Is there a good resource on alt-ac jobs in Ireland for history PhDs?
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Replying to @AdmiralHip
If there is, I've never seen it. I suspect there's not, b/c just like the ac market, the sector is way too small and niche for something like that to have been created. Happy to share the limited amount I've learned while knocking on the door though.
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Replying to @NiallOSuill
Unless I massively misunderstood, alt ac shouldn’t be a niche thing, it just means jobs outside academia. I’m curious what other history PhDs (and other AHSS PhDs I guess) did if they didn’t go into academia.
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Replying to @AdmiralHip
Ah ok, sorry yeah I think that's the misunderstanding. I thought alt-ac = non-academic but still connected/related to your subject area. So for history, they're mostly in heritage, education, museums, libraries, tourism etc.
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Replying to @NiallOSuill @AdmiralHip
In terms of what people actually do: anecdotally, civil service and other public sector jobs are by far the most popular (mainly b/c they don't see a PhD and think 'overqualified', so it's easier to get them). After that, general white-collar business management/analysis
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Replying to @NiallOSuill
Civil service would be great, too bad I think I need to be an Irish citizen for that. Not sure about other public sector jobs. And yeah I know generally white collar jobs but I wonder if any businesses in particular like to hire PhDs I guess.
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Replying to @AdmiralHip @NiallOSuill
I *think* -
@StephenHewer would know better - you have to be a citizen to get in through the big open calls for particular grades on http://publicjobs.ie but not when you're applying directly for a specific job.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @HighHawkSeason @AdmiralHip and
I know my partner works with some people who aren't citizens in the Public Service and her agency has its own hiring process.
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Hmm interesting.
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