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Dear all
I'm trying to do a little bit of research about recently advertised posts for natural scientists in museums (biology, botany and geology).
Have you, or your organisation advertised such a post in the past 2-3 years?
What was the post?
What sort of qualifications did you expect? (BSc / MSc / Museum Qualification / AMA?)
How many applicants did you have?
What sort of backgrounds did they have (on average)?
Would you give as much/more/less weight to volunteer work/contract work/museum qualifications?
This has come up as a topic due to disturbing comments heard at several high-level meetings stating that museums in general are having a hard time recruiting natural scientists (or "suitable" candidates).
Any answers will be treated as confidential unless you state otherwise and will form part of a report and/or article on behalf of the Geological Curators Group.
Thanks for any help - Helen
Helen Fothergill: GCG Recorder
Keeper of Natural History
Plymouth City Museum & Art Gallery
Drake Circus, Plymouth, Devon, PL4 8AJ
T: 01752 304774 F: 01752 304775
W: www.plymouthmuseum.gov.uk
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