tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39537571000890240712024-03-05T16:28:07.459+00:00Researching ...... a CareerAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04827518298711565314noreply@blogger.comBlogger56125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953757100089024071.post-9953126577522262712018-04-27T12:40:00.001+01:002018-04-27T16:40:32.300+01:00Cranfield 2018 - ESOMAR Careers event<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Hi, Mark Hirst here.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I was lucky enough to be asked to chair this year's session at Cranfield School of Management.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Talking to around 50 MSc and MBA students gathered from around the globe, we were able to present what a great career in our industry can be like, including giving some real examples of the type of work we undertake, what its like to work on both client and agency side and of course the best sort of relationships that can exist between the two.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Rob Ellis from Cog Research started us off with a fascinating case study about work he and his team had undertaken about the best sorts and locations of advertising space on London Underground. As well as demonstrating a real project, Rob was able to show the role that new technology is playing in helping to identify real behaviour rather than just relying on respondents memory and recollection.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Danielle Wakeman from easyJet and Paul Child from Join the Dots ten share their top 10 tips for working in a Lean and efficient way between clients and agencies. It was refreshing to hear how these approaches deliver insights at a pace which allows the organisation to make the right decisions quickly, responding to what their customers are telling them.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We then ran a panel session with our presenters and two other guests - Researching a Career's very own Liz Norman as well Sadhana Halder from The Planning Shop international who 2 years ago has been sat in the audience at the very same ESOMAR event at Cranfield - a fantastic example of what is possible.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">- What excites you about working in this industry?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">- What skills and experiences do you gain by working in our industry compared to other traditional career paths?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">- What is it like to be a new entrant in your organisation?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The panel gave great examples which got the audience thinking and allowed some great conversation and questioning of the speakers to continue in the bar afterwards.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">So thank you to Paul Baines for hosting the session at Cranfield School of Management, thanks also to the presenters who gave up their time to be there and of course ESOMAR for setting the event up.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Its great to see some of the recommendations we made a couple of years ago now in action!</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04827518298711565314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953757100089024071.post-40529782033009009052016-05-16T12:52:00.004+01:002016-05-16T12:52:55.166+01:00Reflections on the Insight Show<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">“I was delighted to join ESOMAR’s Vice President, David Smith and, Founder of EN International, Liz Norman at today’s Insight/Marketing Live conference talking about the skills future researchers need. A complex area that could have been discussed for hours! To my mind we have to shout about the huge levels of talent already in our industry and break-down the out-dated perceptions that hold many researchers back. Many talented researchers are operating at Board Level, are strategic and are making a real difference to the world we live in …. We need to champion these individuals, and their stories, to inspire the next generation of thought leaders, both those who’ve already “fallen” into our sector and those we need to show the light and encourage to join.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">Attracting top talent, employee engagement, and retention are key issues for many companies across a wide range of industries. The Breakfast Meeting held by <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/68034?trk=tyah&trkInfo=clickedVertical%3Acompany%2CclickedEntityId%3A68034%2Cidx%3A2-1-9%2CtarId%3A1460044583415%2Ctas%3Aelizabeth%20norma" style="border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-source: initial; border-image-width: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">ENI </a>was centred around these topics, with a focus on the Research and Insights industry.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">The first to speak was <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/samantha-bond-b6449735?authType=NAME_SEARCH&authToken=nc-q&locale=en_US&trk=tyah&trkInfo=clickedVertical%3Amynetwork%2CclickedEntityId%3A123621052%2CauthType%3ANAME_SEARCH%2Cidx%3A1-1-1%2CtarId%3A1460044634315%2Ctas%3Asaman" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Samantha Bond</a> from <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/47347?trk=prof-exp-company-name" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Northstar</a> who has millennial entrepreneurs. Increasingly, millennials are choosing to start their own businesses and thus changing the landscape of companies the world over. Samantha has conducted a study to discover was driving them.