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The IT industry will always be a source of employment. All areas of IT do include some sort of programming, troubleshooting, and continuing education.

A reader who recently graduated with an IT degree asks about future career paths within the Informat

Is there any such thing as a typical HR or a typical L&D job? Probably not as organisations, and teams, are so different in their size, structure and makeup.

I love my job but suspect it is highly atypical. I am a compliance training manager in a Qua

I have a challenge on and where better to turn to than the DPG Community!  Hello smart helpful people!  Can I say how lovely you're looking today?  Ok, creeping over, here's what I need a hand with....

I want to start building a career pathway for our

I have worked in the Military as what they call a HR Administrator for approx. 10 years and I have recently taken the plunge and left a very well paid, stable job in the Army.  I have gone over to the Dark Side, joined the ranks of Civvy Street!  Thi

As a facilitator on the Certificate in HR Practice programme I am often asked for advice on how to get that elusive first job in HR. Many of our delegates come to us because they’ve already made the choice to look for a career in the HR profession &

I was lucky enough to speak at the recent Training Journal Winter Conference on using Social Media in Learning, it was a great event. I thoroughly enjoyed hearing the presentations from each of the speakers and chatting with fellow attendees on a sub

Earlier this week the Gloucestershire branch of the CIPD hosted an event with Sarah Bryant, the CIPD's HR Capability Project Coordinator. It is Sarah's job to keep the Map up to date, translate it into a living document for us & get the message out t

Having initially studied Sports Therapy at University, I thought I would be on my way to a long and happy career in sport. Then reality hit me and I realised that the application of my degree was not as much fun or as interesting as the past three ye