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Aspects of this blog/forum that could be improved?
Hi guys, this post is mainly aimed at people running this blog/site but could be of interest to others who may want to add suggestions to m
18 March 2010
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9 reasons why applying for jobs is a pain
Continuing the 9 reasons theme.... here's why I hate job hunting. 1. Online application forms designed by clueless web-monkeys. I filled o
22 March 2010
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Whatever happened to meritocracy?
Without doubt, one of the greatest frustrations for me as a researcher has been the unknowability, or arbitrary changeability, of selection
09 March 2010
Categories: Research, career, development, research staff
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What makes a good shop window?
I've heard that the first thing an appointment committee does (when faced with a pile of CVs) is to head for Google. This gives us job hunt
27 January 2010
Categories: career, mobility, short term contracts, research staff, practical tips, CVs
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CVs and Resumes: Bigger is Better?
Before my current trip to the States, a family member thoughtfully bought me Call of the Weird, Louis Theroux’s account of a series
10 March 2010
Categories: career, research staff, support, CVs
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What do you want from your research staff association?
Last month Tennie introduced the new UK Research Staff Association (UKRSA) and as one of the current co-chairs (alongside David Proctor) I
24 February 2010
Categories: development, research staff organisation, support, UKRSA, Community
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Introducing the UKRSA
At the research staff conference in November a pressing need for a research staff community was made clear. I also asked for volunteers for
21 January 2010
Categories: research staff, research staff organisation, UKRSA, Community
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Beetle Drive
Who remembers beetle drives? Aaah, nostalgia for a Britain long lost. I shouldn’t be able to feel it being an immigrant but I have be
28 February 2010
Categories: development, Community
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A postcard from London
They say a change is as good as a holiday. Well on Thursday, I abandoned my data crunching to spend a day at the Vitae Research Staff
07 November 2009
Categories: research staff, support, UKRSA, Community
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The digital researcher blog
I thought many of you internet savvy readers of this blog may well be interested in another blog just started on the Vitae website: the dig
13 March 2010
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