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Absolutely this! Practical skills and experience beat a textbook I'm afraid. Mingchun, what do you think your manager has been doing for 15 years? Learning a lot more even if she hasn't been in a classroom for that time. And could it be you're overcomplicating…

Hi Paula, but if you've obtained your qualification, you're not a student :-) I believe Associate is for those who've obtained a qualification but are not yet Chartered members...

What do you call a sheep with no legs? A cloud

Hi Derek. We have fairly high turnover, we can't just hope that people will stay for ever if they join us before 31st December.

Thank you for your support Ray, however you make an assumption which unfortunately many people do, and I worry will be the Government's default... We currently pay all Production Operatives £8.50 per hour regardless of age... So quite above minimum…

Hi Steve
My concern is being able to continue to recruit people from the EU. There has been a lot of talk about "talent", minimum salary levels etc, but what if you don't want "talent"? What if the majority of your employees have for some years come…

Bear in mind that future recruiters will take a look at your CV and may well think, "she can't decide what she wants to do, I want someone who's sure this is the career for them". Of course this may be hugely unfair, but you won't be in front of them…

Hi, there is also of course a world outside the local authority and that might be where your future lies!

Hi
I wasn't meaning to be sarcastic, it was genuinely meant that there are numerous similar queries and a great deal of good advice on here!

I would advise them to use the search function on this page to look for the many similar queries and many many pages of advice that have been given :-)