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CIPD relied upon despite HR community’s doubts
The jury is still out on the merits of Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) qualifications. But organisations continue to look for them on CVs as a basic measure of HR competency. Read more »
Ambassador duties are in favour within retail
HR plays a key role in encouraging brand engagement. While always an ingredient of their work, this aspect of the job has never been higher priority, especially within the troubled retail sector. Read more »
A talent rich time for recruitment roles
The scarcity of recruitment vacancies is locking in-house recruiters firmly in battle with agency-side professionals to win them. Read more »
Don’t mistake retention for sure fire loyalty
HR professionals intend to stay put. While we’d all like to put it down to increasing happiness at work, it seems a dip in career confidence is a culprit also. Read more »
HR specialists asked to generalise
As permanent HR specialists see their duties evolve to further support the HR function and their generalist counterparts, competition for their roles has soared. Read more »
Overlooked soft skills are making a comeback
The last six months have seen shared service centres increasingly resort to hiring contract managers to smooth out poor service satisfaction levels. Read more »
Counter-offers lose their teeth.
The results from our latest workplace study, ‘A Longer Term View: Looking beyond the current crisis’, tells us that 90% of banking and financial services employees are turning down counter-offers when they find a new job. In the current climate of uncertainty, it seems employees are ignoring promises of increased rewards and instead looking for stability and career progression. Read more »
Work-life balance remains priority despite crunch.
Our research, ‘A Longer Term View: Looking beyond the current crisis’, reveals that seven out of ten (72%) banking and financial services employees feel their companies are facing up to the challenge of work-life balance. It seems employers are placing a high value on ensuring their workforce achieves a good balance, despite the ongoing financial crisis continuing to turn City hairs grey. Read more »