News and Events By Keyword: Career Development
Overcoming fear to achieve potential
30 May 2013
It can take some something really life changing to make us look at the world differently. Bev White discusses how a good outplacement coach can help you to look at the art of the possible.
News Type: In the press |
Keywords: Career Development | Outplacement |
Boosting employability skills
22 Nov 2012
The global HR Services Group, Penna, are hosting a group of students aged 16 to 19 from Thomas Tallis School, Greenwich and the College of Haringey, Enfield and North East London on Thursday 22 November, to give them a taste of working life, and to help boost their employability skills.
News Type: Our news |
Keywords: Career Development | London |
Career Activism or Opportunism?
11 May 2012
Can we really be career activists in the current economic climate? How much control of our careers can we really have? And if we are always striving for the perfect role, what are our chances of career success?
News Type: Our news |
Keywords: Career Development |
The Careers Profession Alliance
29 Nov 2011
The Careers Profession Alliance (CPA) has been established in order to develop one unified voice for the careers profession in the UK.
News Type: Our news |
Keywords: Career Development |
Channel 4 Mentoring Competition
15 Nov 2011
As part of their drive to inform students about the new tuition fees, Channel 4 developed a microsite to help students make the decision about High Education that is right for them. As part of this, Channel 4 ran a competition for students to win a mentoring session with a senior industry figure one of which, we are proud to say, was Penna's own Jonathan Swain.
News Type: Our news |
Keywords: Career Development |
Developing Your Skills
15 Sep 2011
How often do you assess your own skills and capabilities, and those of other members of the HR team?
The Strategic HR Network's next evening panel discussion, sponsored by Penna, is taking place on 4 October 2011 at BAFTA, London. The topic under discussion will be "Defining & Developing the Skills & Capaibilities for Marketing Leading HR".
Location: BAFTA, London
News Type: Events |
Keywords: Career Development | Learning and Development |
Don’t scrimp on people’s futures
25 Jul 2011
Last week Penna were at the CIPD Police HR Conference, talking to police forces about outplacement and how it supports individuals made redundant to manage the impact of what is frequently an extremely difficult and stressful situation and to move forward and successfully find new roles.
News Type: In the press |
Keywords: Career Development | Outplacement |
Leadership Effectiveness Event
09 Jun 2011
The Strategic HR Network's next evening panel discussion, sponsored by Penna, is taking place on 5 July 2011 at BAFTA, London. The topic under discussion will be "Leadership Effectiveness: Translatying Buy-in into Action". Having effective leaders that can drive through strategic change is more important than ever.
Location: BAFTA, London
News Type: Events |
Keywords: Career Development | Learning and Development |
The Impact of Redundancy
01 Jun 2011
Redundancy is often a difficult experience for the employees involved. Financial pressures, feelings of failure and betrayal are commonplace. With the right support and advice these sentiments can lessen and to a degree disappear as people find new employment. However, for some individuals, the experience of being made redundant has a longer-term impact on their ability to build strong relationships with future employers, whether they are conscious of it or not.
News Type: In the press |
Keywords: Career Development | Outplacement |
Your Online Brand
23 May 2011
We all know the significant role that networking plays in helping people to progress their careers or find new roles. Networking, however, has changed gears. Professionals now spend more time building connections online in comparison to traditional face-to-face networking.
News Type: In the press |
Keywords: Attraction and Communications | Career Development |
