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06 Nov 2017 | 13:00 GMT

A picture is worth a thousand words

Posted by Rebecca Wild | Categories: Career paths, CV, Unemployment

A picture is worth a thousand words

In most western countries, the number of PhD graduates in the life sciences has increased by around 50% over the last ten years. As the job market, in both academia and industry, has been largely flat in most countries, this PhD glut is creating undesirable patterns of employment — and unemployment. Some academics are calling for ‘academic birth control’, but the academic system itself profits from the resulting endless supply of cheap labour.  Read more

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  • #PhD
  • CV
  • employer
  • employment
  • infographic
  • infographics
  • Karin Bodewits
  • Philipp Gramlich

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24 May 2017 | 13:00 BST

Marketing yourself, politics and post-truth

Posted by Jack Leeming | Categories: Academia, Blog, Career paths, Mobility, Scientists on the move

Marketing yourself, politics and post-truth

Achieving your dream job is always going to be a bit of a challenge. You may have a great degree, and maybe relevant experience, but getting your potential employer to believe you are absolutely the right person for the job means marketing yourself correctly. This can be tricky, particularly if you are starting off new in a field with no established reputation behind you.  Read more

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  • classes
  • climate change
  • CV
  • development
  • employer
  • flexible
  • interview
  • job
  • marketing
  • player
  • policy
  • politics
  • promotion
  • purist
  • role
  • sally brown
  • self-promotion
  • southhampton

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31 May 2011 | 14:03 BST

Trends in the wording of job adverts

Posted by Rachel Bowden | Categories: Europe

Personal drive has replaced the ability to cooperate as the most requested characteristic in job adverts, according to a study of recruitment advertising in Sweden from 1955 to 2005.  Read more

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  • employer
  • recruitment
  • Sweden
  • University of Gothenburg

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