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Winter e-newsletter 2012

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CIPD Leicestershire branch e-newsletter
Winter 2012
 
 

Welcome to the Leicestershire branch Winter E-Newsletter


As I sit and look out of my window today the view is rather bare!  The leaves have all gone, (the ground is covered with them! another job for the weekend) and the year has nearly gone too!  Where to - I am sure we all ask. 

We, as a committee have endeavoured to put together an interesting, topical and varied programme of events following on from membership requests.  We hope you enjoyed attending some, if not all the events and have benefited in some way from attendance.  Our ongoing commitment to the membership continues and we have an exciting plan of vents for 2012 together with our other voluntary activities in supporting the local Colleges and University with a re-launched mentoring programme, feeding back comments and thoughts on CIPD policy through the policy group, guiding members on through upgrading - we hope to see you at a branch event in the New Year.

2012 – what will the Olympic year bring?  I feel sure that there will be more uncertainty and challenging times in the field of HR – that story never changes!  So with that in mind I would like to wish all our members a peaceful, healthy and happy Festive Season and good wishes for an Olympic 2012.  The focus for 2012 will be CPD – watch this space

Alison Fletcher, CIPD Leicestershire Branch Chair

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Leicestershire branch events - and what's coming up in 2012?
 

Well what a busy year we are having!

We are half way through the year with our Events Programme for 2011/2012 and what a mixed bag on interesting topics.  Events so far have included:

  • The Employment Law Conference in September, with thanks to Howes Percival of Leicester and Geldards of Derby for their excellent presentations and support.
  • In October our session Social and digital media for the bewildered with guest presenters from IOSH and from Everards Breweries
  • Maggie Robinson shared with us her systems of Planning for success in November, which has proved to be most well attended events this year
  • Also in November Dr Rob Hampton provided an update on the Fit for Work scheme in Leicestershire 

Anyone interested in finding out more about these sessions can access the presentation slides on the branch website.

Future Events

The Programme Team are continuing to develop the programme of event for the future. Future events in 2012 include the following: 

  • January - Vocal Impact: How to make your Voice part of your Business Strategy
  • February - Developing Continuously as a Professional: Make 2012 an Olympic year for your Development
  • March - Employment Law Update
  • April - Members' choice

Full details are available on the Events Page of the branch website

If there are any particular events that you would like us to put on or you have any suggestions for the Members' Choice meeting please contact Eleanor Lloyd Jones.  And to receive regular email updates on branch events please sign up here

We do hope that we will see you at an event in the near future and would like to thank you for your continued support.

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Welcome Evening and Students Awards October 2011
 

Celebration and Welcome were the themes of the Branch meeting held in October at De Montfort University.  The CIPD Leicestershire Student of the Year Awards sponsored by Geldards Employment Law Team were presented to the winners:

  • Nicholas Austin from De Montfort University nominated by Amanda Thompson
  • Nicola Fraser from South Leicestershire College nominated by Dave Moore
  • Malgorzata Godziszewska from Stephenson College nominated by Ken Lowles

The achievements of each of the winners were outlined by their nominating college and full details can be found on the branch website.

The Welcome was for those students who have just started CIPD courses in  Leicestershire. After a formal welcome from Amanda Thompson who kindly hosted the evening Kevin Underdown, Emma Hogkinson, Louise Lennon and John Kenney outlined their roles both in the Branch and in the Profession.

Jay Webb, Vice Chair led a question and answer session explaining the opportunities offered by the Branch before closing the evening.

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Employment Law Update - Protected Conversations

If it wasn’t difficult enough to have a genuine 'without prejudice conversation' in times of need, David Cameron has now stated that the government will consult on the introduction and use of ‘protected conversations’ in the workplace.

To find out more about protected conversations and their potential impact in the workplace please read the full article by Michael Briggs of Cummins Solicitors.

 
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Vacancy - HR Adviser

Working within the public sector this opportunity is working within a very busy head office Human Resource department providing a complete HR Advisory service to a large number of internal management. Based in Leicester with free car parking and good public transport links this is an excellent HR opportunity within a public sector body.

For this and other similar HR vacancies in Leicester please contact Vicky Long at Pertemps

Wanted - Mentors to support Job Centre Plus pilot scheme

CIPD is currently running a mentoring pilot with Job Centre Plus and looking for volunteer mentors to help and support young, unemployed job seekers.  They are particularly keen to find new mentors on the western side of Leicestershire.  To find out more please see the CIPD website or contact the project manager Kelly Duncan on k.duncan@cipd.co.uk

 
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