Building Cumbria’s Workforce and Future Community

We all rate job security as a priority, but for Sellafield and the county of Cumbria an important issue is workforce security. Programme and Project Partners (PPP) has the objective to deliver major decommissioning projects over the next 20 years at Sellafield – a timespan equal to half of a person’s career. That means the…

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How to Increase the Quality and Quantity of Applicants to Jobs

The number of highly skilled people that either need or prefer to work flexibly is significantly increasing worldwide. There is a huge untapped talent pool of people that would apply for positions if they allowed for flexibility in working hours and/or location. Within this talent pool are people looking to work part time and balance…

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Why you should always be realistic about your language skills in your CV

The nuclear industry is an international industry where multilingual professionals are in high demand. Unfortunately, candidates often overestimate their proficiency in foreign languages, and this can seriously affect their job prospects – more so than if they state their level accurately.   Be truthful “Bilingual”, “Fluent” and “Professional” are terms commonly employed to indicate the…

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People over retirement age that work – should there be a name for this rising demographic?

In the 1940’s someone coined the term ‘’teenagers’’, which classified people aged between 13-19 anywhere in the world and heralded the dawn of myriad products and services tailored specifically for this group. Recognizing a demographic in this way does have benefits, such as better tailoring of products and services or increasing support and protection through government regulation. The…

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