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Meet the Commons. A new cartoon every Friday.

One Hertfordshire family on both sides of the recruitment desk. A redundant night-shift legend, a small employer, an HR lead, a ghosted graduate, a future chef, a returner and two very loud schnauzers. Every episode ends with the free guide that would have saved them a lot of bother.

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The Training Shortage

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The Apprenticeship Paradox

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The EU AI Act

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A CV that fits the job. Not a template with your name in it.

Paste your CV and the advert. We rewrite it to that exact role, in your own words, pulling out the real things you've done that make you right for it. A hard honesty check means nothing is invented, and the usual AI cliches are stripped out. Then you pick from 21 designs and download as Word or PDF. Free, every CV, every time. No subscription, no credits to buy.

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The Commons Report · Issue N°01
Featured dispatch

The View From Outside The Glass

Why Home Counties businesses are struggling to recruit in 2026: 280 applications per role, an 8-week time-to-hire, and every claim referenced across 28 sources.

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New dispatch · for HR leaders

How to embed apprenticeships into your HR strategy.

Stop treating apprenticeships as a programme filed three folders deep under "Early Careers". The four barriers, how to beat each one, the 2025 and 2026 funding changes and the business case. And why the bold ones already have.

7 min read · 6 sources cited · Free, always

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Stop ghosting job seekers.

65% of UK job seekers have been ghosted by a recruiter. 86% say it left them depressed. Our dispatch on why the silence does more damage than the rejection ever could, and what actually needs to change.

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