21st December 2005, 12:30 PM
Quote:quote:Its all very well embracing our Euro bretheren however, Its hard enough to get a job in British archaeology as it is!
Should we be encouraging people to come here and make it even harder?
Hmmm. Not sure I agree with this fortress mentality.
In my experience, the differences between UK and continental digging styles are such that background in one counts little towards employment in the other. We have all heard of people who have gone and worked overseas (sometimes in quite senior roles) to return to the UK and find that experience is not counted by UK project managers. So they end up as site assistants again despite having many years' experience managing quite large teams on the continent.
I myself have employed some non-UK nationals with no problems. EU nationals can work in any EU country (one of the good things about the borderless EU). That includes ex-MSC lag from Rotherham working in the south of France as well as pretty young girl from Nice working in South Yorkshire.
To be honest most seem to end up in Ireland at the moment.