E-learning Is Over-hyped, Say Firms
News Half of UK firms surveyed feel that e-learning has been over-hyped, according to a report from the Chartered Institute for Personnel and Development (CIPD). However, despite the successes enjoyed by the companies surveyed for the report, success of...
[February 27, 2003, 12:20]
Employers Target Pensioners To Fill Skills Gaps
News UK businesses are actively targeting older workers in order to address recruitment difficulties and fill skills gaps, according to the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development's (CIPD) annual recruitment survey.
[June 12, 2006, 15:30]
Employers Get Tough On Internet Misuse
News Sending inappropriate emails and using the Internet during working hours is likely to result in dismissal or suspension of offending staff in almost of half the cases, according to a survey carried out on behalf of the Chartered Institute of...
[June 27, 2003, 7:33]
Work Surfing Costs Business £2.5m A Year
News The research has been published in a business practices handbook entitled Internet Use and Abuse at Work produced by the Chartered Institute of Personnel Development (CIPD), based in London. The CIPD estimates that around 84 percent of workers in...
[October 26, 2000, 11:55]
Teleworking: Don't Believe The Hype
News The number of workers who take advantage of remote working has been hyped, according to a report from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD). As a result, said the report's author, CIPD chief economist Dr John Philpott, "the...
[September 8, 2006, 13:55]
IT Staff Given Retirement Wake-up Call
News Tech execs need a reality check on their retirement expectations, said CIPD diversity adviser Dianah Worman: "Our research shows that most managers expect everyone to be retiring later within 10 years — except themselves.
[October 24, 2005, 14:20]
