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age discrimination for professorships | 4 comments (4 topical, 0 hidden)
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by Vanes63 on Tue Aug 22, 2006 at 06:09:47 AM PDT

My department seems to have more of an older crowd than I thought they would, although I am not particularly disappointed because I believe that I can learn from their experiences.

Statistics tells us that correlation does not imply causation, do you believe there are more underlying causes that make this relationship so? What do you think departments are looking for in new hires?

Answering those questions could give us a better idea of what applicants can do to get interviews more easily regardless of age and maybe even what we can do before we even get to the job application process - what kinds of things we can work towards doing in order to impress future employers. I think the job application process begins much earlier than graduation, what do you think? (open question to all, not just poster)


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