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Category Archives: CV Tips
Careers Resolutions: plans for 2011
A new year often leads us to make plans to change or develop aspects of our lives and career planning should be no exception. Now is a good time to make an audit considering where you are now and what … Read More
Getting your CV out there!
As jobseekers we all know the importance of having a good CV and this site is full of useful advice on how to write one. But it’s also important to let as many people as possible see your CV so … Read More
Tagged: CV building, networking
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End of year thoughts!
For many university staff this is the last week of the teaching year, a time when we say goodbye to our final year students (until graduation ceremonies at least!) and retreat to our homes and libraries or laboratories to start … Read More
Summer job opportunities
For those of us who have permanent academic jobs, the cycle of the year is about to enter its research/course planning/writing up/working from home phase. But for those scholars who have been working on temporary contracts, the prospect of being … Read More
Real jobseekers' problems!
Yesterday in the glorious July sunshine I went off to Southampton University to give a talk on how to maximise your chances in the job market to a group of postgraduate computer scientists. As well as my talk, the campus … Read More
Career building: set up your own networks
I 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 … Read More
Is your CV a work of fiction?!
As I now spend many hours on the train each week doing my commute to work, I end up reading all sorts of those free papers that now litter our public transport network. I noticed an article at the start … Read More
