Specialists get technical
	DESPITE the well-documented downturn in the economy, employers in industrial sectors are still finding it hard to source skilled employees.

	Manage your own future
	RUTH Spellman OBE, the newly-appointed chief executive of the Chartered Management Institute, intends to use her position to call for a greater focus on the high-level skills needed to build UK competitiveness and productivity.

	Hiring an apprentice has multiple benefits
	BCOT has successfully recruited young people on apprenticeship programmes for employers in the Basingstoke area for several years.

	Chance to enrol in advance
	BCOT is holding an early enrolment evening for people wanting to sign up for a part-time course this September.

	Warning over illegal workers
	Employers could face imprisonment and fines of tens of thousands of pounds unless they are able to prove they have taken all reasonable steps to check their staff have a legal right to live and work in the UK.

	Expand your horizons easily
	DID you know you can go to Basingstoke College of Technology one day a week and gain a level two diploma?

	Become the latest addition
	THIS year is a very special one for Gillian Clark, owner of Clark Recruitment - it marks her 20th anniversary of working in accountancy recruitment.

	A taste of having a
	BCOT is inviting anyone interested in starting a career in healthcare to a taster day "drop-in" event on Friday, May 23, to find out more about a brand-new one-year Access to Higher Education Diploma in health.

	Communication overload!
	NEW research reveals that the average British business person only manages to complete three hours and 50 minutes of constructive work each day.

	Tony gains much from his training
	A KITCHEN porter at Basing-stoke and North Hampshire NHS Foundation Trust Hosp-ital is celebrating after achieving the NVQ level two in cleaning and support services.

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