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Preparing job applications with many audiences in mind (opinion)
You have /5 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. jadamprostore/iStock/Getty Images Plus One frequent misunderstanding about job applications is that the purpose of the materials is simply to get the job. Although getting a job is certainly your goal when you submit your job application materials, in fact, they serve a number of purposes throughout your entire application process.
The end of No-Fault Evictions
On 17th May 2023 the Government published the Renters (Reform) Bill which will change the law on rented homes by abolishing Section 21 notices, also known as “no fault” evictions. No fault Evictions The Bill would abolish Section 21 notices and the Government say that the aim is to offer greater security for private renters. Currently, landlords are able to serve a Section 21 notice on a tenant without providing them with a reason.
Technical Director Insights: Lost and Found in Transition
According to Wikipedia, in the 2003 movie Lost in Translation, the director, Sofia Coppola, explores themes of alienation and disconnection against a backdrop of cultural displacement. In a more general (although not a literal) sense, the expression may also be used to say that something doesn’t sound as good when told in a different way, setting, or language.
SPE Tech Director: Future for Young Facilities Engineers Is Bright in Energy Projects
The future as a production and/or facilities specialist is very bright, especially for those young and mid-career professionals who are highly flexible and can roll with the punches. There are so many opportunities to apply a skill set both in oil and gas operations and other energy-related projects, especially with offshore wind and solar arrays and in geothermal developments for area heating and power. I’d love to be a Young Professional at the start of my career.
How internships benefit grad students and how to articulate it (opinion)
In some pockets of graduate and postdoctoral education, internships are the norm. In others, however, internships remain novel and unfamiliar. In my own field of musicology, the idea of doing an internship was rare enough that I never even considered it during graduate school in the late 2000s. Would an internship host organization even know what to do with a graduate student in musicology? What if my professors thought I wasn’t fully committed to my field or my research?
Tech Director’s Column: Thoughts About Unmanned Vehicles, Drones, and Robots
In 2016, Accenture and Microsoft published the results of their Oil and Gas Digital Trends Survey forecasting the top areas of focus over the next 3 to 5 years and the fastest areas of growth over that same period. Fig. 1—Investments in digital technologies. Source: World Economic Forum. In 2021, we should be well into the dark blue bars with the rapidly rising investments in robotics and drones showing growth rates exceeding those of artificial intelligence.
Technical Director Insights: Revisiting the Upgraded Road to CCS and CCUS
Recently, I have been trying to wrap my mind around what has been going on with carbon capture utilization and/or sequestration (CCUS) over the past decade. I last looked at the topic while I was in Singapore thinking about how the industry might commercialize all that low- and variable-BTU gas in southeast Asia. The fundamental questions remain much the same: How can the production and facilities community help to drive down costs and build a better road to CCUS application?
Going One Step Beyond
This is my third attempt to write this column and the second topic. I was originally going to do an expanded version of the Production and Facilities monthly email about how my reaction to the COVID-19 pandemic was leading me to make some poor choices with respect to the 3 Rs: I am reading less and watching more talks and panel sessions, even though I know that retention of the material will be much worse than with reading or trying to do something.
How to achieve and articulate adaptability in one's career (opinion)
At a recent information session with professionals working in a boutique consulting firm, one graduate student in the audience asked the panelists whether the firm hires Ph.D.s in their field. The panelist’s answer, which was not really a yes or a no, echoed a response I hear often from employers in industries that do not necessarily have a long history of hiring at the Ph.D. level.
Provincial bicycle race returns to OPC Sunday, May 5
By Robert Pearson The Ontario Police College Criterium bicycle race is returning to Aylmer as part of the 2019 Ontario Cup series on Sunday, May 5. “We will be returning to Springbank Park in London next year and we are very thankful to OPC,” said Race Director Amy White of London Centennial Wheelers (LCW).
Elgin Road overpass at 401 to be rebuilt
by Robert Pearson Drivers who access Highway 401 via Elgin Road (Imperial Road in Elgin), should expect detours starting this May and lasting into the fall. The Elgin Road Bridge over highway 401 will be replaced this year. Demolition of the existing bridge, built in 1957, was scheduled to begin in May. Replacement of the bridge is part of a future plan to widen the 401 to eight lane. Widening of the highway was not planned as part of the current work.
The professional development benefits of joining a graduate student or postdoc association (opinion)
I vaguely recall hearing about activities of a graduate student association when I was in graduate school, but I never participated in their meetings or events. I didn’t believe I had enough time to be involved and thought that participating would distract me from my research, which I saw as the key to landing a tenure-track position at a university. As one mentor put it (jokingly, I think, but not without a hint of truth), “These are the best years of your life.
U.S. has learned little from international interventions
By Robert Pearson Haven’t we learned anything in the last 50 years about the art of international negotiation, the limits of U.S. power in the world, and the uselessness of bluster?
Radioactive iodine-125 seed localisation of breast carcinoma in advance of the day of surgery reduces pre-operative anxiety levels
To view the full text, please login as a subscribed user or purchase a subscription. Click here to view the full text on ScienceDirect. Introduction: The Newcastle Hospital Trust is the first in the UK to implement a service to localise non-palpable breast carcinoma using radioactive iodine-125 seeds (RSL) as an alternative to guide wire localisation (GWL). The patients undergoing RSL had the localization procedure 7–14 days pre-operatively.
How to send cold emails that pay off in a job search (essay)
Sending an unsolicited request for information over email, or what’s called a cold email, to a hiring manager is an effective way for Ph.D.s to be proactive in the job search and get an edge for a job they really want. Making personal contact with a hiring manager increases the chances that your application will carefully considered when you apply for a position. That personal contact also grows your network in an organization for which you want to work.
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