in the changing economy…
Small and medium businesses losing employees due to lack of training opportunities, study finds
The research also uncovered a gap in small businesses training their staff. Nearly one in six (15 per cent) never spend any money on training and 26 per cent only spend money on training ‘ad hoc’ rather than having a…
UK firms embracing workforce management technology to drive productivity, research reveals
Organisations around the world are facing demand from customers to provide a more agile workforce that is able to scale quickly and effectively meet demand. As a result, there is a greater need to scale up or down accordingly to…
Outdated stereotypes hindering female opportunities, study finds
Parents of girls stated that their child would be most interested in pursuing a career in education and childcare (32 per cent), the arts (29 per cent), healthcare (26 per cent) and hair and beauty (23 per cent)
Communicating benefits to a multigenerational workforce
Communicating the benefits effectively to each generation can pay dividends and achieve the desired employee engagement and retention, John Sylvester says
Confident competence
The model of train and tick to meet targets and compliance is no longer acceptable, Owen Ashby says
Soft skills take hard-hitting role in modern jobs market, says recruiter
A growing number of job advertisements are targeting individuals with soft skills. More than half (51 per cent) of all listings on Randstad’s website include the term team work, just over a fifth (21 per cent) mention communication and other…
New degree-level apprenticeship scheme for professional managers
The development of this new apprenticeship builds on the recommendations of the report “Management 2020: Leadership to Unlock Long-term Growth” (July 2014), following an inquiry set up by the All Party Parliamentary Group on Management, which took wide ranging evidence…
The three talent management issues the insurance sector must consider
Specialist insurance recruiter Saxton Leigh has identified the three potential talent management mistakes that organisations are making and how it could potentially cost them dearly
