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As well as Elizabeth Rudy's kind offer to volunteer her HR services (see the post here: https://community.dpgplc.co.uk/blog/hr-volunteering-opportunities-1), Katherine Trim is also offering to volunteer her time to offer HR support. 

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The Leitch Review published in 2007 declared some ambitious targets for improvement in basic functional s

Hello everyone, 

I hope this type of post is allowed here! 

I moved to the U.K from the U.S a year ago and have been having a lot of trouble with my job search. I've been getting a lot of feedback from employers saying that they prefer someone who has

It’s that time of the month when the People Management magazine lands on our doormats and instantly becomes a coaster/placemat on which to sit our cereal bowls. Well, not this time! Same as last month – I’ve read through it so that you don’t have to.

I’ve had a good look through HR news and newsletter emails and picked out information (and events) so that you don’t have to. Coronavirus remains big news, of course, and this week I’ve found information is turning to the aftereffects e.g. job vacanc

Good morning,

I have just started the Level 5 Diploma course and the reason I have started this because at the moment I am in hospitality management and wanting to utilise my people skills I have developed and fine-tune them into HR which also will be

I’ve had a good look through the dozens of HR and L&D newsletter emails I get each week and picked out a few bits so that you don’t have to. Coronavirus, remote working and D&I are big news and dominate the list. I’ve picked what I think is useful in

Hi everybody,

I was wondering if anyone here could help me with the following question: for an employee who knows he's not going to retire in the UK (and might move to a country outside Europe with no bilateral agreement) is it worthy for him to stay

I had a question from a friend about her moving from being a worker to being an employee with no dismissal inbetween. Is she entitled to continuity of service?

She is now getting a contract with fixed hours, where previously it was variable and unde

Here’s a new thing I’m going to try. If I get good feedback from you, I’ll keep it going – let me know 😊

How many newsletters have hit your inbox today? Did you read them all? Do you have time to sift through them all? But what if you miss out on a k

Long read warning!

In my free time this week, I’ve been helping my Aunt get her CV in order. She’s an IT & Systems Administrator so sharing her CV her is not relevant here. What I would like to share is what I worked on after the CV: I worked on a li

Hi there

It’s been a big week for me. I started my new role as Professional Development Community Manager – right here in this Community.

I’m happy to be open: I’ve done very little in the Professional Development Community (PDC) this week. Instead,

Calling L&D professionals who work in organisations with Sales Teams. We are seeking L&D pros who are willing to share their experience in working with Sales teams, either in their current company or past experience. We are researching this relations

As Spandau Ballet once sang “Communication let me down” and often in organisations this key aspect of engagement is often the case.

In the past few weeks I have focused on working in the communication/engagement rather than learning space which has be

Working from home; business as unusual

If you are unfortunate enough to have to deal with COVID-19 first-hand then my thoughts are with you. For the rest of us, social distancing is paramount – which has resulted in many people working from home for

As have many this week I have been working home for the majority of the week and in this strange and slightly terrifying world we now find ourselves in this looks like it will be the norm for the foreseeable future. I have always thought of myself as

A couple of events recently have got me thinking on Excellence – what is it and how do we recognise it

As a starting point John W Gardners states that “Excellence is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well”

This was really brought home to me during