Comments on: We’re Hiring!

By: Jason

Jason — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 16:41:22 +0000

Hi. I am doing a PhD at University of Liverpool in archaeology, working on landscape anaysis in the Southern Levant. I have been working with GRASS and C /Qt to develop a software application to assist in my research. (there is an upcoming article in the OSGeo Journal Vol.4). Would love an informal chat with you

Jason

By: admin

admin — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 13:00:43 +0000

Hi Valentina,

We tend to employ people on a 3-month probationary period, but assuming they turn out to be OK then it’s an open-ended contract.

Cheers

By: Valentina

Valentina — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 12:56:19 +0000

Hi,
please could you tell me how long is the contract for?

By: admin

admin — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 09:12:08 +0000

Hi Kristian,

I don’t know how much you know about the wages for archaeology in the UK, but the wage we’re offering is about average for the level of responsibility the job entails. We all know that sucks, which is why so many archaeology graduates are leaving the industry. In an ideal world we would pay more, but then we would be priced out of the market place.

What I can say is that in Lancaster, that wage will allow you to buy a house. I know, because I have. Oxford also offer one of the best pension deals available to archaeologists in the UK.

Hope that clears things up,and thanks for popping buy!

By: Kristian

Kristian — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 23:42:15 +0000

Sounds interesting, but “competitive salary”? I realize there’s probably not much to be made in archaeology, but minimum wage here is just shy of £20k pa.

By: Geotags.org

Geotags.org — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 16:00:50 +0000

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