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The hiring process as risk management
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By rtalbert
Posted Fri Oct 17, 2008 at 07:50:42 AM PDT
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When colleges hire someone to fill a tenure-track faculty position, they are making a decision that could potentially cost millions of dollars and affect the college for decades to come. So one of the primary things that search committees are looking for among candidates is certainty. Job applicants can improve their prospects by making themselves as much of a known quantity as possible.
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Blogging our search - the Search begins
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By nowhiring
Posted Fri Oct 03, 2008 at 01:25:47 PM PDT
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I've been asked by YMN to blog about our search for a new mathematician. I am excited to do so, but my department is less than thrilled to air its dirty laundry. So please understand my situation. I'll be writing about our search anonymously.
Last week the department met to get things rolling with our search ...
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Anecdotes of the JMM: Application numbers
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By halewis
Posted Sat Jan 19, 2008 at 08:32:03 AM PDT
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We recently returned from interviewing candidates at the Joint Mathematics Meetings, and through hallways conversations I heard of some differences from earlier job searches. I'm wondering if others have found anything similar or different.
I had noticed before the meetings that we had slightly fewer applications than last time, although the pool of those who did apply was just as strong. In chatting with others at the JMM, it sounded like schools who stuck with paper applications had the same trend. I spoke with a few schools that used MathJobs.org, however, and they received many more applications than in the past.
On the other hand, MathJobs.org states, "In the last 12 months, 196 employers from 42 states in 3 countries have used the service for 522 job ads;...4540 applicants have submitted 89790 applications, with an average of 19.78 positions applied per applicant." It's not a huge number of positions that the applicants are applying to on average, so I'm not sure how much weight to place is my observations.
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AMS approves new statements important for YMs
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By dkung
Posted Tue Jan 08, 2008 at 06:53:35 PM PDT
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At the Joint Meetings in San Diego (2008) the AMS Council approved a few new statements related to the job market, permanent vs. temporary positions, and salaries.
See the details on the flip side.
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Have Math searches moved to fall?
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By dkung
Posted Thu Jan 03, 2008 at 07:29:58 AM PDT
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As recently as 10 years ago, you never would have heard of a college or university going finishing a job search before the New Year. There were many advantages to this sort of system for both sides of the interview table.
Word on the street is that times are changing. More below the fold...
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A Longtime Math Grad Student's Job Search Experience
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By grizzard
from the University of Illinois at Chicago Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science department
Posted Fri May 18, 2007 at 11:19:24 AM PDT
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Here is a link to an informal (yet lengthy) essay about my job search experience as a Mathematics Ph.D. Candidate. I describe just about all my ups and downs and uncertainties of the process. I hope some people will find this webpage helpful for their own future experiences.
-R. Philip Grizzard, Ph.D. (as of 4 days ago!)
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Adjunct faculty sought 2007-2008 at Mills College (Oakland, CA)
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By espertus
Posted Mon Apr 23, 2007 at 12:07:00 PM PDT
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Mills College, a women's liberal arts college in Oakland, California, is seeking temporary mathematics faculty for the 2007-2008 school year...
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Academic Job Wiki
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By kroth
from the job search department department
Posted Mon Feb 12, 2007 at 02:35:24 AM PDT
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The academic job wiki has been around for a couple of years and is always mentioned on the Chronicle of Higher Education job forum. It is a place where information on what part of the search the search committees are on. This year for the first time math is included and its info can be found here.
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