Valentine’s Day | What challenges could HR be faced with?

HR Grapevine Hearing of romantic relationships between colleagues is not unheard of in workplaces. This is echoed in 2020 data from Reboot Digital Marketing, which found that 45% of employees had admitted to some form of a romantic relationship at work during their career. While many companies will likely have policies in place that forbid…

Microsoft | Learning chief on the rise of encore careers

HR Grapevine Switching careers is not uncommon among workplace professionals, as some may feel they have got all they can out of their original career choice, while others seek out a new challenge by changing up their line of work. However, the global pandemic has sparked an increase in encore careers, where those aged over 45…

Upskilling | 76-year-old shows apprenticeships are ageless

HR Grapevine At the age of 76, Bedfordshire-based ticket inspector Bob Bryce is challenging the preconceptions of career progression and development by becoming one of the UK’s oldest workplace apprentices – more than 60 years after first leaving education. Currently a Team Leader on the Govia Thameslink Railway, Bryce recently undertook a level 3 supervisor…

Gartner Predicts the Future of Cloud and Edge Infrastructure

As enterprise infrastructures evolve and shift in today’s digital-first world, infrastructure and operations (I&O) leaders need to prioritize adapting and protecting on their to-do lists. IT leaders need to formulate a cohesive cloud strategy that is expansive and forward-looking to fully reap the business value of cloud The number of Internet of Things (IoT) devices…