6th February 2013, 08:46 PM
from the boom year 2008 http://www.archaeology.demon.co.uk/ABC%202008.doc
Anybody who maintains a salary view of wage restraint is holding the system back. Stop encouraging people to join as trainees. They have to join as self employed. The skill is solely in being self employed. The current battle is about how the self employed ....deploy themselves.
Quote:(1) Teach Property Development Economics, Contract Law and Professional Law to archaeologists intending to enter, or already in, the âprofessionâ. This is fundamental. Most technical universities run part time courses with these modules: Just do it.
(2) Establish an APC-based training regime aimed at equipping archaeologists with the professional and technical skills needed to run their own businesses.
(3) Discard all forms of wage control and encourage self-employment and sub-contracting, especially for Site Operations, Processing and Specialist services. The definition of âself employmentâ is critical here and I am aware of anecdotal evidence that this contract form is being abused by at least three archaeological employers.
Together, these would double the average income of commercial archaeologists within 5 years.
Anybody who maintains a salary view of wage restraint is holding the system back. Stop encouraging people to join as trainees. They have to join as self employed. The skill is solely in being self employed. The current battle is about how the self employed ....deploy themselves.
Reason: your past is my past