Today’s Links

• Learning Technologies 2012: Day Two overview #LT12UK
  The second and final day at Learning Technologies provided delegates with more big ideas and practical learning and development (LD) tips. Martin Couzins provides a review of day two.

  Jaron Lanier, the man wh

• G4S starts recruitment drive for 10,000 Olympic Games security staff
  G4S, the security provider for the London 2012 Olympic Games, has launched what it called “the biggest paid recruitment drive this century” in order to hire 10,000 security staff in time for the Olympic and Paralympic Games this summer.</S
• Learning Technologies 2012: Day One overview #LT12UK
  Learning Technologies 2012 started yesterday at London Olympia and Martin Couzins caught up with speakers, delegates and exhibitors in his day-one overview.

  Organisations should consider creating chief ideas officers to hel

• Lack of skilled candidates leaving graduate roles unfilled
  One-third of graduate recruiters failed to meet their recruitment targets in 2010-11 because of a lack of suitably skilled candidates, according to research published today.

  The Association of Graduate Recruiters’ (AGR) wi

• Government issues amended timetable for pensions auto-enrolment
  The Government today issued amendments to the timetable against which employers must enrol their staff in workplace pension schemes.

  The Government says that the amendments have been made in order to allow smaller business

• Middle managers under ‘excessive pressure’ at work
  Half (49%) of middle managers feel that they are under “excessive pressure” at work, with one-third fearing that they may lose their jobs as a result of the economic climate.

  This is according to the Ch

• Government “over-optimistic” about Work Programme, says National Audit Office
  The National Audit Office (NAO) has described the Government’s projected figures for its Work Programme, the flagship scheme aimed at getting the long-term unemployed into work, as “over-optimistic”.

  The NAO has said

• Cable announces plans for action on executive pay
  The Government’s plans for an overhaul of the executive pay system have been announced.

  The proposals were first outlined in September 2011 by business secretary Vince Cable and more detail has been provided in a speech gi

• Goverment announces regional mediation networks
  The Government today announced the latest step in its attempts to reform the employment tribunal system – a pilot scheme for two regional mediation networks for small businesses.

  The pilot networks will be located in Cambr

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