When reviewing recruitment and training for PS in September 2003 there were still organisations that expected to dip into a pool of management experience and talent and be able to employ what they wanted when they needed it. Steve Cameron reports on how things are changing and what needs to be done to manage those changes.

If the port industry is to attract the brightest and the best, it needs to raise its profile and do more to market the benefits it provides to world trade as well as the career opportunities of an exciting global business