Greeting jobs require an extensive set of professional skills and practices. Over and above the wide range of jobs involved, the most obvious aspect of this skill set is the relational component. It also has a less visible aspect,namely self-organisa...

Occupation-based approaches to human resource management are on the increase in firms and government departments. They provide a means of identifying, describing and enhancing the standing of these organisations' activities and jobs. They are also a...

The French Law of May 2004, wich introduced new tools for managing lifelong learning, has had considerable impact on firms, which are the main players in the vocational training field. Although some firms have responded rather passively to the new le...

The number of jobs provided by the metalworking industries are bound to decrease during the next few years in France. This sector will nevertheless be faced with workforce replacement problems because large numbers of employees are due to retire shor...

The Quarries and Building Materials sector is being faced like many others with the ageing of its workers and is having to solve recruitment problems. The question which has therefore arisen is how to deal with the workforce replacement requirements....