• How To Help Your Teaching Assistants Support Your School

    Most teachers and head teachers will agree that teaching assistants do a great job, but can you help your teaching assistants to become even more valuable to your school? Thinking about the contributions of teaching assistants in the context of your HR strategy will help you to find ways to enable your teaching assistants to…

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  • What Should You Include In Your Business Development Manager’s Job Description?

    The role of the business development manager (BDM) in schools is changing. Whether you already have a BDM, or are thinking of hiring one, here are three questions to consider when creating or updating the BDM’s job description. With Whom Will Your BDM Interact? Thinking about the people with whom your BDM will interact will…

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  • PeopleTalk – January 2014

    Welcome to our first newsletter of 2014. The DOHR team wishes you a happy, healthy and successful year in which your business not only survives, but thrives. This month we focus on employers’ obligations in the areas of pay and we take a look at issues around time off. We update you on our recent blogging…

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  • Pupils And Abusive Relationships: How Can HR Help?

    Most school leaders are used to turning to an HR professional for guidance on contracts of employment and recruitment and selection matters. Involving HR in issues that are directly related to pupil welfare, for example, safeguarding matters, probably happens less often.  However, HR has a role to play in these areas of school management, too.…

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  • How Well Does Your School Promote Equality?

    Your school is keen to promote equality. However there have been reports recently suggesting that some schools are not publishing equality information as required by legislation. Therefore, now might be the time for you to ask just how well your school promotes equality. Use the questions below to help you to review your current approach.…

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  • Who gets the money?

    The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has today released its provisional results for the 2013 annual survey of Hours and Earnings. When it comes to pay review time, we are often asked what other clients are doing in relation to pay increases, bonuses and commission. We can only look at a small snap shot, but…

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  • PeopleTalk – December 2013

    Welcome Welcome to December’s PeopleTalk. The end of the year is in sight and 2014 is looming. The new year is always an opportunity to make changes, either to yourself, your business or both. Take a step back and take time to reflect: What is important to you? What does your business need from you…

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  • PeopleTalk – October 2013

    Welcome Well Autumn is here, the kids are back at school, Halloween, Bonfires night and even Christmas are all approaching fast. Before we know it we will be welcoming in a new year. But before I wish our lives away, this month’s PeopleTalk is full of useful and interesting items for you and your business.…

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  • Interesting Interview Techniques

    I could cry, but I would be wasting my tears and crying about something over which I have no control. I have just listened to a very articulate 21 year old describing the interview process he was put through by one of my old employers. Now ordinarily, I wouldn’t mind too much, but in this…

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  • PeopleTalk – September 2013

    Welcome to the September newsletter for DOHR. We have lots of information for you this month and are delighted to introduce you to our two lovely new team members.  Also this month we provide you with a brief legal update, a reminder about the need for risk assessments and details of a first aid course.…

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