22nd January 2009, 03:30 PM
Quote:quote:Originally posted by voice of reason
[I'm not sure it covers the matter of whether different regions are being more badly affected, however, which would be interesting to know.
But in these days of 'pan-regional' operations for many companies, I yhink such figures will be almost impossible to separate and wouldn't actually give an idea of where the downturn is actually located - eg someone's office may be in Borchester but most of their work has been in Royston Vaizey on the other side of the country which has now disappeared, the location of job losses in the survey would have to be given as Borchester.
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Tis a good point (although surely the curator for the county in which Royston Vaisey is located wouldn't allow anyone from outside to do any work - this is local archaeology for local people!). One way might be to ask curators how much work there has been, given some sensible criteria such as size of project (number of staff, length of time etc).
This sort of information might be of practical use to people trying to find jobs - if Borchester has no work there is perhaps less point squandering your meagre budget sending CV's there when Royston might be a better bet (apart from the aforementioned difficulties), rather than what could be perceived as doom-laden statistics. Perhaps it could be IfA step 2.
Looks like Curator Kid got in with the same idea 13 seconds before me, curses! Still great minds think alike and all that...