For much the past decade, I have sat on nearly every academic promotion and senior appointment panel at a previous university, been an external panel member for other universities, and also worked in executive recruitment for senior academic roles. I have made it my rather sad hobby to collect and …
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What makes an effective interview panel? We all prepare to be an interviewee, but rarely (if ever) do we prepare to be the inquisitor, er, I mean interviewer. Staff recruitment and replacement is expensive – ranging from between 30 – 200% of the costs of employing a staff member. Recruitment …
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The question of whether or not to include a photo on your academic CV comes up a lot, so I thought it was worth dealing with it in a separate post. In a nutshell – no. Do not include a photo on your academic CV. Let me tell you why …
Converting your research paper or thesis into a blog post is a way to synthesise and present key messages from your research directly to your target audience. Blogs are typically short (much shorter than an academic paper), written in plain English language, and made freely available on a publicly available …
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The first time 83-year-old Graham realised that he had missed his podiatry appointment was when he received a letter from the health service. They said that they had tried to text him to remind him, but he had not replied and not turned up. The letter threatened him with having …
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So you have finally bitten the bullet and left the fold of higher education. Perhaps your departure was voluntary, perhaps it was not. The reality is, the journey of a recovering academic may be difficult for some time. This article provides a twelve step guide to help the recovering academic …
Thinking of applying for promotion or a new job? Then it’s time to dust off your academic CV. If updating your CV has you scrambling around for your recent publications, trying to remember exactly when you started your second last role, and trying to find metrics to show what a …
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The idea of the ‘side hustle‘ is gaining traction these days and has been popularised by Chris Guillebeau in his 2017 book on the same topic. A side hustle, as the name implies, is something you do on the side to earn a little bit of extra income while you do your …
Personal branding is anathema for some academics. Personal branding has become synonymous with commercialism, narcissism, individualism, and influencers. Even Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook who, arguably, sells personal branding for a living, opposes the idea
Why is it that your colleagues constantly tell you they are being “head-hunted” by academic recruiters, but no-one has tapped you on the shoulder recently? Having worked as both a university executive and an academic recruiter (executive search consultant) for senior university roles, this post provides some tips to help …
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