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">The three points I found most interesting that Samantha made were these:</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Companies need to have a mission beyond making money. “</strong>While pay is important, it’s clear that millennials won’t stay with companies for money alone,” said David Cruickshank, global chairman of consulting firm Deloitte. There have to be values, and benefits other than money, which is something that these millennial entrepreneurs are offering in their start-ups. </span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">Flexibility is also another factor that Samantha brought up. Increasingly, millennials aren’t differentiating between ‘life’ and ‘work’. <strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Flexible working hours create an attitude where you don’t need to wait until the weekend to ‘live’</strong>. According to a study done by PwC, “Millennials do not believe that productivity should be measured by the number of hours worked at the office, but by the output of the work performed.” Your standard 9-5 is becoming outdated, and with start-ups run by millennials, people are going for roles that allow them to their working hours.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">Finally, <strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">millennials need responsibility and to feel as though they are going somewhere</strong>. Companies need to engage with employees and provide opportunities for progression. People with an entrepreneurial spirit will constantly be on the lookout for ways they can gain new knowledge and do more.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamestarbit?authType=NAME_SEARCH&authToken=iMIA&locale=en_US&trk=tyah&trkInfo=clickedVertical%3Amynetwork%2CentityType%3AentityHistoryName%2CclickedEntityId%3Amynetwork_6437746%2Cidx%3A2" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">James Tarbit</a> from HSBC then spoke about employee engagement, and the research they do to monitor this. James's job is to help people understand people better. He creates research that seeks to explain what employees, what they know and don't know and, most importantly, what they feel. The insight from this research allows Managers to understand the motivations, knowledge, aspirations, concerns and behaviours of the employees who make up HSBC. This enables better decisions, informs future policy and action, and assesses business activity and strategy.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">One of the key initiatives is monthly engagement meetings, where employees have the opportunity to meet and discuss anything to do with work. Providing a forum for employees voices to be heard, ensures they feel they have the chance to contribute to the management of the company. People at all levels are encouraged to consider how the topics can be actioned, encouraging employees to take the initiative.</span></div>
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<img alt="" class="left" data-loading-tracked="true" height="227" src="https://media.licdn.com/mpr/mpr/shrinknp_400_400/AAEAAQAAAAAAAAhQAAAAJGE5ZmEyNjc0LTM1OWUtNDkyYi05M2QxLTZjYTgxMTU5M2JlNQ.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; float: left; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: auto; line-height: inherit; margin: 30px 30px 30px 0px; max-width: 100%; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="303" /><span style="color: white;">While Samantha focused on what makes millennials tick, and James employee engagement, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/caroline-bates-4321752?authType=NAME_SEARCH&authToken=p_Nw&locale=en_US&trk=tyah&trkInfo=clickedVertical%3Amynetwork%2CentityType%3AentityHistoryName%2CclickedEntityId%3Amynetwork_6375206%2Cidx%3A5" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Caroline Bates</a> from <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/9215238?trk=tyah&trkInfo=clickedVertical%3Acompany%2CclickedEntityId%3A9215238%2Cidx%3A2-1-2%2CtarId%3A1460046060925%2Ctas%3Achime%20insig" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Chime Insight and Engagement</a> gave an overview of the findings of ‘Researching a career’ – A study Chime and ENI carried out in conjunction with the <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/1788210?trk=tyah&trkInfo=clickedVertical%3Acompany%2CclickedEntityId%3A1788210%2Cidx%3A2-1-2%2CtarId%3A1460045827386%2Ctas%3Amrs%20market%20" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">MRS</a> and <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/28311?trk=tyah&trkInfo=clickedVertical%3Acompany%2CclickedEntityId%3A28311%2Cidx%3A4-1-9%2CtarId%3A1460045791287%2Ctas%3Aesomar" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">ESOMAR</a>, on retaining and engaging employees in market research. The study yielded interesting results concerning people's perceptions of the industry.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">91% of market researchers either like or love their jobs, and used words such as ‘insightful’, ‘exciting’ and ‘interesting’ to describe it. They are however frustrated that the industry is either unknown or poorly regarded by the public. </span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">Relatively unknown amongst undergraduates it’s not surprising only 14% actively choose the profession. Does this mean we are missing out on potential talent? </span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">The study showed that a lot more needs to be done to raise awareness of the industry. We can all be involved in this. MRS have committed to more university visits and would like your help. ESOMAR’s initiative to engage with young people is called YES (Young ESOMAR Society) and their website <a href="http://yes.esomar.org/" rel="nofollow" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">http://yes.esomar.org/</a> contains information about Market Research as a career and aims to showcase the industry in a positive light.