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		<title>It&#8217;s Golden Bull Awards Day!</title>
		<link>http://www.fuselearning.co.uk/blog/2011/12/09/its-golden-bull-awards-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 12:30:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Hunt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Attention all civil servants, local government employees &#8211; and business gobbledygook speakers &#8211; today is a day especially for you – Plain English Day.
Yes, today&#8217;s the day when the Plain English Campaign announces the short-listed entrants for its awards including the Golden Bull and Foot in Mouth.
The Campaign has been around for more than 30 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Want to get ahead? Then do nothing about it!</title>
		<link>http://www.fuselearning.co.uk/blog/2011/11/17/want-to-get-ahead-then-do-nothing-about-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 07:56:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Hunt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve spent a lot of time with people who have used their own time and money to learn new skills and gain qualifications to help them progress. Yet it seems that many employees who are not satisfied with their career progression won’t do anything to help themselves.
Some 42 per cent of the 2,000 people who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do you really check those references and qualifications?</title>
		<link>http://www.fuselearning.co.uk/blog/2011/10/25/do-you-really-check-those-references-and-qualifications/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 11:39:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Hunt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When someone applies for a job with you, do you always check their references and qualifications? You do? Then good for you. But not everyone does, so it seems.
On Monday a man who posed for years as a qualified doctor was jailed for 27 months, including 18 months for receiving what is still quaintly called [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Leadership Development – the Challenge of the Decade</title>
		<link>http://www.fuselearning.co.uk/blog/2011/10/11/leadership-development-%e2%80%93-the-challenge-of-the-decade-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 11:06:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Hunt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As never before, the challenge facing both the private and public sectors as we emerge slowly from recession is leadership.  A good leader has the ability not only to lead, but also to inspire and empower others.
Josh Bersin, President and CEO of Bersin &#38; Associates, said earlier this year that leadership development is ‘pretty much [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Basic skills versus migrant workers issue won’t go away</title>
		<link>http://www.fuselearning.co.uk/blog/2011/09/03/basic-skills-versus-migrant-workers-issue-won%e2%80%99t-go-away/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Sep 2011 10:03:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Hunt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A week or so ago a CIPD survey linked the growth in employment of migrant workers with that of the lack of basic skills among school leavers. Now David Frost, the outgoing head of the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) has joined in the discussion, with a call to the government to help businesses employ [...]]]></description>
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		<title>School leavers ‘unemployable’ so migrant workers fill the gap</title>
		<link>http://www.fuselearning.co.uk/blog/2011/08/24/school-leavers-%e2%80%98unemployable%e2%80%99-so-migrant-workers-fill-the-gap/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2011 08:10:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Hunt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It never ceases to amaze me that some children can go though 10 or more years of formal education and yet leave without employability skills. But once again a report has drawn attention to this appalling situation.  Perhaps it&#8217;s little wonder that some employers prefer to take on migrant workers.
My rant stems from new research [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Apprentice – did the best person win?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jul 2011 14:30:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Hunt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Should Tom (the Prof) Pellerau should have won the final of The Apprentice? It’s all a matter of opinion, and ultimately the only opinion that counted was that of Lord Sugar.
Last month I said that if I was forming a team then I’d choose Zoe Beresford, Helen Milligan, and Tom.  Shortly after that Zoe made [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BMA helps fill the ‘silly season’ news gap</title>
		<link>http://www.fuselearning.co.uk/blog/2011/07/14/bma-helps-fill-the-%e2%80%98silly-season%e2%80%99-news-gap/</link>
		<comments>http://www.fuselearning.co.uk/blog/2011/07/14/bma-helps-fill-the-%e2%80%98silly-season%e2%80%99-news-gap/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jul 2011 14:16:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Hunt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Summer is clearly here, and with it the ‘silly season’ whereby news stories are thin on the ground. Step forward then, the BMA. The doctors’ union has gone from arguing against changes to the NHS to advising its members about the dangers of Facebook. Wow! I’m sure Health Sec Andrew Lansley is relieved that they’re [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Does your company act with integrity? Does it need to?</title>
		<link>http://www.fuselearning.co.uk/blog/2011/07/05/does-your-company-act-with-integrity-does-it-need-to/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jul 2011 10:52:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Hunt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’d never heard of the Good Work Commission until today. But apparently its purpose ‘is to enable a broad-based, multi-perspective review of the core issues that impact working life.’ Right, so now we know.
Much more interesting are some of the findings from a report it has just published. Surely a company needs to act with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Information Commissioner targets the NHS – again!</title>
		<link>http://www.fuselearning.co.uk/blog/2011/07/01/information-commissioner-targets-the-nhs-%e2%80%93-again/</link>
		<comments>http://www.fuselearning.co.uk/blog/2011/07/01/information-commissioner-targets-the-nhs-%e2%80%93-again/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2011 10:48:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Hunt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just as surely as summer follows spring, you can guarantee that every few weeks some NHS body or other will be in trouble over the Data Protection Act.
The Information Commissioner, Christopher Graham, is certainly on the warpath this time. His office, the ICO, has found another five health organisations in breach of the Data Protection [...]]]></description>
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