Landmarc reaffirms commitment to armed forces communities employment
Landmarc Support Services has re-signed the Armed Forces Covenant and been rewarded with a revalidation of its Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) Gold Award. The Covenant, which was first signed by Landmarc in 2014, recognises the value and significant benefits serving personnel, reservists, veterans and military families bring to the business. In a ceremony held at The Army […]
Access excellent online courses for HR professionals
We have a wide selection of online courses tailored specifically for the HR sector, enabling you to both amass new skills and improve existing ones in 2024 and beyond – start learning today! These are specially-curated online courses designed to help you and your team improve expertise and learn new things. The Human Resources online […]
Applying PhDs in the non-academic world
The commercial environment can feel jarringly different to the university space, not least because it is usually driven by factors other than the pure pursuit of knowledge. Researchers have a great deal to offer the world beyond academia, but, as Dr John Miles, CEO of Inkpath, writes, knowing where and when to deploy these skills […]
Leaders must keep learning or get left behind
By Professor Bryan Lukas, Academic Director of Executive Education at Alliance Manchester Business School (AMBS) The former chief executive and chair of IBM, Ginni Rometty, shared some words to live by in a recent interview, which really caught my attention. Her pledge to her colleagues as their employer was: “I can’t promise you employment, but […]
3 skills HR managers should be developing
HR management requires a wide and varied skill set. Not only do you need industry-specific know-how regarding recruitment, payroll and policy, but you also need to be an accomplished leader, communicator and people manager. When so many different skills can be useful, trying to decide where to focus your personal development efforts can be difficult. […]
INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHT: Mentorjam – Enable Connection. Share knowledge. Empower Progress
Mentorjam is a Saas Mentoring and Community-building platform offering a tailor made solution to companies who run complex and large scale mentoring and employee community programs within their organisations. With knowledge sharing at their core, Mentorjam’s journey started as mentoring only Saas solution, however listening to the challenges and problems their clients faced they quickly […]
Top CEOs ‘specialise in one industry’
New research has revealed the career tactics necessary to become a top company CEO – specialise in one industry, get promoted regularly and resist the urge to change jobs frequently. Bernard Forgues from Emlyon Business School, France, worked with colleagues to identify the career trajectories of the top 100 CEOs according to the Fortune 100 […]
