Posted By Paul Craythorne Does anyone else experience serious delay in receiving their monthly copy of the SHP magazine? I have recently been made redundant so this publication is vital to me for job vacancies. A lot of employers place closing dates in their ads and these will be virtually on top of me by the time I receive my copy. If there are any kind souls out there who could help me out by faxing the appointments section to me then I would be eternally grateful. My fax number is 0121-356-5985. Many thanks in anticipation. Paul Craythorne

Posted By Paul Craythorne Thanks Phil, I have faxed and e-mailed John Northey and the editor of the magazine but they don't bother responding. IOSH gave the address of a website www.safetymags.com which is the internet version of SHP. However, when I went to the recruitment page is was blank. What a poor service this is!!!!! Paul

Posted By Paul Craythorne John, The SHP is accessible on website www.safetymags.com. However, if you access the recruitment page guess what? there are no vacancies posted. Great service eh!!! Paul

Posted By Liz Spencer To Paul and others following this thread: I am sorry to hear that you are experiencing difficulties with the delivery of SHP, which is published by United Business Media (UBM)on behalf of IOSH. Since 1 October 2000 the publication has been subject to a new service level agreement. This includes delivery schedules specifying that the magazine should reach the relevant Post Office by the 30th of each month (with earlier dates in December and February.) We have been assured that this enables the Post Office to deliver the magazine, via its Pressstream 2 mailing system, to members for the 1st of the month. Since it appears that this is not always the case, I have asked UBM to actively monitor instances of late delivery, so that appropriate actions can be taken. I have also arranged for UBM's media pack, which goes to prospective advertisers, to include advice that advertisers should allow a minimum of two weeks between the scheduled delivery date of SHP and any deadlines which appear in their advertisement. We cannot of course insist they do so, but I hope it will reduce the likelihood of advertisers' specifying deadlines which are difficult or impossible to meet. To assist our monitoring, I'd be grateful if any members whose SHP arrives late would please notify John Northey (SHP Managing Editor at UBM) direct, on jnorthey@unitedbusinessmedia.com. Further details are, as already noted, on p105 of September's SHP. I would also appreciate being copied in on any correspondence. For your further information, the SHP Website, which is a comparatively recent development and is run by UBM rather than IOSH, will be the subject of discussions between the two parties over the next few months. I trust that this clarifies the concerns raised by members. Should there be other matters which you would like IOSH staff to address, you may find it helpful to refer to the Contacts section on this Website, where you will find email addresses, enabling you to send your query direct to the relevant members of staff. Kind regards, Liz Spencer, Head of Public Relations, IOSH

Posted By Laurie Shame on you, Liz, for posting such a reasonable answer. I was looking forward to joining the fashionable trend of slagging off IOSH. Now I'll have to find something else! Laurie

Posted By Brian Peirce F.A.O.John Donaldson John I was intersested at your recommendation of the jobs website for safety jobs but how do you find the Safety jobs sector? When I surfed this site the job discipline sector did not appear to list safety jobs. Your further help would be appreciated, Thanks Brian