I don’t have any particularly strong views, and would be interested in what others think.
Broadly, I feel like I agree that more specificity/transparency is helpful, though I don’t feel convinced that it’s not also worth asking at some stage in the application an open-ended question like “Why are you interested in the role?”. Not sure I can explain/defend my intuitions here much right now but I would like to think more on it when I get around to writing some reflections on the Research Communicator hiring process.
I just want to say that I love seeing this kind of thing on the EA Forum, and it is so different from most other parts of the internet: I have a proposal or a suggestion, and it doesn’t quite mesh with what you think/feel. Neither of us have great justifications or clear data, and rather than ad hominems or posturing or some type of ‘battle,’ there is simply a bit of exchange and some reflection.
I really like that your response was reflective/pensive, rather than aggressive or defensive. Thanks for being one of the people that makes the internet ever-so-slightly better than it otherwise would be. ☺
I don’t have any particularly strong views, and would be interested in what others think.
Broadly, I feel like I agree that more specificity/transparency is helpful, though I don’t feel convinced that it’s not also worth asking at some stage in the application an open-ended question like “Why are you interested in the role?”. Not sure I can explain/defend my intuitions here much right now but I would like to think more on it when I get around to writing some reflections on the Research Communicator hiring process.
I just want to say that I love seeing this kind of thing on the EA Forum, and it is so different from most other parts of the internet: I have a proposal or a suggestion, and it doesn’t quite mesh with what you think/feel. Neither of us have great justifications or clear data, and rather than ad hominems or posturing or some type of ‘battle,’ there is simply a bit of exchange and some reflection.
I really like that your response was reflective/pensive, rather than aggressive or defensive. Thanks for being one of the people that makes the internet ever-so-slightly better than it otherwise would be. ☺