Sorry Elizabeth, if it doesn't seem tempting. Unfortunately that is the
way I have had to do it, and I suspect that others have had to follow a
similar route. Perhaps those who have found their route easier could
reply to Zoe to balance out my tale of doom and gloom?!
Phaedra Casey
Archive Assistant
Unilever Historical Archives
Unilever House
Blackfriars
London EC4P 4BQ
020 7822 5879
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From: Elizabeth Oxborrow-Cowan [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 17 September 2001 09:59
To: Phaedra Casey; [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Filling Posts
Dear Phaedra
>However...yes your posting does seem "a bit of a rant". You can't expect
>to have it all handed to you on a plate. I can only offer you advice from
>my experience of my first (non archives) MA 1997-2000, so here goes...
>Graduate with debt, work for a year in a lowly admin job to earn enough to
>pay for an MA, do the MA part-time over 2 years (2 days a week and
>evenings) while working (4 days a week) to pay the rent, and doing unpaid
>but highly valuable and enjoyable work experience thus gaining access to
>the journal/job pages (1 day a week).
>And yes, that does add up to 7 days a week.
Hardly a tempting way to get the brightest and best into the profession, is
it?
Elizabeth Oxborrow-Cowan
Greater Manchester County Record Office
56 Marshall Street
Manchester
M4 5FU
England
Tel + 44 161 819 4705
Fax + 44 161 839 3808
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