WISA NEWS much sexier and/or better paid. All over the world, utilities are struggling to attract and retain good new staff. In order to overcome this challenge, Burgess says we need to work together on better informing young people of their options within the water community as there are careers to be had in all areas, not only technical but also in communications, human resources, fitting and turning, journalism and support services. Organisations like the YWP are doing a great deal to
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inform school learners of their choices; for those who do join our sector, the YWP is creating a vibrant community of practise in which new employees, who might find they don t have very many colleagues of their own age in their workplace, are able to ask the silly questions that might be embarrassing in that virtual network of water sector colleagues. I believe this is making a great impact on those who join, she says.
A growing resistance: Avoiding the overload Burgess believes there is currently a change progressing through not only the water industry, but the world at large. I feel that a resistance towards this 21st century busyness is growing ‒ as we raced towards the end of the 20th century, we acquired ever cleverer, faster means of communication but seemed to use it to overload each other. I am finding increasing acknowledgment of the loss of time for reflection ‒ either on a great and important question of life, or simply for rereading an angry e-mail before
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She thinks this is a good thing. After all, it s the safety pins, those tiny insignificant twists of metal, that hold all the fabric of society together. Not what you might think the great revolutions would be.
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“I had been involved in starting up the YWP in England before I left, but in South Africa it has taken on a whole new meaning”
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