Employer branding is a marketing concept, rather than a mainstream HR process, denoting the attributes that make an employer special and worth working for, and is attracting increasing interest as a way of improving the quality and diversity of job applicants.

The Independent Safeguarding Authority will be charged with vetting staff who work with children and vulnerable adults from October 2009. What will this mean for HR in the public and charity sectors?

Camden Primary Care Trust and six other NHS employers have set up a job broking service that helps disadvantaged people in Camden and Islington find work in the health and caring sectors.

The latest developments on agency workers’ rights have turned the spotlight on working conditions for temps. How can HR deal with them fairly and legally?

How can the loss of key staff members be prevented when employers are seldom interested in managing retention? IRS investigates two methods: managing organisational change more effectively and focusing on employee engagement.

Michael Ball, employment partner at Halliwells, explains a company's obligations when employing young people and school leavers for the summer.

Law firm Addleshaw Goddard set about creating a company culture that supports a wide range of flexible working options to attract and retain talented individuals.

How will organisations recruit and retain graduates in 20 years' time? Personnel Today discovers that the increasing global jobs market will create a whole new set of challenges.

The award-winning strategy to improve the representation of women at financial services company Citi includes a series of initiatives to encourage women to return to work after maternity leave.

Jo Wort, professional support lawyer, and Gagandeep Prasad, solicitor, Charles Russell, explain the potential pitfalls associated with accepting only online applications when recruiting.

The most recent addition to our popular line manager briefing series provides guidance on inducting new employees into the workplace.

IRS's latest research provides a unique view of job boards through the eyes of employers. We discover which job boards they are using, how effective they have found them to be and the typical ways in which they make use of their services.

Kerry Garcia, employment lawyer at Stevens & Bolton, answers questions on the new points-based immigration system.

Outsourcing aspects of the business is now a common management strategy, but how closely does the theory match up to the reality? Personnel Today followed the progress of a recruitment process outsourcing deal to find out.

IRS would like you to take part in our new online survey, which will highlight the methods that employers find work best when managing retention.

More and more employers are falling victim to the "helicopter parenting" phenomenon. How can HR make the best of family ties?

Gagandeep Prasad, solicitor, and Jo Wort, professional support lawyer at Charles Russell, look at the issues surrounding the employment status of casual workers.

Many employers are keen to encourage young people to work for them, realising that today’s junior member of staff may be tomorrow’s manager, professional or business leader.

Research by IRS sheds light on how employers obtain information about the absence and medical details of their potential recruits, what recruiters do with these details, and the costs involved.

Many employers undertake detailed background checks when recruiting, particularly to positions of trust; research by IRS looks at the methods they use, focusing in particular on references and Criminal Records Bureau disclosures.

Many organisations have relied on countries such as India and China as a source of low-cost labour, but now these countries face their own war for talent and the West must find its own people pipeline.