You are currently viewing:
Strategy & Practice > Surveys & Case Studies > Topics
Surveys
Professional qualifications attract 37% wage premium
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 20/03/2009
Employees who hold a professional qualification can expect to enjoy a 37% wage premium over the course of their working life. This is among the key findings of a study from the Consultative Committee for Professional Management Organisations (CCPMO).
Survey: HR roles and responsibilities 2009
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 02/01/2009
With HR poised to play a critical role in helping organisations meet the toughest business challenges witnessed in recent history, our seventh annual survey of employers examines how the function is shaping up.
Survey: Occupational health reward
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 26/09/2008
IRS presents the key findings of a survey on the pay and benefits of occupational health specialists.
Survey: Opinions on HR issues
Source: Personnel Today
Date: 06/05/2008
Just four months into 2008, and already there have been plenty of flashpoints for HR. Whether it be skills, diversity, temps’ rights, flexible working, or the ongoing debate over HR’s relevance to the bottom line, the arguments rage on. Here’s what you’ve had to say in our news barometers so far this year. It makes for interesting reading.
Accreditation for diversity practitioners is proposed
Source: Equal Opportunities Review
Date: 01/02/2008
The prospect of equality and diversity practitioners having to meet specified competencies and gain accredited qualifications has moved a step closer, with the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) recommending the establishment of a new association to set professional standards.
HR roles and responsibilities 2008: benchmarking the HR function
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 03/01/2008
The sixth annual IRS HR benchmarks survey sets benchmarks for the ratio of HR practitioners to all employees, analyses the changing shape and size of HR departments, and reports on the professional qualifications expected of practitioners.
of HR practitioners to all employees, analyses the changing shape and size of HR departments, and reports on the professional qualifications expected of practitioners.
of HR practitioners to all employees, analyses the changing shape and size of HR departments, and reports on the professional qualifications expected of practitioners.
On this page:
The sixth annual IRS HR benchmarks survey sets benchmarks for the ratio of HR practitioners to all employees, analyses the changing shape and size of HR departments, and reports on the professional qualifications expected of practitioners.
Survey: Workplace training - budgets and challenges 2007
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 08/10/2007
Workplace training trends including learning and development goals, delivery methods, budgets, major challenges and successful solutions are investigated in an IRS survey of 86 employers.
Ethnic minorities in the labour market
Source: Equal Opportunities Review
Date: 01/06/2007
Ethnic minority groups are being overlooked for jobs and are being paid lower wages, despite improvements in education and qualifications, according to new research published by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
Czech Republic: Labour market faces skill shortages
Source: European Employment Review
Date: 01/02/2007
Czech employers are unable to find enough skilled workers in some sectors and occupations, while the unemployment rate remains above 7%. We examine the causes and consequences of the country's current skill shortages.
2020 skills vision
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 29/12/2006
A government-funded report on how to improve the nation's skills has advocated increased employer investment in learning and the possible introduction of a statutory right for employees to access workplace training.
Rewarding occupational health professionals
Source: Occupational Health Review
Date: 01/11/2006
Sheila Attwood considers the key elements of reward packages for occupational health practitioners. Details of salaries, bonuses, holidays and benefits are presented for key occupational groups in the field.
Mind your language
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 20/10/2006
Few employees are offered the chance to learn a second language at work, according to a YouGov survey for language training company Rosetta Stone.
It's all English to them
Source: Training & Coaching Today
Date: 01/10/2006
UK employers barely bother with language training for their staff, a YouGov survey of 2,500 employees has found.
All human life is here . . .
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 22/09/2006
The findings of the WERS 2004 provide a nationally representative portrait of employment relations and working life. We look at some of the highlights.
Data briefing: From personnel to HR management
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 21/07/2006
Three out of four HR managers but just over half of personnel managers have a specialist people management qualification, according to the Workplace Employment Relations Survey.
Case studies
Law firm's reputation enhanced by coveted in-house university
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 16/03/2009
Legal training at Allen & Overy is delivered by the firm's own senior lawyers, and its internal “universities” for newly qualified lawyers have proved so popular that the firm has launched a similar offering for clients.
