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    Getting into HR can be a real struggle for man

    by Personnel Today 10 Oct 2006
    by Personnel Today 10 Oct 2006

    I read with interest your article on the struggle people face trying to get into the HR profession (Personnel Today,...

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    HR professionals need experience of real world

    by Personnel Today 10 Oct 2006
    by Personnel Today 10 Oct 2006

    I read your article ‘Moving On Up’ (Personnel Today, 12 September) with growing frustration.Going into HR without spending time in...

    • Careers in HR
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    • The HR profession

    DoH appointment criticisms just sound like sour grapes

    by Personnel Today 10 Oct 2006
    by Personnel Today 10 Oct 2006

    Rarely do I get motivated to write a letter to a magazine. But Paul Robertson-Marriott’s whine about the Department of...

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    What about the blokes?

    by Personnel Today 3 Oct 2006
    by Personnel Today 3 Oct 2006

    Reading through your 22 August edition, I have the following comments to make:

    In the letter of the week, Anna Denton...

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    There are serious side effects to looking good

    by Personnel Today 3 Oct 2006
    by Personnel Today 3 Oct 2006

    Your reader makeover piece (Personnel Today, 22 August) drew attention, with a suitably light touch, to a matter that I...

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    Health and safety adviser has been in sun too long

    by Personnel Today 3 Oct 2006
    by Personnel Today 3 Oct 2006

    My heart sank when I read the health and safety dilemma and response in your regular legal Q&A column (5 ...

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    Is HR incapable of making link with business reality?

    by Personnel Today 3 Oct 2006
    by Personnel Today 3 Oct 2006

    I would like to congratulate Personnel Today on exposing HR’s most nagging paradox in your 5 September edition.On the one...

    • Letters

    NHS HR chief pay hike defies logic and abuses public purse

    by Personnel Today 26 Sep 2006
    by Personnel Today 26 Sep 2006

    It is encouraging to read that the public sector is willing to recruit senior HR people from the private sector,...

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    Narrow view of diversity leaves age on sideline

    by Personnel Today 26 Sep 2006
    by Personnel Today 26 Sep 2006

    Bridget Prentice, legal services minister, should not be disappointed with a 34% response from law firms on diversity statistics (PersonnelToday.com, 25...

    • Letters

    Need-to-know basis makes age a thing of the pas

    by Personnel Today 26 Sep 2006
    by Personnel Today 26 Sep 2006

    While Asda is to be applauded for removing the date of birth from its application form (Personnel-Today.com, 29 August), the fact...

    • Letters

    Keep age out of it and let experience do the talking

    by Personnel Today 26 Sep 2006
    by Personnel Today 26 Sep 2006

    As HR professionals, we are encouraged to remove the requirement to state a date of birth from application forms.
    So...

    • Letters

    In my experience, it has been no olds barred

    by Personnel Today 26 Sep 2006
    by Personnel Today 26 Sep 2006

    I sympathise with Geoff Evans’ situation (Letters, Personnel Today, 8 August), but as a 60-year-old HR professional, my experience is very...

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    ‘Brotherhood’ rant speaks for whole of mankind in HR

    by Personnel Today 19 Sep 2006
    by Personnel Today 19 Sep 2006

    ‘The brotherhood responds’ rant (Personnel Today, 25 July) was superb.Having spent 30 years in HR, I have seen the feminisation...

    • Letters

    Lesson in manners for male leaders is real sticking point

    by Personnel Today 19 Sep 2006
    by Personnel Today 19 Sep 2006

    Having read ‘The brotherhood responds’ in your ‘Rant’ slot (Personnel Today, 25 July), I was curious to see the article...

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    Ageist attitudes are the real barrier for over-50s

    by Personnel Today 19 Sep 2006
    by Personnel Today 19 Sep 2006

    In your news story ‘TUC report claims one million over-50s are jobless through employers’ ageist attitudes’ (PersonnelToday.com, 14 August), I strongly...

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