Australia's Science Forum

Samantham wrote:I've done a couple in this job and in others, in my opinion its just a way to set yourself up to fail and get into trouble for not completing it. I suggest setting very small goals or goals that you had already planned to achieve, like if you annually clean the bunsen burners or the microscopes, set that down, making sure you have well beyond the time you actually need to complete it. It also depends on why you have to do it, you could either be asked to do it because the boss believes you are having performance issues and not doing enough or the boss just wants to make the business look good by showing that his employees are performing beyond their duties and are growing as individuals. Are there certain categories you need to have goals for? One I had to do that wasn't in a school, had 5 categories; duty performance, interaction with colleagues, personal development, personal goals, etc.

Samantham wrote:I looked at the Consta conference. It looked like it was more for teachers than labbies. Have you been before? Was it relevant?

Labbie wrote:French Polishing, to make stirring rods, Excel training for chemical register, chemwatch training, CSIS training, all the things that are not out their, and see what they do.