Leyland's plan to train engineers
Source: Personnel Today
Date: 22/01/2008
Faced with a shortage of new recruits for its engineering business, Leyland Trucks drew up a strategy to grow its own. Lucia Cockroft reports.
Case study: Rethinking apprenticeships at Tube Lines
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 10/09/2007
Tube Lines brought its apprenticeship scheme back in-house in 2005, invested £10 million in a state-of-the-art training centre and produced an award-winning apprenticeship programme.
Case study: BT's exemplary apprenticeship scheme
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 10/09/2007
BT's Modern Apprenticeship scheme, which scooped the top prize in the Learning and Skills Council's 2007 national apprenticeship awards, is integral to the company's business and recruitment strategy. The man behind the training scheme explains what makes BT's apprenticeships unique.
Driving change
Source: Personnel Today
Date: 02/01/2007
Office Depot teamed up with Skills for Logistics to dispel the 'white van man' image of the industry.
Well groomed
Source: Personnel Today
Date: 02/01/2007
Few staff in the equestrian industry have the time to pursue formal qualifications, but a new skills passport will help employers to recognise experience.
A whole world out there: managing global HR
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 29/12/2006
While some of the challenges for HR professionals are common regardless of geography, effective international HR management demands a different perspective, our research finds.
Government learning initiatives - a degree of confusion
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 29/12/2006
Recent government skills initiatives include national skills academies and the brokerage service Train to Gain. We review these projects and the newly launched set of sector skills councils, and focus on the experience of the Royal Mail.
Secrets of success
Source: Training & Coaching Today
Date: 21/11/2006
NVQs have been around for many years - long enough for a few tricks of the trade to emerge. But what are they?
The burger meister
Source: Personnel Today
Date: 10/10/2006
McDonald's CEO Steve Easterbrook wants to redefine the chain's employer brand. Georgina Fuller finds out what he has on the menu.
Supply in demand
Source: Personnel Today
Date: 18/04/2006
Shipping and logistics company APL used training to make supply chain management interesting to jobseekers. Nadia Williams reports.
Alliance Pharmacy's framework reinforces business conduct and values
Source: Competency & Emotional Intelligence
Date: 01/04/2006
Alliance Pharmacy's combined competency framework has two strands: technical competencies to cover particular specialisms; and behavioural competencies underpinning the company's core values across the entire workforce.
Innospec's behavioural competencies are well received worldwide
Source: Competency & Emotional Intelligence
Date: 01/04/2006
Innospec's behavioural competency framework, which informs all HR processes, is intended to help its global workforce balance its well-honed technical skills by developing more generic behavioural abilities.
France: Training agreement concluded at Schneider Electric
Source: European Industrial Relations Review
Date: 01/02/2006
Management and unions at Schneider Electric France recently concluded a training agreement, guaranteeing access to training for all employees through the implementation of the employee right to individual training.
Barchester academy drives performance through skills
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 30/12/2005
Poor skills standards in the healthcare sector have had much publicity. One care home provider has taken a positive step towards helping staff, and ultimately its residents.
Cadbury Schweppes sharpens up its graduate recruitment
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 16/12/2005
We hear from Anthea Marris at Cadbury Schweppes about the changes that have been made to her company's graduate recruitment process to ensure it finds the best-quality candidates.
It pays to do it yourself
Source: Personnel Today
Date: 18/10/2005
The head of HR at Merlin Entertainments injected a little magic into its training programmes by devising an accredited Certificate in Attractions Management, which helped it to retain staff. Alex Blyth reports.
High performing councils?
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 14/10/2005
The third part of our series on how different sectors of the economy are attempting to improve productivity focuses on local government.
A sense of security
Source: Training Magazine
Date: 01/10/2005
Mike Bluestone is making sure that training is at the heart of Initial Security's strategy to redefine contract guarding. Margaret Kubicek reports.
Back
