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Issue 18

Contents

Regulars

Page 6, Recruitment News, Brits are the hardest workers, Entrepreneurial spirit grips Cardiff, Office conflicts hit new high, St David’s 2 need 1,000 construction workers, South Wales building boom continues, Welsh workers awarded with 8 extra holidays

(Picture: Photo of a Man in a shirt and tie on the phone with his feet on the desk)

Page 8, Welsh Recruitment Meets – Mark Loosemoore, Pitman Training, We talk to the Director of one of the UK’s biggest training providers and find out how updating and learning new skills can help get you back to work, give you the advantage in the workplace and help drive your career forward.

Page 10, Career Advice: Work Experience – Preparation for your future, To get a job you need experience and to get experience you need to get a job. Is this a Catch 22 scenario? Luckily, there are several organisations offering you seasonal and temporary work to get you started.

(Picture: Photo of a Traffic Warden, Doctor, Office worker and a Builder)

Page 11, Appointments

Page 18, Find a new job on the Net – the best of the rest jobs around

Page 26 Recruitment directory – list of the region’s leading agencies


Features

Page 14, After Graduation – What Next?, Having spent the last few years studying hard and building up debt, you may be starting to feel fed-up at being skint and could be tempted to take the first job that comes along. Don’t. You could regret it.

(Picture: Photo of a student wearing a graduation gown and mortar board looking up a flight of stone steps)

Page 28, Access all Areas and Opportunities for all, Employment discrimination against someone based on their ethnicity or disability is wrong, but it still happens even in this age of political correctness and equal opportunities. However, there are two great projects in Cardiff that are being extremely successful in breaking down these barriers and helping hundreds of people find new rewarding careers.