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">While research has been (and continues to be) done in employee engagement, companies need to actually use this information to change the way they interact with their employees. All three talks raised thought-provoking points. With regards to Market Research and Insight in particular, it is clear that steps need to be taken to attract top talent, and change perceptions of the industry. Better structured career paths, better pay and more training were found to be key in both attracting and retaining top talent and companies need to consider these things moving forward. </span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">We need as many as possible to be involved, please share your ideas/comments here on the blog or tweet <a href="https://twitter.com/MRXCareers" rel="nofollow" style="border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-source: initial; border-image-width: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">@MRXCareers</a>. If you would like to work with ESOMAR or the MRS we can forward the relevant details. In addition Amanda <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" rel="nofollow" style="border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-source: initial; border-image-width: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">amanda@elizabethnorman.com</a> would be happy to share the papers.</span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16186314607783877475noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953757100089024071.post-75171732092433769782016-03-24T10:37:00.003+00:002016-03-24T10:37:46.273+00:00Cranfield University visit.<br />
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chance two of the talks, one from Jim Mott at Bamm and another from Christene
McCauley and Hazel Barkworth at Diageo and Added Value, focused on the power of
ethnography. I was particularly interested in the subtle and powerful way
ethnography had been used to help shift Diageo’s advertising focus, so that it
now takes into account women’s’ role in society and how that impacts the best
way to communicate to both sexes. Meanwhile Darja Germane demonstrated
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Commissioned by ESOMAR to show the
huge diversity of career paths within the industry now. The Data career
options were strongly represented by Jane Cristian from Mediacom. Who
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16186314607783877475noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953757100089024071.post-88990091995066022602016-03-15T14:56:00.001+00:002016-03-15T14:57:22.626+00:00National Apprenticeship Week<div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; margin-bottom: 32px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="color: white;">Agencies in the Data, Insight and Market Research industry talk a lot about graduate recruitment. However the study we did with the MRS and ESOMAR showed there are a lot of employers that would like us as an industry to be doing more to support the recruitment of apprenticeships. Some roles in our industry, need employees with practical and technical skills, who will roll their sleeves up, ensure that projects are done in a timely and accurate manner, with a keen eye for detail. A university education isn’t necessary.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">To encourage companies to employ apprenticeships, all companies with a salary bill of £3 million or more annually will be charged a levy of 0.5% of the salary cost, from April 2017. You can offset the levy with a fixed allowance of £15,000 towards apprenticeship costs if you are training apprentices. Isn’t it time UK agencies started to do more?</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16186314607783877475noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953757100089024071.post-72005928936236093642015-11-25T16:21:00.003+00:002015-11-25T16:22:43.073+00:00Leveling the playing field - WIRE<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: white; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 24pt;">Around 100
women and a handful of brave men attended the meeting, kindly hosted by
Linkedin. The evening was organised by Elina Halonen who has
conducted some research based on various academic studies into whether being a
woman makes it more difficult to progress within our industry. We were
challenged by the statement above and I have to admit it took me a while to
realise that the surgeon was the boy's mum.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">I was
particularly interested in Elina’s research as ENI conducted a large research
study with Chime Insight and Engagement ‘Researching a Career’ that shows that
one of the least attractive sides of our industry is the lack of clear career
ladder. This makes it difficult for those in the industry to know how,
and what is needed to progress, for both sexes.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">On the whole
I have found Market Researchers to be analytical, considered and therefore
fair. So I wasn’t surprised when the first part of Elinas research showed
that the respondents, taken from across market research, didn’t favour men over
women when it came to salary, ‘likeability’ and chances of hiring. In
fact in all areas women did slightly better and interestingly, men in
particular seemed to favour women rather than men, when it came to salary.
