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Great research environment
- A typical work day Team orientated work environment, and work with clients directly teaching and training. - Your relationship with co-workers As a multidisciplinary institution, you get to interact and partner with a specialist at different professional levels. - What you have learnt Being able to conduct yourself at the professional level. Being able to attract funding and business for the company. reporting to the stakeholder (clients e.g government). - What you enjoy most CSIR provide a flexible working environment and create a platform for personal growth. - The most challenging aspects of the job Once you are in academia it becomes challenging to be employable out to the private sector.
Pros: Research allows the individual to progress as a academic
Cons: Limitation in being employable outside academia
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An excellent place to start your career
My colleagues were good people and always ready to develop you with whatever skills needed for you to grow in your career..superb working environment and good managers.
Pros: None
Cons: None
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Dynamic changing environment
A typical day was usually from 8 to 16.30, or 9 to 6pm,where i would be dealing with staff and escalted queries as a supervisor, or taking calls from customers with regards to queries related to our products, also processing and recieve orders daily Relationship with co workers was excellent as we had to work as a team to be able to service our customers, where teamwork is essential I have learnt first how to deal with diverse groups of people ie management of agents, and also having to deal with internal and external customers, as i had to deal with logistics and warehouse I enjoy achievingvtargets and servicing our clients to the best of our ability Challenging aspects of the job was dealing with impossible timelines
Pros: Opportunity to learn
Cons: Hierachical structure
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Fantastic experience to work for nearly 25 years at CSIR
I normally started my day with a meeting with my manager to plan the day and week ahead, I had a fantastic relationship with my co-workers and especially my direct manager. During all the years at the CSIR, I learnt to be compassionate in whatever I need to do. Nothing is to big or to small. I enjoyed working with our various stakeholders, international and national. My favourite duties was to arrange various overseas trips, arranging conferences, being the backbone of my managers office. I love working with people and love to interact on all levels
Pros: It is a fantastic company where I was able to excell myself. All the experience and interactions learnt me to be strong and dedicated. Also all the advantages of pension fund etc
Cons: I think the only bad thing is that the company changed and thereby we don't have more room to develop when you at a older stage.
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Great exposure to research and development
council of scientific industrial research you get to work on realistic and real world issues on a industrial scale, very enjoyable , friendly and dedicated working environment. combat pollution and try to find greener solutions
Pros: Great opportunity to work in industrial scale projects
Cons: they dont pay interns and students
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Excellent Research Company
There is a lot of growth at the CSIR provided you bring in projects and write technical papers that are peer reviewed as well as present locally and international engineering conferences
Pros: Great opportunities for promotion
Cons: Sometimes hard to get projects
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Learning curve
the c sir is a great place to learn and develop yourself they take care of their employees currently support 64 researchers with their daily task and travel arrangements, I also assist them with administering their projects.
Pros: great place to learn
Cons: no growth opportunities
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Excellent experience gained
I enjoy the research freedom CSIR has given me me as well as friendships I have created with my my colleagues. A typical day includes simulating and analyzing data, taking a break to go socialize with my colleagues for 30 minutes and going home after 4:30pm
Pros: Great opportunity for learning
Cons: Too much time spent on research
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Good learning environment but challenging growth opportunities
As a Senior Researcher/ Technologist at level D1, my KRA puts more requirements (i.e. 40%) on financial performance. This measure alone means that one is required to source contract R&D funding in order to sustain oneself's salary and a number of junior researchers. However, the experience gained at the CSIR is insurmountable.
Pros: The CSIR's Career Ladder system is a fair system that encourages young people who are still at the beginning of their careers to grow
Cons: The career ladder system slows down from levels D1 and above as the requirements become tough. At these levels, more emphasis is placed on sourcing contract R&D projects and managing projects, which makes the levels more admin intensive
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Cover letter
Dear recruiter I am dynamic communicator with almost 19 years of experience in the profession. Having worked as a senior editor, media analyst, science writer and corporate communications manager (currently internally focused as part of the full marketing and communications team) at a leading scientific R&D organisation in Africa, I can confidently say that I am a highly skilled, multi-faceted communications professional. I plan to relocate to Cape Town very soon as I have family there. I believe that what sets me apart from others is the combination of my high work ethic and personal attributes. I believe that although my CV reflects my appropriate experience and relevant skills, an interview will offer the opportunity to gain a more accurate indication of my suitability for the position. Thank you for the opportunity to apply for this position. Regards, Chiara Lincoln
Pros: Leader in research, development and Innovation in Africa
Cons: Position stagnant, relocating to Cape Town
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