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27th October 2005, 12:42 PM
Yes Please, pay and conditions of employment?
I can?t say any thing about age and ageism because although it is a very sensitive issue I am approaching my 40s and yet to find job in archaeology, so I don?t want the youngsters out their to get rid of me in 5 years time because I?m Old:face-confused:
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27th October 2005, 02:59 PM
When is the conference and where it?s not on the calendar. I?m new here please help I?m still learning the way around the site although must say it?s the best so far.
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27th October 2005, 03:32 PM
I'm 38 and just started out in professional archaeology this summer. Until recently I had only done a few weeks paid work here and there for the unit I did training excavations with. I have now been offered a couple of months work with a unit that I'd not had any previous dealings with. I was told that my age actually went in my favour, rather than against. Changing my career at this stage in my life suggested I am committed and motivated to do the job for the right reasons, rather than it just being a stop-gap after Uni.
I'm not sure how long I want to stay in the commercial excavation side but I want to give it a good go for the next year or so at least and perhaps to get a better idea of what I might like to specialize in later on. At the moment I'm thinking of pursuing the public archaeology thing - training, community archaeology, public presentation of on-going excavations, etc.
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29th October 2005, 11:29 PM
Greetings to all! Apologies for the silence-life has been chaos.Judy-we aim to hold the conference in or around September of 2006.This will give us ample opportunity to get ti right.As soon as details are ironed out(through mass consultation here), date/venue and sessions to follow.See you there!Reggie-My body is 41 but my heart and mind is still 9.Can`t be blamed for anything then! You`r`e absolutely right-get out there and give it a go.It may hurt for a bit until the graftin muscles are in place but hey-never something for nothing!
