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Political staffers should pay attention to their own sense of when it is time for them to leave and move on to something new. Remember, you’re only ever a tourist, not a resident, when you work on the Hill, writes Jennifer Robson. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY JENNIFER ROBSON

August 3, 2022

A very long time ago, I worked as a political staffer on the Hill. Today, as a professor and now-director of the Riddell Graduate Program in Political Management at Carleton University, I have the privilege of working every year with dozens of young staffers from all major parties. I can see how the...

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