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Category Archives: job applications
Saying What You Mean to Say
Some years ago I came across a psychology paper which suggested that letters of reference are subtly (or even not-so-subtly) gendered. I had never thought about it before, but it made me think much harder about the adjectives and roles … Continue reading
Posted in Equality, gender, job applications, reference letter, Science Culture
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Jobsworthiness and Horror Stories in Equality
The policeman at the centre of ‘Gategate’, who may or may not have been called a pleb by the Conservative Chief Whip, has been called in the press a ‘jobsworth’, a term certainly not complimentary even if not in the … Continue reading
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