Today’s the last day of the summer term and for an academic whose role is based on teaching that usually means a complete change of working life for the next couple of months. I am also finishing my A level marking today and posting the last batch off to the exam board, so I shall be treating myself to a g & t later! But what do the summer months hold and as academics how can we make sure that our summer break is used productively? (more…)
Archive for June, 2008
End of year report
Friday, June 27th, 2008Would you lie in a job interview?
Thursday, June 19th, 2008Well, the title says it all really. It’s the million dollar question for a jobseeker, along with ‘would you lie on an application form’. But I really want to think about a specific sort of interview lie that seems to matter much more to women than to men. In this week’s Chronicle a pseudonymous article made me think about this issue: specifically, would I lie about having/wanting children in order to get a job? (more…)
Third Stream: what does it mean for you?
Friday, June 13th, 2008I went to an interesting training session run by the Research, Enterprise and Development Team at MMU this week all about what our VC calls ‘third stream’ activities. As academics you may have heard this phrase bandied about and wondered what it refers to and how it could affect your working life, so I thought this blog would be a good place to explore that. (more…)
Career building: set up your own networks
Wednesday, June 4th, 2008I was invited to give a talk last week in Liverpool about how to maximise your chances int he academic job market. Although I am not a trained careers adviser I do have a lot of personal experience and obviously have been involved in the career development site for jobs.ac so I jumped at the chance. I found it very rewarding and inspiring and hopefully my experience might give you some ideas too. (more…)
