12th March 2010, 05:46 PM
I don't think a fresh graduate in any field is fit to walk straight into a professional role, without some sort of supervised induction period as described by Smaze.
When I worked in I.T. and we took on graduates direct from uni, it was accepted that they had a theoretical grounding, but teaching them how to actually do a job in a professional environment was the responsibility of the employer. Having work experience as part of their course helped, but it still didn't allow them to hit the ground running. I usually allowed six months before they could be viewed as "settled in".
Archaeology is in the same boat as any other employer when it comes to the freshly-graduated.
When I worked in I.T. and we took on graduates direct from uni, it was accepted that they had a theoretical grounding, but teaching them how to actually do a job in a professional environment was the responsibility of the employer. Having work experience as part of their course helped, but it still didn't allow them to hit the ground running. I usually allowed six months before they could be viewed as "settled in".
Archaeology is in the same boat as any other employer when it comes to the freshly-graduated.