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Enter the zettabyte - what are you doing with your slice of big data?

The charity Teach For America interviews tens of thousands of prospective educators each year, and ensures the very best and brightest end up in US classrooms. But it doesn't leave it to humans to...

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UK sees fastest youth unemployment growth in G8, finds report

The UK has experienced the fastest rise in youth unemployment of any country in the G8 since the start of the recession, according to a report by the Work Foundation.

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Staff performance hit as leaders fail to develop team working

Half of UK employees feel that their organisation does not help them develop good team working skills, according to research released today.

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NHS staff 'should face prosecution over mistake cover-ups'

Hiding information about poor standards of NHS care should become a criminal offence, the public inquiry into failures at Stafford Hospital has concluded.

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Olympics training lead shares top five tips for learning success

Chris Parkinson is now the head of leadership and development at Dixons Retail, but up until September last year he was the workforce training lead for the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

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Leadership research reveals managers 'struggle with basic skills'

Business leaders are 'struggling with basic management skills' as budget cuts and efficiencies increase the pressure on organisations, research from Roffey Park has revealed.

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Compulsory work experience scheme 'legally flawed'

Regulations underpinning the government's mandatory work experience scheme were found to be unlawful by the Court of Appeal yesterday.

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How to spot the psychopaths, Machiavels and narcissists at work...

TV has got a lot to answer for. Larger than life characters like mafia boss Tony Soprano (The Sopranos) and Wall Street's Gordon Gekko convince us that it's easy to spot the cold, unempathetic...

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Job seekers could have fared better without Work Programme, say MPs

MPs have labelled the progress of the government's Work Programme 'extremely poor' as it missed minimum targets for getting people off benefits and back into work.

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Mark Hoban: 'Sometimes, work experience is just what you need'

Mark Hoban: 'Sometimes, work experience is just what you need' With the government's flagship scheme in the dock, the employment minister tells People Management HR professionals should get behind it

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Sainsbury's appoints Angie Risley as group HR director

Sainsbury's has announced that Angie Risley will join the supermarket chain as its group HR director in January.

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Sainsbury's and BT announce senior level HR moves

Sainsbury's has announced that Olympics HR director Jean Tomlin will be joining its board as a non-executive director in January.

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High demand for apprenticeships as online applicants up 40 per cent

Nearly 270,000 applications for apprenticeship places were made online last quarter, according to new figures from the National Apprenticeship Service (NAS).

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Mike Forde: 'Football isn't wild - it's just like any other business'

Football, they say, is a funny old game. But is a top club - with its highly paid creative talents and internal politics - really so different to any other organisation? People Management asked Mike...

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The importance of intercultural skills

The modern workplace is becoming increasingly globalised and multicultural.

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Poor careers guidance sells apprenticeships short, says CIPD

Preoccupation with the university system means children are not being told about the benefits of apprenticeships according to new research by the CIPD.

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Higher Apprenticeship in legal services 'could challenge degrees'

Skills for Justice, the Sector Skills Council for the legal sector, is promising more school-leavers will be able to enter the legal profession, with the launch last night of a new Level 4 Higher...

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One in seven women 'ousted from job on maternity leave'

Up to 15 per cent of women find they do not have a job to go back to after their maternity leave, according to new figures.

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Employers given more input on apprenticeship design

Employers will be able to develop their own apprenticeship standards and qualifications to help address skills shortages in their industries, the government has announced today.

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Success of apprentices at IBM prompts scheme expansion

The success of an internally designed apprenticeship scheme at IBM has led to the company upping its intake of school leavers onto the programme this year.

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