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News

Reducing the most long-term scarring effects of youth unemployment

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Targeting effective support at NEETs with low qualifications offers the best chances of reducing the most long-term scarring effects of youth unemployment, says CIPD. The government is right to target…

Training Budgets fall foul of cuts

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61% of L&D Managers agree that the training budget is the first to be cut when times are tough Bracknell, 14 Feb 2012: Six out of ten learning & development…

Campaign to protect interns from abuse

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The TUC and the National Union of Students (NUS) are launching a new campaign today (Monday) calling for the fair treatment of interns. The event at TUC headquarters in central…

Apprentices – What Employers Need To Know

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In order to ensure that an apprenticeship is a win-win scenario for both the employer and the Apprentice, ALP is advising employers to ensure they are aware of their legal…

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Supplier News

Whitbread launches ‘Skills Academies’ in time for the Jubilee and Olympics

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In March 2012, Whitbread is launching three Food and Beverage Skills Academies across the UK. These Academies, which has seen over £1million investment, will offer the very best in specialist…

NorthgateArinso Wins Outsourcing Provider of the Year

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NorthgateArinso (NGA), a leading provider of HR services and software, is delighted to announce it has won Outsourcing Provider of the Year at the prestigious Pay & Benefits Awards. The…

Opus Energy launches NVQ Apprenticeship Scheme

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New roles with on-the-job NVQ Diplomas announced in Northampton Opus Energy has announced the creation of new jobs alongside the launch of a bespoke NVQ Apprenticeship Scheme. The launch marks…

TfL continues its commitment to delivering skills throughout its workforce

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Transport for London (TfL) is building on the success and achievements of its 2009 Skills and Employment Strategy, and refreshing the Strategy to reflect the changes the organisation has made…

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Analysis

Key trends in the recruitment market for 2012

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Richard Nott, Website Director, CWJobs.co.uk The recruitment market has been impacted by social trends, the economy and changes in policy this year. Looking forward to 2012, CWJobs.co.uk has picked out…

Why the over 50′s make great coaches

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There’s a lot of it around. Redundancy, that is. It can be a shock and can leave people feeling useless, hopeless and isolated. If you’re over fifty it can feel…

Remote Training : a must in recession

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The current and continuing economic market challenges will inevitably mean that a tighter leash will be kept on training budgets for some time to come. This presents HR managers with…

StepStone Solutions is now Lumesse

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Advertisement: StepStone Solutions, one of the world’s leading talent management companies, has rebranded as ‘Lumesse.’ (www.lumesse.com) With rapid growth in its ‘Software-as-Service’ solutions over recent periods, and an active user…

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Blogs

Robin Hoyle: performance management

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Two weeks, two clients, two projects and apparently not much connection between them. Performance management for one a community of practice for the other. But it was only when working…

Stephen Smith: Winning a gold medal in the business continuity Olympics

With Olympics tickets allocated and successful applicants now certain of which events they will attend, many firms are already seeing a massive demand from employees seeking to book the same…

Stephen Smith: Winning the battle for business continuity

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In one of the more positive results to come out of the YouGov surveys commissioned by Citrix Online in the aftermath of the heavy snowfalls across the UK in 2010,…

Robin Hoyle: Modelling the desired culture

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I’m not a football fan. But when I heard on the radio that Manchester United – requiring a draw to claim the Premiership title once more were behind at Blackburn…

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