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<span style="color: white; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">The second
part of the research looked at whether we describe the same traits in women and
men differently. For example are men assertive and women bossy? As
a result is it harder for women to be respected in the working
environment? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">When
training as a recruiter one of the things I was asked to do was list where I
felt I discriminated. Chris Brown the Talent Director of Linkedin goes
one step further, his team discuss the language they use to describe different
people. We all agreed that being very open and aware of the language we
use and any prejudices this reflects, really helps eliminate discrimination.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">One reason
for the different words to describe the different sexes, is certain traits are
more commonly applied to women whilst other traits are more commonly applied to
men. I felt this wasn’t discriminatory but instead reflected the
different drivers commonly found between men and women. In the 30 years I
have been recruiting women I have often found that women are more likely to be
looking for quality of life, flexibility, and enjoyment. Whereas men are
more likely to be driven by financial considerations. In the past this
has held women back, but as Caroline Hayter from Acacia Avenue rightly pointed
out, company culture is changing. Millennials of both sexes are thinking
more about work life balance, and this change means it is easier now for women
to take family life into consideration and progress just as rapidly as
men. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Market
Research employs a lot of women. The Researching a Career study by ENI
and Chime Insight and Engagement shows that a problem for the industry, is it
is hugely complex and lacks clear structure, making progression more
difficult. It may be that because women are often the ones that have to
juggle and cope with complexity at home, they find the lack of a career ladder
within research less of a problem?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16186314607783877475noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953757100089024071.post-23949223808312924292015-11-13T12:56:00.001+00:002015-11-13T12:57:23.609+00:00Feedback from the WIRE event<div class="p1">
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04827518298711565314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953757100089024071.post-33168428359906837532015-11-06T12:35:00.000+00:002015-11-06T12:46:39.024+00:00Interested in getting involved in a related study???????<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04827518298711565314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953757100089024071.post-90970394877178471132015-10-01T13:32:00.000+01:002015-10-06T18:16:17.672+01:00And the final scores are in........<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yes, we've gone through and totted up the votes from the Careers Hub at Esomar Congress and the final scores are in (thanks to everyone that voted!):-</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You can make difference - click <a href="https://www.snapsurveys.com/wh/s.asp?k=144308384083" target="_blank">here</a> to take part - hurry as the poll closes tonight!</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04827518298711565314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953757100089024071.post-3355421299745001612015-09-29T17:24:00.001+01:002015-09-29T17:56:45.575+01:00Another great day on the hub<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Loads of visitors today getting involved, whether it was providing input to our cartoons, discussing our Tube Map, voting on the next steps for the industry or picking up a copy of our report - here's a few pictures</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We'll update you on the vote in the morning - see you then.</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04827518298711565314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953757100089024071.post-37265837899987797892015-09-29T10:10:00.001+01:002015-09-29T10:10:10.471+01:00Votes on the Hub after Day 1<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After a busy first day on the Hub at ESOMAR, here are the results so far:-</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Some common themes to our previous votes at the MRS Conference appearing there - lets see what the next two days bring!</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04827518298711565314noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953757100089024071.post-60461127638614792232015-09-28T11:40:00.000+01:002015-09-28T11:40:25.320+01:00A complex career path?<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One of the findings of our project was the very complex career structure that the industry presents to potential entrants.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So Liz Norman and the Keen as Mustard team decided to have a go at trying to map out the many different routes and destinations - and as a result have produced this rather nifty <i><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwQ_JuWUPW-XWWFyY0cyaDYxZWc/view?usp=sharing">Tube Map</a></i> - pop along to our stand at Congress to discuss how they went about it and some of the insights that they found.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As part of our Careers Hub at Esomar Congress in Dublin, we are running a vote on the next steps our industry should take based on the findings of the report we have launched today.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After looking at our report in the post below, follow this <a href="https://www.snapsurveys.com/wh/s.asp?k=144308384083">link</a> to take part in the survey:-</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yes - it's here - our International Report which looks at how our industry promotes itself to new entrants is launched today at Esomar's 2015 Congress in Dublin - download the report <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwQ_JuWUPW-XMWp3dlFqSG1DWmc/view?usp=sharing">here</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you are in Dublin at Congress, pop along to the Careers hub to say hello and #get_involved</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04827518298711565314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953757100089024071.post-23845655908989598562015-09-27T20:28:00.001+01:002015-09-27T20:28:06.927+01:00We've arrived in Dublin!Here's the Esomar welcome at Dublin airport - we've arrived safely and looking forward to the start of congress tomorrow.<br />
