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Rejected postman lacked ‘professional walking experience’

Royal Mail yesterday denied discrimination after turning down a student for the role of holiday cover postman due to his lack of ‘professional walking experience’.

Mark Pye, studying for an MSc, was left fuming when a 19 year old working for Royal Mail’s recruitment partner told him his CV failed to demonstrated the necessary experience of ‘putting one foot in front of the other whilst holding a bag’.

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Posted: May 16th, 2013
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Millions of Romanians, Bulgarians preparing to ‘avoid UK like the plague’

too much effort to fix itFears of a huge influx of immigrants from Romania and Bulgaria have given way to indignation after a poll showed workers from the two countries are preparing to ‘avoid Britain like the plague’, when movement restrictions are eased later this year.

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Posted: Apr 22nd, 2013
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Steve Jobs unveils iHarp 2.0

He's still at it...

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Posted: Oct 18th, 2012
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Unemployment figures slashed as government deems motherhood a full-time job

mothers advised to 'get off your bike and go and find a sofa'In the latest bid to tackle soaring unemployment figures, the government has today announced the reclassification of motherhood as full-time employment.

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Posted: Oct 13th, 2011
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Steve Jobs unveils new Steve Jobs

business as unusualSteve Jobs finally announced yesterday that the latest innovation from global computer giant Apple will be an all-new reinvention of Steve Jobs.

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Posted: Aug 27th, 2011
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