3rd November 2010, 03:00 PM
(This post was last modified: 3rd November 2010, 03:08 PM by kevin wooldridge.)
Dinosaur Wrote:Most big construction firms have absolutely no idea what the h*** IFA is, so no, I wouldn't include that amongst useful things to have on a company CV. Membership of organisations they've heard of like the IEMA is far more likely to impress. The trough that archaeological companies are by-and-large trying to feed out of is not an archaeological one, so learning to operate in the big bad non-archaeological world where we are just another bunch of peripheral subcontractors might be a good idea? :face-stir:
I would be happy to be a member of IEMA if they allowed archaeologists to join. Much of their code of conduct and organisation is on the same lines as the IfA and fees are comparable. Maybe that might be a way forward for the IfA given that membership (or at least membership reciepts) is likely to dwindle in the coming years. Amalgamate with another larger professional association....and if as you say Dinosaur it will raise our profile in the construction industry it is worth considering....it might also serve, by placing archaeology in a wider 'environmental science' context, to deflect some of the criticism oft levelled at the IfA by those who think it and its senior members are self-serving....
...plus of course IEMA is already chartered and amalgamation would therefore save the IfA the costs of following that path as a stand-alone professional Institute
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