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Comment on: Landlords to float on stock exchange
Soon it won't be banker's bonuses that we are complaining about!
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Comment on: Contractor denies takeover talk
Oh no! Not another Connaught / ROK fiasco.
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Comment on: Contractor denies takeover talk
Oh no! Not another Connaught / ROK fiasco.
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Comment on: Contractor denies takeover talk
Oh no! Not another Connaught / ROK fiasco.
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Comment on: Housing crisis in England 'threatens' public health
'back to the 80s' - sorry but is that the 1980s or the 1880s. I am old enough to remember the 1980s. I was gainfully employed with a housing association (they didn't make you redundant at the drop of a hat then) - I brought up 2 kids who are now healthy adults.
I don't remember any great public health crisis in the UK during the 1980s. Polio was conquered, Smallpox had been eradicated in 1977, Tuberculosis had not yet returned to today's levels and we were only just starting on the fast food / burger obesity trail. The housing that I built for our occupants was wholesome & healthy.
What public health issues is this article referring to?
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Equality is needed for older employees too
As a redundant 50 plus job hunter I have now had almost 30 interviews without sucess. I have a postgraduate management qualification and had a long career in development & regeneration. The only thin
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Posted in: Ryan Giggs
Who cares anyway? Probably only his wife!
Chasing an inflated pigs bladder round a field seems pretty stupid to me.
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Posted in: IS Housing truly an incestious sector?
My experience over the last couple of years is that recruitment practice in RSLs & LA housing departments is often just for show, the job is usually already sown up.
I have been to quite a few interview days where there was one candidate from each ethinic / gender / sexual orientation / age group plus one other. From body language it was easy to see that the one other was well known to the organisation and the rest of them were there just for show.
I had a good career in housing, working in senior roles for councils, RSLs & developers. When I was younger I found that when I went for a job, I usually got it. Now I am the wrong side of 55 however, I find it impossible to get the same type of jobs. As an older age group white male I actually felt discriminated against.
The result is that I have given up on the housing sector and taken my years of experience, training & qualifications to a different sector.
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Posted in: Equality is needed for older employees too
As a redundant 50 plus job hunter I have now had almost 30 interviews without sucess. I have a postgraduate management qualification and had a long career in development & regeneration. The only thing that has changed about my employment profile is my age. Is this sheer co-incidence or are some housing organisations covertly favouring younger candidates. Anybody else out there experiencing the same?