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Research

Teacher recruitment plans like ‘filling bath without a plug’

October 10, 2023

Via: Personnel Today

The Department for Education has announced £196 million, an 8.9% increase, to attract more teachers across key subjects, funding scholarships, bursaries and salary grants to help thousands of candidates through their initial teacher training. Scholarships for those opting to teach […]


News

Teaching profession losing staff in record numbers

June 9, 2023

Via: Personnel Today

Its latest workforce survey revealed that almost 9% of the teaching workforce, equivalent to around 40,000 teachers, left state schools last year. On top of that, 4,000 teachers retired. The number of unfilled teaching vacancies is also at a record […]


Research

Sharp rise in teaching vacancies reported

March 31, 2023

Via: Personnel Today

The REC said there had been a double-digit rise in vacancies for teaching staff in the past few weeks, with almost 40,000 open roles. In secondary education alone, teaching vacancies went up by 12.6%. Chief executive Neil Carberry said this […]


Research

Half of LGBT+ teachers experience discrimination

February 20, 2023

Via: Personnel Today

The poll by teachers union NASUWT found that 26% of LGBT+ teachers feel discrimination has worsened in the past three years. Only a third said their school has a zero-tolerance approach to homophobia, biphobia and transphobia, and just 14% said […]


News

University unions reject latest pay offer

January 27, 2023

Via: Personnel Today

Unions met yesterday (26 January) with the Universities and Colleges Employers Association (UCEA), and the body slightly increased its offer from between 4% and 7% to between 5% and 8%, saying this was “a full and final pay offer”. This […]


Communication, Development & Evaluation

Bridging the gap between young people and employers

December 28, 2022

Via: Personnel Today

The UK’s jobs market seems to be broken. Since 2020, HR professionals have been tested by waves of challenges: the pandemic itself, the subsequent “great resignation”, and a “silver exodus” of over-50 workers. Almost half of UK employers have reported […]


Development & Evaluation, Employee development

Training versus Education

October 4, 2022

Via: HR Hero

Training and education are clearly related concepts. However, we tend to use them in different contexts. Education is typically thought of as broad-based and general, at least with respect to a particular field—i.e., studying British history or thermodynamics. In contrast, […]


Development & Evaluation, Employee retention

Voluntary Benefits Can Help Employers Both Attract and Retain Employees

July 9, 2021

Via: HR Hero

As a consultant who feels strongly about providing employees with both choice and value in their overall benefits package, I am heartened to see that employers increasingly see voluntary benefits as a means of enriching their core benefits plan by […]


Research, Software

Is It OK to Pay Similarly Situated Employees Different Rates?

October 15, 2020

Via: HR Hero

Anyone who has dealt with payroll can probably attest to how easy it is to end up with similar employees who are paid different amounts. It can happen for lots of reasons. For example: Someone who has been there a […]


Research, Software

10 Benefits of Studying Human Resource Management

September 17, 2020

Via: Blogging4Jobs

When school seniors consider their future specialization, in many cases, they choose the one where they don`t have to study so hard, burn and stress out all the time. We can understand that: today, to receive a degree, students have […]


Development & Evaluation, Employee development

Is On-the-Job Training the New Graduate Degree?

July 16, 2020

Via: HR Hero

It’s impossible for educational institutions these days to stay on top of continuing advancements in technology to ensure employees are able to hit the ground running when they land their first jobs. Technology Training a Must-Do in Every Industry Consider […]


Research, Software

Lying and Hiring: It’s More Common Than You Think

April 15, 2020

Via: HR Hero

The candidate-driven market put jobseekers in the drivers’ seat. They controlled who they wanted to work for, and in many cases, employers were fighting with their competition to land the right fit for the role. Even in a candidate-driven market, […]


Development & Evaluation, Employee development, Engagement

Professional Development and Education Emerge as Top Trends for Channel Partners in 2020

February 18, 2020

Via: HR Hero

Employees continue to have the upper hand in the war for talent, as unemployment continues to hover at record-low rates. Moreover, benefits are being battle-tested—and deservedly so. They’re a meaningful conduit to enhanced employee engagement and even loyalty. One emerging […]


Development & Evaluation, Employee development

What You Need to Know About ‘Open Source’ for L&D

October 16, 2019

Via: HR Hero

“Open source” platforms and ideas have been common in the software development industry for years. It involves developers sharing and accessing “open source” code free of charge with the intention of collaborating and innovating new programs and technology with each […]


Development & Evaluation, Employee development

Do Employees Really Need College Degrees Anymore?

September 30, 2019

Via: HR Hero

For generations, parents have told their children one of the most important ways they can help themselves succeed in life is to go to school and get a degree. But a college degree alone often isn’t enough for many students […]


Development & Evaluation, Employee development

Do You Understand the Most Common Employee Learning Styles?

August 2, 2019

Via: HR Hero

One obstacle that many instructors—whether they’re in primary schooling, advanced graduate education, or training in the workplace— run into is getting through to an audience with a variety of learning styles. Not everyone learns the same way. Tools that are […]


Research, Software

Is a College Degree Obsolete?

September 26, 2018

Via: Chief Learning Officer

It’s a broad question heard often these days: “Is a college degree worth it?” This question is most often asked with regard to individuals, but let’s examine it from the company perspective. We can start with a brief look at […]


Development & Evaluation, Employee development, Workplace wellness

What if you Paid Your Employees to Be Financially Savvy?

April 17, 2018

Via: HR Hero

“According to a recent study, 78 percent of full-time U.S. workers are living paycheck to paycheck and 71 percent said they are now in debt. Leading HR software provider BambooHR strongly believes that having good financial health is critical for […]


Development & Evaluation, Employee development

Self-Awareness: The Ladder to Leadership Success

February 21, 2018

Via: Chief Learning Officer

For the past two U.S. presidential administrations, health care has been a contentious issue. National dialogue and federal policy shifts have caused change to continuously ripple throughout the health care industry. In part due to the ongoing change, the terms […]


Research, Software

Are Online College Graduates Better or Worse Hires Than Traditional Students?

September 20, 2016

Via: Omega HR Solutions

There are plenty of reasons to get an online degree. You may be looking to make a career change and don’t have the time to attend a traditional college program. You may not want to be stuck in debt for […]