HUMAN RESOURCES

Northumberland chief to step down

By Heather Jameson | 27 July 2022

The chief executive of Northumberland Council is set to step down on ill health grounds, just wee...

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Council workers in Scotland vote for strike action

By Laura Sharman | 27 July 2022

Thousands of Scottish council workers have voted to strike in a dispute over the offered pay rise.

ADULT SOCIAL CARE

Care in skills crisis

By Martin Ford | 27 July 2022

Social care directors have said the sector is facing ‘a workforce crisis never seen before’ as th...

HUMAN RESOURCES

The value of giving to gain...

By Kate Wilson | 27 July 2022

Kate Wilson looks at the best ways of accommodating the needs and wants of todays’ candidates – a...

HUMAN RESOURCES

Think about potential rather than experience

By Tristam Noakes | 27 July 2022

Strategy director at Penna Tristam Noakes says record levels of vacancies mean employers need to ...

HUMAN RESOURCES

How to be an employer of choice

By Maxine O'Mahony | 26 July 2022

Maxine O’Mahony explains how creating a modern, welcoming office environment has boosted recruitm...

HUMAN RESOURCES

Recruitment solutions for testing times

By Gordon McFarlane | 26 July 2022

Councils must get better at marketing themselves as local employers and organisational culture is...

HUMAN RESOURCES

We need a diverse pool of talent bubbling through

By Graeme McDonald | 26 July 2022

As Solace continues to cast a spotlight on the lack of diversity among the senior management of l...

HUMAN RESOURCES

Motivations for moving

By Blair Mcpherson | 26 July 2022

Author and former director Blair McPherson considers the reasons why a senior manager with long t...

HUMAN RESOURCES

Employers put forward flat rate rise in council staff pay

By Chris Mahony | 25 July 2022

Employers have offered a flat rate pay rise of £1,925 to all staff.