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Category: Secret Lives of Search Committees
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One thing I often wondered about as a job-candidate is how decisions are made: decisions about who to interview, who to invite to campus, and finally, who to hire. From an outsider's perspective, I suppose it's natural to think that at each stage, search committees come together, agree upon which candidate(s) are best (as researchers, teachers, interview…
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A reader wrote in yesterday: I’m trying to mentor a former student who has an upcoming campus visit at a SLAC. This student has been asked to give a job talk, the parameters of which seem a little unusual. The search committee has said that it wants to hear about the candidate’s research interests and…
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As a candidate, so many things about the academic job-market seemed hopelessly opaque to me. What were search committees looking for? How did they read and evaluate dossiers? How did they decide who to interview, invite to campus, or hire? I've tried to shed some light on these things so far in this series, at least…
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UPDATED 5/11 – 5:40pm In this series' post on cover letters, there was some discussion of whether to include a 'Works in Progress' section on one's CV in, which is apparently something people are routinely advised to do. In rough outline, my experience–which another search committee member echoed–is that Work in Progress sections are unlikely to make…