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Careers: Media Agencies/Academic Work
I’m hunting for either web content or lecturing work, and have identified a number of agencies specialising in media/web content work: Media Guardian (buy print newspaper on a Monday) Civil Service...
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Careers: Not for Profit Organisations
Working has never been about earning money for me (although obviously we live in a world where things need to be paid for, and I would like to be appropriately recognised for the effort I have put into...
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So, New Year is over, companies should speed up those job adverts (although of course all those people who’ve reassessed things over Christmas will be back on the hunt too)… so let’s identify some of...
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You Only Have One Life: Live It Well
It’s such a pain not having a functional (internet) computer at home, can take a little while to get around to these things, and fit them around the sheer volume of work that is currently coming in!...
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Starting Monday off with a little Salsa
The Weekend Combination of a career support event at CCW (I have so much work to do on my CV!), and a great meal in the evening at The Forge, Otterbourne for Karen’s birthday (good company, good food,...
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Buckingham, Marcus, Now Discover Your Strengths! Pocket Books, 2005 Graham, B., and Ali, L., Moving on in Your career: A Guide for Postgraduates and Academics, Routledge, 2000 Moses, Barbara, What...
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Still Not Sure “What to Be When You Grow Up?”
“Do you have so many different interests and passions the concept of settling into one career always felt awful to you? If so, do you recognize yourself in these descriptions? You are… …Afraid you’ll...
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Marcus Buckingham ‘Now, Discover Your Strengths’
I found this book very helpful in focusing more on what I AM GOOD AT, and developing those skills further, rather than always trying to improve at my ‘weaknesses’. The following are my five top...
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Voluntary Tour Leader, Oak Hall
I LOVED tour leading for Oak Hall. I had taken 3-4 holidays as a guest (always ski holidays, I’d never done a summer trip), and got in touch with the intention of doing a ski season. Having visited...
View ArticleTransferable Skills: History
What do employers think of graduates with a history degree, a subject that is ordinarily viewed as non-vocational? Employers widely respect history graduates as having a valuable combination of skills....
View ArticleTransferable Skills: Media Studies
Degrees in media/communications studies cover a broad range of subjects from the highly practical to the theoretical. You can develop a variety of skills that are extremely useful in many employment...
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Great Escapes (via @timeshighered)
I like working both in and out of the academy, and I think those who have worked outside of the sector make much better workers WITHIN it too… “Breaking out of the academy may seem daunting, but...
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Why do women do less well in academia?
“Women produce fewer papers than men over a lifetime and are still scarce in senior positions, especially in science. Dispelling myths of innate difference between the sexes, Amanda Goodall offers...
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The Power of Words (in references)
http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1338212 Does gender unintentionally affect reference writing, and how much affect does that have upon careers? The 2009 work to which I am referring (by J. Madera, M. Hebl and...
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Can we take the creative industries seriously?
http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1367221 Working in the creative industries… where most of us work because “we love it”, but end up with long houses, poor pay, lack of benefits, ‘sacrificial ethos’ …...
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Learning and Teaching Excellence Centres: Any Value?
http://www.sxc.hu/photo/667184 Hmmm, I work in the Learning and Teaching Development Unit. I wonder how much impact we’ve had…. The Times Higher Education doesn’t feel much over the past few years:...
View ArticleAcademics: Needing to be Careless?
In an article largely focused on the difficulties of couples involved in academic work, and the need to live miles (sometimes continents) apart … which indicates that to truly be an ‘exceptional...
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Academic Career or Plan B?
http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1386500 Story in Times Higher Education this week has attracted MANY comments already… it starts: Universities benefit from the large pool of cheap labour provided by PhD...
View ArticleCan (women) have it all?
Interesting article re: whether women (or anyone) can have it all in a culture which is “always on”: Last month, a predictable storm erupted in response to Anne-Marie Slaughter’s confessional in...
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Cleaning up the workplace?
Image Credit: RGB Stock I took on a range of roles to support my studies at all levels, an interesting piece on work to support a PhD: James, formerly a PhD student at a Russell Group university in the...
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