Advice and Opinion - June 2021
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Posted on Tuesday, June 15, 2021 by Shaun D’Arcy and Rachel Jagger-Thomas at JTL — No comments
If you were stuck on an island and needed just one person with all the skills to build, decorate, plumb and heat your home, Corrina Bailey would probably be the perfect choice. She started training as a bricklayer at college before changing to a multi-trade course that included painting, decorating and some plumbing. She then tried something different by studying travel and tourism at Sixth Form ...
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Posted on Sunday, June 6, 2021 by Ian Thomas — No comments
When portfolio board director Shefaly Yogendra first came to the UK, she faced many challenges getting a job. “One of the first hurdles I experienced in the UK was not having blue-chip names on my CV,” she told the BBC in a recent interview. “ Some of the other problems…were people asking if I was here legally, that they didn’t believe my CV, or that I was too educated .” She said women and ...