The project cycle in recruitment is amazingly long. A job opens up, documents are drawn up and approved, advertisements go… Read more Learning to recruit better (3/3)
Category: Business & Communities
How to manage the recruitment process (2/3)
In the academic world, it is the norm to give a contact number of the future line manager who is… Read more How to manage the recruitment process (2/3)
How to write a good job advert (1/3)
Recently, some academics complained to the big academic job board, www.jobs.ac.uk, that an advertisement for a lectureship contained exactly one… Read more How to write a good job advert (1/3)
Some people talk such guff about education
People talk such guff about education. In brief, you want an organized map of the field, a reason to want… Read more Some people talk such guff about education
Baffled by bankers’ bonuses? Read agency theory
I am writing this post, as is my wont, to record some notes from a paper I read: Azevado, R.E… Read more Baffled by bankers’ bonuses? Read agency theory
Coding in schools? Take the splinter from our eye perhaps?
As I wait for FTP to download a website from a server onto my laptop, I thought I would write… Read more Coding in schools? Take the splinter from our eye perhaps?
10 questions to get ready for moving past the financial crisis
In my rough-and-ready barometer of where we are in dealing with the financial crisis, I note that #occupylsx has got… Read more 10 questions to get ready for moving past the financial crisis
See the financial crisis as a chess game with 4 pieces
Since the Northern Rock crash, when was it, 2007? I’ve been using the Kubler Ross Grief Cycle to track where… Read more See the financial crisis as a chess game with 4 pieces
What is it like to study at uni and work with a famous Professor?
There are all sorts of jobs in this world that I call invisible jobs. You can walk along the High… Read more What is it like to study at uni and work with a famous Professor?
Why be bothered with a university education?
The distinction between university education and other post-school education can be hard to grasp. Many emotional arguments are advanced. “We… Read more Why be bothered with a university education?