12th July 2010, 09:36 PM
it is an Absolute Outrage and a Deep Affront that any archaeological employer could cite 'overqualified' as a basis for rejection...these 2-faced individuals will in the next breath be-moan the loss of skills, the useless graduates, the problems of training...blah blah blah......they will be sending out letters at the same time saying 'sorry, not enough experience'
perhaps you are better off out of those cankerous companies, whose HR Quizzlings are merely symptoms of a deeper Rot....
Like Goldilocks, is there a level of experience thats, "mmm, just right!" ?
I am disgusted taht 'over' qualified/experencied could be used in commercial field work, as this shows a fundemental disconect between Real Fieldworkers/Field Skills and Managment/HR objectives...
it is a damming indictment of current commercial archaeology taht it could ever be suggested taht removing a PhD from ones CV could benefit employability !!! (yes, 3)
whats all this about 'recent experience' ? if commercial field practice has changed in teh last ten years (ie techniues, methods, skills, fundemental knowledge and abilities) then it has not been for the better....seems pretty similar to me...
Why wouldn't you want an experienced 'old hand' on your young difficult to train team? - perhaps they are not so wiling to take abuse, or turn a blind eyes to OHS failures, or breaches of employment standards/practice...perhaps they know too much, and can 'upset' the team....or the manager...or the client.
Perhaps they recognise Shoddy Practice for what it is - this is a revelation that Weaklings and Quizzlings fear and resent, as it hurts there malformed egos.
perhaps you are better off out of those cankerous companies, whose HR Quizzlings are merely symptoms of a deeper Rot....
Like Goldilocks, is there a level of experience thats, "mmm, just right!" ?
I am disgusted taht 'over' qualified/experencied could be used in commercial field work, as this shows a fundemental disconect between Real Fieldworkers/Field Skills and Managment/HR objectives...
it is a damming indictment of current commercial archaeology taht it could ever be suggested taht removing a PhD from ones CV could benefit employability !!! (yes, 3)
whats all this about 'recent experience' ? if commercial field practice has changed in teh last ten years (ie techniues, methods, skills, fundemental knowledge and abilities) then it has not been for the better....seems pretty similar to me...
Why wouldn't you want an experienced 'old hand' on your young difficult to train team? - perhaps they are not so wiling to take abuse, or turn a blind eyes to OHS failures, or breaches of employment standards/practice...perhaps they know too much, and can 'upset' the team....or the manager...or the client.
Perhaps they recognise Shoddy Practice for what it is - this is a revelation that Weaklings and Quizzlings fear and resent, as it hurts there malformed egos.