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Don't miss this, no-stone-unturned, look at the CIPD Profession Map by the gifted Siobhan Mac Court:

On Wednesday 21st Oct at 8 pm, the hugely talented public speaking skills coach, Mr Steve Trister founder of The Speaking Revolution, is delivering a free zoom webinar right here. I'll let Steve's brief video (below) do the talking!

Come along! It's

At 12:30 pm today, you'll get an email from me all about recent developments here in the Community. Here's a quick link to the video of me explaining what is going on:

Inspired by the International Literacy Day event last month I was intrigued to find out if any further studies had been conducted by the UK Government to establish what progress has or hasn't been made against the targets set by Lord Leitch in his re

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Hi All,

I started my Level 5 Diploma in July and have not been able to commit as much time as I would like to so far; just wanted to see if anyone else was feeling in the same position and what have people done to help with this?

I would like to get so

I promised that I'd curate HR and L&D news every fortnight and here I am posting just 7 days since I last did it! The reason is that the October issue of People Management arrived at Chez Norris this week and I wanted to seize the opportunity to find

Here’s my fortnightly jaunt through HR news where I’ve picked out some key evidence that will help you. No blogs or thoughts or opinion pieces – just evidence that you can quote.

Read these items, use them in your assignments and in the workplace if

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

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 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

What with the Bank Holiday, may have been a short week last week, yet still dozens of email newsletters continue fill up our inboxes – it’s almost as if they are automated with no actual thought behind them! Hmm. Anyway, fear not, I’ve taken a look t

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

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

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

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,

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