"Sucks" is an understatement - granted I'm bitter, & also I graduated in the year Trump was elected, but I do think "scam" or "racket" comes closer to the truth.
And people wonder why job descriptions with commitments to "equal opportunity" or "diversity" drive me to apoplexy.
Is the role in fact eligible for visa sponsorship?
What budget has your institution set aside for visa sponsorship this year?
How many visas has your institution sponsored in the past 3 years?
If your answers are mostly "no", "none", or "maybe a couple?", you can take your ostensible commitment to diversity & drown it in molten bronze.
In other words, @LaCatriona is being very polite indeed in this piece.
The zero-sum nature of the academic job market today probably means she'll receive very little support. That should not detract from the fact that she's completely on point in this piece.
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My colleagues @adityabatra1995, Krishnakumar Thiagarajan, & I have an op-ed in @the_hindu today, on the importance of taking E-governance step-by-step. (Draws on a whitepaper we wrote at @eGovFoundation )
We present a 5-level "Maturity Framework" that any city government - as also any department or agency within a city - can use to assess where it stands in the e-governance journey, based on how it is applying tech to improve processes, human resources, & citizen-centricity.
I see we're doing the "if only people could write a good CV / resume" ritual again.
Sigh.
Fine, let's do this again.
The main thing everyone has to keep in mind is that recruitment is, by & large, a broken system.
The reason head-hunting firms make money, & the reason companies pay employees referral bonuses (do they still?), is that finding the perfect person for the job is really hard.
Across sectors - govt/quasi-govt, multilateral, big company, start-up, NGO, foundation/donor - only in 2 scenarios is hiring a simple & generally positive experience.
1. Done through referrals / personal contacts. 2. Standard, well-defined role, with clear metrics/certifications
(This might turn into a long-ish thread - still sorting out said thoughts.)
1. I have no objection to the move itself. I understand there will be an economic impact, and still think a lockdown is a reasonable step at this time.
2. Have been reading various pieces on how economic slowdown from lockdowns may lead to *more* deaths than the virus. Granted, these are projections, and the figure used for COVID-19 fatalities in particular is based on scant data; even so, the claim seems plausible.
3. Even assuming such projections are correct, I would still support the lockdown. Because I think the meaning of the social contract between state and citizen is that the state will take necessary measures to protect citizens from this pandemic...
My advice / appeal to fellow Indians voting in this election [A thread].
I've held off saying something this direct so far.
2. Partly because I wasn't sure how my employer would react to me endorsing or criticising a political party.
Partly because this set of thoughts was still ricocheting back & forth, and only recently clicked into a somewhat coherent form.
3. On the former, I figure the "views personal" disclaimer I've been wasting Twitter bio character count on has to be worth something. In case this needs further disclaiming - the views that follow are my own, and should not be ascribed to any other person or institution.