Got to agree with Barney there ... Rob must have had his "Avensys" (salesman) hat on yesterday (which is fair enough).
Spot on Rob ... I did owe a debt of gratitude to Sgt. WA for "showing me the way" during my early days; which kind of proves my point, I would have thought.
Yes ... foundation training by all means (and it reads to me that Den has already got a good deal under his belt), but I still hold the view that a little mentoring at first counts for a lot ... if only to encourage the fledgling biomed.
It is a technique that I have used myself, by the way (in "overseas" situations) - with Yours Truly acting as Mentor, I should add. It always worked; if only in giving me the opportunity to weigh up the guy (and see if - as happened once or twice - he was a Non-Starter). You know, to see if claims made on the guy's CV actually translated into practical reality.
