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    Organizations dedicated to helping place ex-forces in jobs....

    Thanks Busby, I think your comment on social media hit the nail on the head, if the UK subsidiary is serious about veteran recruitment, making it known will help.. There are a couple of org's I have found as places we can advertise roles - and hopefully get some placement terms agreed with...
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    Organizations dedicated to helping place ex-forces in jobs....

    G’day all, Quick question – are there any UK organizations dedicated to helping veterans find jobs? And of course, who are they? In context, I’ve moved around the world with my jobs a fair bit - and generally used a relatively high percentage of ex-forces as I have built teams (My current...
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    Which Bar for One More Pint?

    When did the 'Ross merge with Jimmy's Bar? '88 - '91 they were next to each other just down from the single's block - i may have been drunk in there a lot - although FamaG's was a my non Limassol hang out of choice! Semi- related , when did the single block get knocked down? - and where do the...
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    Which Bar for One More Pint?

    From forces days - the Mally at Wittering, a totally unique bar, drank in by equally unique people Bar I want to get back to ASAP - Jim Brady's on Manhattan island, my regular haunt when working in NY - really miss that place Next pub crawl- back to Dublin, food and a couple of beers in the...
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    What Happens in Basic Training Today?

    I didn't want to derail the thread,,, but there was a surprising amount of bullying that went on in the early-mid 80's.. I ran into one of the DI's several years later, and we did have a couple of beers - he mentioned that during the Falkland's the RAF were found to be, as a rule, the most...
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    What Happens in Basic Training Today?

    This is probably the biggest change from the early 80's, and one I am glad to see. There was some really bullying that used to go on at Swinderby - especially where a recruit was deemed 'unworthy', some the instructors seems to take it on themselves to hound some people until they dropped...
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    Best Skive?

    Bird control at Valley – I slept off many a hangover behind the bushes at the top of TACAN hill. As long a you drove past the tower a couple of times a shift, no-one really bothered you..
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    Three Words of Advice to Your 18 Year Old Self

    Things work out
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    Cyber warfare

    I've been at a Cyber resillience conference in Chatham House this week Today we had a speach from Michael Fallon (by which i mean we went for a break came back to a room full of the press, MF made a 15 min speach - answered a couple of softball questions - then they all buggered off and we got...
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    Weekend plans?.......

    Just after 4 on the day before a long weekend - time to head out of the office.. Normally at this stage I'd be heading to the nearest pub, but tonight I'm going to have to be sensible'ish!.. 6 am start tomorrow morning to be up, out and heading north to watch Wigan slaughter St Helens at the...
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    Summer hols, Aug

    Ok Goaters – It’s that time of year when I have to stat thinking about the annual summer holiday Last year we went walking (for which read - drinking heavily!) in the Bavarian Alps – which was fantastic. Even the cheerful ‘Hello’ of a 90 year old woman walking briskly past me as I puffed and...
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    Tougher anti-strike laws

    I noticed in the press today that there is growing political support for tougher anti-strike laws. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/01/24/120-tory-mps-back-calls-tougher-anti-strike-laws-end-rail-misery/ Despite my well published views that unions are not fit for purpose - I find myself...
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    Space cadets

    A question for anyone who is involved with the cadets. For several years, while we lived in Scotland, Pom Jr was in the Scouts - and had a great time camping out 1-2 weekends a month , in anything down to minus 5 With our migration south - he promptly got bored with the local Scouts, who only...
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    Generations in the work place - or, who brings home the bacon?

    This game across my desk today I remember when I started work, back in ’83. The ‘greatest generation’ were the old guard, people I had as teachers etc – but were basically coming up to retirement. (For the millennials that will never know what they were like to work with – they were not...
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    Rugby League playoffs 2016

    As Rugby league reaches the last couple of weeks of what has, unfortunately, been the season where the game finally lost all credibility as sport – a few thoughts.. Last season the rot set in, it was clear the RFL wanted Kevin and co to have the dream ending to their careers and some very...
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    South Africa..

    Gotta ask – anyone been to Johannesburg lately?, and how bad can it be?! I’m having do to a short notice trip there next week (I was just born lucky) – and have just spent the last hour and a half with our corporate security team going through various arrangements. I was expecting...
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    Trip down Memory Lane

    I have fond memories of them both ;-) Sally - pre-teen / early teen Wendy - later teen / early 20's
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    state run / forced monopoly V's open market

    Being a devout centrist – my general view on life is that core elements should be provided centrally, with the free market being able to run the rest. For example – I passionately believe in the NHS (I’ve seen the alternative!). Although think it should be cut back to maintenance of health...
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    Election day in Scotland - the shame from tactical voting!..

    So, election day finally arrives in Scotland. You could tell it was coming, Kim Jong Sturgeon wanted to divert all attention away from the SNP's terrible record by shouting Freedom, IndyRef2 and It's all Westminster's fault to anyone that would listen.. Unfortunately, the Monster Raving Loony...
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    Fantasy F1 - Goat 2016 league

    As the f1 season is rapidly approaching – it that time of year again to think about the goat fantasy F1 league (well probably just me thinking about it in reality!) Anyway, I’ve create a private leave for member of the goat – so feel free to register your team and may the best Pom win...
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