It’s easy when applying for a large number of jobs at the same time to give less than 100% to each one, especially if you have had experience of rejection that have made you a bit dispirited. However it’s really important to pay attention to the little details of your application as they can help you get a job. And one of these details is making use of the informal contact – it can really help to swing things in your favour. (more…)

This time of year it is so easy to become engrossed in academic life and forget those who are still struggling to find a tenured or permanent position in our Higher Education system. As marking, dissertation planning, course designing and so on land on our desks we can forget the struggles of junior colleagues to find their first proper job. It is less than a year since I got my permanent position, but I thought it would be useful to find out what if anything has changed for jobseekers in those months. (more…)