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I've already brought one of my grandfathers into the discussion on this thread. Forgive me if I now mention the other one who, like his father before him, was a skilled engineer and toolmaker. Having myself worked in an office that was full of "Chartered" Civil Engineers, I simply recall the...

It's a horrible term that devalues people and treats them merely as assets on a company balance sheet. What was wrong with the old name - the "personnel department"?

My grandad was a brickie (foreman bricklayer, actually) and he was always adamant that it was a trade that should reward those with qualifications. I remember my dad asking him for advice about how to build a wall in the garden and getting a very simple answer ... "First you do an...