We'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.

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.

Monday is Hub Day

Yes - our Careers Hub at Esomar's congress in Dublin goes live on Monday morning.

We will keep you updated on developments via this blog and Twitter - using the rather apt # of 

#get_involved

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!

International Report to be published on Tuesday

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.

Our UK report will be released soon!

If you are in Dublin visit our Careers Hub to pick up a copy and get involved.

1 week to go

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.

If you are attending, please pop along and see how you can get involved. If you can't make it, keep visiting the blog to keep in touch with developments.

10 days to go!

Yes  - just 10 days to the start of the Esomar Congress - meet the the team, read the report and get involved.

And don't worry if you are not going, we'll bring regular updates on the blog right here!

Meet one of the members of our team

Yes, as we get ready to launch our story of the industry, we thought we would give you a sneak preview of some of the characters that will feature.

First I'll introduce a character I've called Larry - he's very industrious and enjoys the variety his job involves!

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.

Meet the Researching a Career team at ESOMAR's 2015 congress in Dublin

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.

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.

For more details about Congress, visit https://www.esomar.org/events-and-awards/events/global-and-regional/congress-2015/congress-2015_overview.php

Volunteers needed to take part in University presentations

One of the key activities we have highlighted (and was the clear winner in our MRS Conference vote) for the industry to help improve how it promotes itself to potential entrants was increasing the amount of proactive engagement it conducts with potential entrants.

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.

Please visit https://www.mrs.org.uk/careers/graduate_roadshows to find out more details and how you can get involved.

MRS & AQR Graduate Roadshows - more details

Further to our short post last week, here are a few more details about this exciting development and how you can get involved.

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.

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.

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!

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.

Great News - MRS & AQR Graduate Roadshow

We have just received notification that following our project running the career hub at this years MRS conference and the fantastic reaction and support its findings & outputs received, the MRS and AQR will be expanding their university graduate roadshow programme.

We'll share more details with you all on Monday and how you can get involved. 

Have a great weekend