THE VALUE OF VETERANS
As part of the U.S. Army's Hire a Veteran campaign, the Army recently partnered with the Society for Human Resource Management to conduct a research study on veteran employment. The results indicate that assumptions about veterans often influence employers' hiring decisions—and not always in the veterans' favor. The study finds thre…
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Government to boost military spending - but cut services
Unions and anti-arms campaigners joined forces today to condemn suggestions the government intended to boost spending on military equipment - but slash public services. Senior government sources have indicated that Prime Minister David Cameron has pledged to deliver real-terms rises in equipment spending after 2015. During the Prime Minister…
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What's Christmas without food?
A curious phenomenon occurs around this time in some of my city's poorer districts. In these places, Christmas starts earlier. Often, on a night when the rain is not merely dropping but chibbing you at an angle of 45 degrees, it's not just the orange street lights that dance in the puddles. As you look up a road lined by tenements, on either side he…
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