Mobilnosc a "sparowanie"

14.05.10, 13:54
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    • kaguya1982 Re: Mobilnosc a "sparowanie" 14.05.10, 13:56
      Maybe it's the long hours in the lab. Maybe it's the allure of putting heads
      together to analyze data. Maybe it's those sexy lab coats. Whatever the reason,
      scientists appear to find each other attractive as romantic partners. Women
      scientists, in fact, are likelier than their counterparts in any other academic
      area to pair off with a departmental colleague. A Stanford University survey of
      3000 faculty members at 13 major research universities found 83% of the female
      scientists partnered with members of their own discipline.

      "I jokingly tell my graduate students, be careful who you partner with," says
      Londa Schiebinger, lead author of the study, titled Dual-Career Academic
      Couples: What Universities Needs to Know , and director of Stanford's Michelle
      R. Clayman Institute for Gender Research. "When women are professionals, they
      come much more often than men as part of a dual-career couple."

      Thanks to another female predilection revealed by the survey, the ramifications
      of romantic choices often spread from love life to work life. "The top reason
      women refuse new job opportunities is that their partners are not offered
      satisfactory positions" in the new location, the study reports. Although the
      data cover only tenure-track faculty members and the report takes the viewpoint
      of institutions competing to recruit topflight talent, the findings nonetheless
      provide useful insights for those who have not
    • kaguya1982 Re: Mobilnosc a "sparowanie" 14.05.10, 13:57
      Nonetheless, "young people should not say too soon [in the hiring process] that
      they have a partner," she warns. "A candidate walks a tightrope between not
      mentioning it too soon and ... not being dishonest and giving the university the
      opportunity to respond. It's just the reality today. ... We found in our survey
      that most people will say that they have a partner sometime during the
      interview. But I personally still advise my graduate students to not mention it
      until they have an offer." Waiting may complicate matters for the university,
      but it prevents candidates from hurting their chances by introducing "additional
      baggage" early on, Schiebinger says.

      It's important to think strategically because, even though the application
      process will disappoint many aspirants to academic careers, "some graduate
      students and postdocs will get jobs" and have to negotiate the partner issue
      with a university, Schiebinger says. That's why the Clayman Center is currently
      developing material for graduate students entering the academic job market. In
      the meantime, she advises aspiring academics to read the report, which is
      available free on the Internet, so that they can get the benefit of "knowing
      what is the process, how do faculty jobs come about, how do universities work,
      who should I turn to, who is going to broker the deal in the university, so who
      should I be talking to there. And when, absolutely, should I mention a partner?"

      Universities' current willingness to consider accommodating dual-career couples
    • eeela Re: Mobilnosc a "sparowanie" 14.05.10, 14:50
      Nawet jak sie nie jest z tej samej dyscypliny, ale celuje sie w
      prace akademicka, jest to bardzo nielatwa sprawa, coby znalezc cos
      na kupie. Nie mam pojecia na razie, jak to rozwiazemy. Byc moze
      bedzie trzeba pobyc jakis czas zwiazkiem na odleglosc :-(
      • kaguya1982 Re: Mobilnosc a "sparowanie" 14.05.10, 15:05
        No ale na jaki czas? Rok lub dwa na podstdocka? Potem chyba tylko trudniej
        znalesc cos zbieznego geograficznie.

        Moj promotor z usa mial taka wlasnie umowe wiazana - on+zona. Oczywiscie on na
        tenure track, a zona na wykladowce.
        • eeela Re: Mobilnosc a "sparowanie" 14.05.10, 15:36
          Ale tutaj nie ma jak negocjowac z uczelniami zatrudnienia z
          uwzglednieniem partnera. Zwlaszcza jak sie pochodzi z dwoch roznych
          dyscyplin.


          > No ale na jaki czas? Rok lub dwa na podstdocka? Potem chyba tylko
          trudniej
          > znalesc cos zbieznego geograficznie.


          Zalozenie jest niestety takie, ze - poniewaz jestem ogolnie rzecz
          biorac bardziej 'zatrudnialna' jako obywatelka UE - to pierwszenstwo
          w wybieraniu lokacji nalezy sie pracy chlopa, nie mojej. Jak on
          znajdzie cos nieco bardziej stalego, to ja zaczynam szukac czegos w
          okolicy. Ale to dopiero jak samej mi sie uda choc jakis grant czy
          postdoka zlapac na rok czy dwa, zeby nie przesiedziec calego zycia w
          jakiejs administracji i tracic powoli szanse na cokolwiek
          akademickiego. Zreszta, to wszystko sa niezwykle luzne plany i na
          razie nikt nic nie wie.
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