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Category: Secret Lives of Search Committees
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In our most recent "how can we help you?" thread, a reader asks: I have heard that the venue of one's publications doesn't matter for many jobs. Is this true? I guess I have in mind TT (or otherwise permanent) positions that aren't R1 but which still have a research expectation. I am curious about…
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This is a list of links to our Secret Lives of Search Committees series: Top 5 job-market tips Tips from a Research University search committee member Tips from a Liberal Arts College Committee Member How 'fit' matters How applications are read How decisions are made Originality AOS and project choices Staleness Job candidate career stage…
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The Cocoon has now had several series offering job-market advice: a Job-Market Bootcamp, Notes from Both Sides of the Job-Market, and most recently the present series. I hope you have found these series helpful, and hope to continue to dedicate new series to the topic in the future. That being said, these series have offered…
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I had a bit of a strange experience as a search committee member I'd like to share. As I will explain, I'm not entirely sure what to make of it–but the most plausible explanation seems to me to be a potentially dangerous assumption by job-candidates. In brief, the experience was this. I served on a…