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Job Search (page 5)
Surprising Editorial in Science Magazine Job Search

By Anonymous Hero
Posted Tue Apr 06, 2004 at 01:03:03 PM PDT
Science Magazine Considers Why the Predictions of an Impending Shortage of Scientists are Usually Wrong.

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The Benefits of Being Organized Job Search

By Anonymous Hero
Posted Thu Feb 12, 2004 at 05:34:43 PM PDT
After having to suddenly have to polish off my cv and apply for jobs in mid December, I discovered organization from my first job search paid off.

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Some comments on the job market. Job Search

By jvano
Posted Sat Jan 31, 2004 at 07:00:47 AM PDT
The following is an email recieved back in April 2003 from Brian Borchers, department chair of the Department of Mathematics of New Mexico Tech.

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Handling those Pesky Phone Interviews Job Search

By kfogel
Posted Tue Jan 27, 2004 at 12:07:16 PM PDT
The season for phone interviews is upon us. The following article by Kevin Charlwood from the YMN Archives provides valuable tips on what to expect and how to prepare for phone interviews.

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The Campus Interview and Beyond Job Search

By chawne
from the will prove theorems for food department
Posted Sat Jan 17, 2004 at 04:22:30 PM PDT
[editor's note, by dkung] We ran this story two years ago, but it's that time of the year again ...

Here's what to expect to happen on a campus interview, what one should do during the interview and how to negotiate a deal once the offer is on the table.

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Second and Third Postdocs Job Search

By Emil Volcheck
from the Perpetual Postdoc department
Posted Mon Jan 12, 2004 at 11:30:09 AM PDT

In today's job market where tenure-track jobs are scarce, but VIGRE postdocs are readily available, are we seeing a trend towards second postdocs?

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Jobs at Liberal Arts Schools Job Search

By chawne
from the great job advice department
Posted Wed Oct 15, 2003 at 04:44:40 AM PDT
The newsletter of the American Historical Association (AHA) has a short article "Applying for a Job at a Liberal Arts College" this month, offering a few tidbits on the liberal arts/big research difference.

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"The Other Candidate" Job Search

By chawne
from the bewildered department
Posted Wed Jul 02, 2003 at 02:22:07 PM PDT
Today's "Chronicle of Higher Education" has a diary entry of a man contemplating why a black man was hired instead of him. It's an honest description of his thoughts:

"Is it wrong to wonder how heavily race worked in the other guy's favor and against mine?"

See: The Other Candidate for the full text.

I'd welcome some discussion...

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Happily stay where I am
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Get a job this year after I finish my PhD
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