7 years ago05345% of employees feel that their company’s L&D schemes are not relevant to their day-to-day job needs.
A third of employees feel that their on the job training will not help them earn a promotion in the near future, according to Spherion Staffing’s latest Emerging Workforce study.
The study found that almost one quarter...
7 years ago051Employee engagement and staff training are mandatory parts of any business- but that’s not to say they can’t be fun.
Car manufacturer Kia Motors recently launched another successful Masterclass, whereby staff are invited to test drive new products and learn more about company policy in an interactive and engaging way.
We...
7 years ago051The world’s fifth-largest advertising company by revenue and the biggest in Japan, Dentsu, has reformed its HR policy after an employee suicide.
24-year-old Matsuri Takahashi, an entry-level employee who joined in April 2015, took her own life on Christmas Day 2015, following a big increase in her workload over the preceding two...
7 years ago057Google (GOOGL.O) vowed on Tuesday to police its websites better by ramping up staff numbers and overhauling its policies after several companies deserted the internet giant for failing to keep their adverts off hate-filled videos.
Google has found itself at the center of a British storm in recent days after major companies from...
7 years ago064A co-founder of Twitter says he's sorry if the popular social media platform helped put Donald Trump in the White House, as the president has suggested.
In an interview (http://nyti.ms/2qGcKkm ) with The New York Times, Evan Williams says Twitter's role in Trump's populist rise is "a very bad thing."
The president has credited...
7 years ago043The recent troubles of the Co-Operative Group have been well documented. However, part of the turnaround plan is to invest in its people and systems.
The Co-Operative Group has had a challenging few years. The mutual brand, which is co-owned by its members, almost collapsed back in 2013 after a £1.3 billion “black hole” was...
7 years ago048Siemens managing board member Janina Kugel on how she helps preserve the company’s legacy in the country while tapping the energy and talent of its workforce.
Janina Kugel, head of human resources, people and leadership, and chief diversity officer of Siemens. Photo: Ramesh Pathania/Mint
New Delhi: At 18, she wanted to work for...
7 years ago045A couple of things about the WannaCry cyberattack are certain. It was the biggest in history and it's a scary preview of things to come - we're all going to have to get used to hearing the word "ransomware." But one thing is a lot less clear: whether North Korea had anything to do with it.
Despite bits and pieces of evidence that...
China's biggest online retailer, JD.com Inc., announced plans Monday to develop drone aircraft capable of carrying a ton or more for long-distance deliveries.
The company said it will test the drones on a network it is developing to cover the northern Chinese province of Shaanxi. It said they will carry consumer goods to remote areas...
7 years ago048This year's Cannes Film Festival has been a sprawling, international referendum on Netflix, with votes registered in catcalls and applause, and some of the biggest names in cinema staking out their positions.
As the world's largest and most prestigious film festival, Cannes has often been a kind of glitzy, French Riviera town hall...
7 years ago047Summary: Fairsail’s CEO says its acquisition by Sage creates an opportunity to dominate the midmarket in global HR and payroll
What do you get when you marry a fast-growing £10 million-a-year ($12.5m) revenue SaaS startup with a £1.6 billion ($2bn) software giant? According to Adam Hale, CEO of cloud HCM provider Fairsail, its...
7 years ago057As Gary Turner, MD Xero proudly showed me the empty auditorium for an expected 800 person crowd at Xerocon London, we both reminisced about the first Xerocon a couple of years ago at which the company was hard pressed to get 120 people into Chartered Accountants Hall.
Growing the event to this size is a staggering achievement as is...