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Digby Jones · Indian students · New York Times

A tale of two cities

December 6, 2011 John

Morrisons announced this week that it had had to send back three-quarters of its new recruits from Salford for remedial training before they were ready to start working for the company. Out of two hundred and ten staff recruited, a hundred and fifty had to be sent for ‘remedial training including refresher course in literacy… Continue reading A tale of two cities

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