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Also blogging at University Affairs Careers Café- The past and the future in the hiring process January 30, 2012 Jo VanEvery
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Tag Archives: asking for help
Thinking about hiring research assistants
Are you reluctant to hire Research Assistants?
I was reading a blog post about hiring in a small business and this paragraph resonated with conversations I’ve had with researchers. “I believe that I am a genius at some things and not others. And that I need to hire geniuses in the other areas.” It’s a bit different when you think about research assistants because one purpose of hiring them is to provide apprenticeship opportunities. But that just extends this perspective rather than negating it. Continue reading
Posted in Funding, Research
Tagged administrative assistants, asking for help, budget, Funding, grants, hiring, research assistants
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Asking for help is hard
You are smart and competent. You work in an environment that values autonomy. You value autonomy. You feel like you should be able to do things yourself. Humans are inherently social We live in groups. We work in groups. We … Continue reading
You don’t have to do it alone
One of the great things about being an academic is how much autonomy you have compared to other jobs. Autonomy can also be one of the not so great things, too. If you are working really long hours and feeling … Continue reading
Posted in Work Habits
Tagged asking for help, autonomy, counseling, hiring students, librarian
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Make sure sessional teaching develops your skills
If the main reason to do sessional teaching is to gain experience, you might want to be proactive in ensuring that you get the most out of it.
Teaching can be very rewarding. However, the lack of compulsory training for teaching in higher education can also contribute to frustration.
If your main source of knowledge about how to do this is how you have been taught in the past, you have limited options when things aren’t working the way you’d like them to. You might also be a bit lost if you are facing a teaching situation you rarely faced as a student yourself. Continue reading
Posted in Career Planning, Teaching Skills
Tagged adjunct teaching, asking for help, mentors, sessional teaching, support groups, teaching, teaching and learning centres
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