Articles tagged ‘2017’

This is the first in a three-part series of blogs published in conjunction with our AI and the Future of Work white paper, which you can download from the link on the right-hand side of this page.

2017 has been a year of high-profile data breaches, bringing data security to the forefront of public attention once again, and going some way to damaging the trust placed in organisations to look after personal data.

Today’s school students will join the workforce of tomorrow, but are they being prepared for success in the 21st century?

With employee engagement finally recognised as a key issue, effective people management has never been more important.

In a world that is pushing big data and trying to gather as much information and intelligence about everyone as possible, data minimisation comes into question. Why do we actually need to collect so much data, and what are we actually using all that data for?

Today (Friday 10 November) is Equal Pay Day 2017, the day of the year when women in full-time employment in Britain effectively stop being paid relative to men.

A generous benefits package is now an expectation for employees – and could be the difference between success and failure in the race for top talent.

I was a lucky enough to be a guest speaker at the Driving Change Conference in September, where HR professionals gathered to discuss forward-thinking strategy and share ideas.

Quick survey. Would you feel comfortable knowing that your new car tyres had been fitted by someone who had not received any training?

You have probably read about, or many of you even experienced the shortage in the talent market and so understand the importance of ensuring you have an effective attraction and retention strategy to win the war on talent... There are however times where employees will decide to leave for factors outside of your control, and this is where it is critical that you have an effective off-boarding process.