Thanks H
The intregue continues. I phoned a company and was told I should apply to trainee study director. It's amazing how you can go from lowly scientist with no experience to management in one fell swoop. The HR lady was telling me how some of the jobs were definately too junior for someone with a PhD.
She did point out that it was true you couldn't win and were either over-qualified or had no experience. She started telling me how they might have wanted more experience for a job I applied for previously when I told her they had said I was overqualified and would just leave! She said the level of the job could vary depending on what they needed at the time.
is there a shrugging and giving up trying to understand emoticon?!