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As well as launching our International report, we are also running a live vote on the hub about the next steps the industry should take. We don't want those not attending the congress to miss out so we will also be making the survey available to mobile users - more details to follow in the morning.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04827518298711565314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953757100089024071.post-26925647454792814252015-09-24T18:31:00.001+01:002015-09-24T18:32:28.976+01:00Monday is Hub Day<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yes - our Careers Hub at Esomar's congress in Dublin goes live on Monday morning.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We will also be releasing details of how you can vote on the next steps our industry should be taking - watch the blog for more details in the coming days!</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04827518298711565314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953757100089024071.post-47049293496594908002015-09-23T15:07:00.002+01:002015-09-23T15:07:56.964+01:00International Report to be published on Tuesday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yes we can confirm that the report of our project based on our International dataset will be launched on Tuesday at the ESOMAR Congress in Dublin.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you are in Dublin visit our Careers Hub to pick up a copy and get involved.</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04827518298711565314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953757100089024071.post-61614271018101580582015-09-21T08:47:00.001+01:002015-09-21T08:47:39.720+01:001 week to go<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yes, a long time in the planning and its now just one week to our Researching a Career hub at Esomar's 2015 Congress in Dublin.</span><br />
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Yes - just 10 days to the start of the Esomar Congress - meet the the team, read the report and get involved.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Keep popping back to our blog in the coming days to meet some more characters and learn more about the innovative story we have developed.</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04827518298711565314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953757100089024071.post-14366574354749552002015-09-03T08:28:00.001+01:002015-09-03T08:28:23.287+01:00Meet the Researching a Career team at ESOMAR's 2015 congress in Dublin<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yes, following the success of our careers hub at MRS Impact 2015, we have been asked to attend ESOMAR's event this September in Dublin.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As well as meeting the team, you'll have a chance to share your experiences and get involved in our developing activity plan. We are also talking about some of the results but as the theme of the event is Revelations, we can't tell you anymore at this point! You'll have to come along and see for yourself.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As we reported last week, the MRS is starting to roll out a ramped up University engagement programme during this academic year, and its looking for volunteers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Please visit <a href="https://www.mrs.org.uk/careers/graduate_roadshows">https://www.mrs.org.uk/careers/graduate_roadshows</a> to find out more details and how you can get involved.</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04827518298711565314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953757100089024071.post-52611975593446620262015-08-24T10:41:00.000+01:002015-08-24T10:41:06.132+01:00MRS & AQR Graduate Roadshows - more details<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Further to our short post last week, here are a few more details about this exciting development and how you can get involved.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For a while now Trish & Ken Parker have been running some roadshows at universities to help promote the profile of research as a career. To date they have visited and presented to over 20 universities. However following one of the main findings of our researching a career was to gain more exposure at universities, the programme is to be ramped up with the aim of reaching 100 universities a year.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To do this we need to gain support from people across the industry to get involved to help make this happen. Whether it be in a senior role to help introduce the session and set out some of the key messages that our project has identified through to middle and junior level people that can share their personal experiences.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The aim is not to make participation onerous and we would hope if lots of people commit to do a single event then we can really make a difference - if you can do more, that would be brilliant!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So if you are interested in challenging perceptions, expanding on what is great about our industry, the variety, innovation and impact on strategy then please drop your details to membership@mrs.org.uk and they will contact you to discuss how you can help.</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04827518298711565314noreply@blogger.com0