tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post1539108921597387190..comments2024-02-28T18:29:41.120-08:00Comments on Not of General Interest: MLA Job Market Statisticsundinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05589384016564587214noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post-73253727110814511892013-12-29T07:20:37.335-08:002013-12-29T07:20:37.335-08:00Historiann--Thanks! I'll try again to comment...Historiann--Thanks! I'll try again to comment. <br /><br />Profacero--that's a sensible way to look at the process, and it's probably less stressful that way, if anything could make the process less stressful.undinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05589384016564587214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post-85633190517365277472013-12-27T23:42:57.261-08:002013-12-27T23:42:57.261-08:00Am I weird? I just always figured that from most p...Am I weird? I just always figured that from most places, I would not hear, and from others, I would hear when they were ready ... or not. No hear before convention, I figure I'm out. No hear soon after interview, I figure I'm out. I also don't look into real estate in towns where I've applied for jobs, etc., the way people seem to do now. I think being constantly told from this or that place, now we have you on x list, now on y list, would just be unnerving/ distracting, since things do keep changing until it's done. Do I, like, not exercise due diligence on market, or something? I mean: I've applied for 50 and 60 jobs, sometimes while also running searches for my own institution. With all that paperwork, how much extra communication do you really, really need?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post-16244651784498001892013-12-27T14:27:03.684-08:002013-12-27T14:27:03.684-08:00Undine: sorry about that! I've added you to ...Undine: sorry about that! I've added you to my whitelist, so you should be good from now on. If it still seems like a problem to post a comment at my blog, just email me & I'll look into it further.Historiannhttp://historiann.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post-68587250581846432362013-12-27T12:25:49.011-08:002013-12-27T12:25:49.011-08:00Bardiac, I'm glad it was helpful. It seemed to...Bardiac, I'm glad it was helpful. It seemed to me that interjecting some stats into this discussion would help.<br /><br />Historiann--I think your spam filter is catching my comments now; I've posted over at your place a few times and haven't seen the comments appear. <br /><br />Someone over at your place mentioned not getting letters at the end of the search process, but we always send them (and not just a "Dear applicants" general message, either). It's too bad we can't do this in the middle of the process, but that's how it is. undinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05589384016564587214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post-12791712629009903392013-12-27T08:43:10.918-08:002013-12-27T08:43:10.918-08:00Undine, this is great. I didn't see a comment...Undine, this is great. I didn't see a comment from you in the Dec. 24 post (Peace on Earth!) but have put a link to this post now in the comments. I'm sorry, but perhaps your comment got caught in my Spam filter?<br /><br />In any case: from what I think I know about history, I'm surprised to see that the number of jobs was on the rise in the 1980s. In History, as I recall, it was pretty flat & only picked up in the 1990s.<br /><br />I agree with your point about the behavior of search committees. When I chaired a search back in 2004-05, I emailed candidates along the way to let them know that they would not have a first-round interview, and got a number of thank-you notes from people who appreciated being apprised of the process even as they might also have been disappointed that we weren't considering them any longer. However, from what I understand now about searches in my department, the Dean's office and EEO are permitting NO mid-search communication at all, whatsoever. So even when search chairs and committees want to be decent and humane, the asinine legal red tape cuts us off at the knees.Historiannhttp://historiann.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post-69582682751137775522013-12-26T18:15:23.686-08:002013-12-26T18:15:23.686-08:00Undine, thanks for the MLA information. That'...Undine, thanks for the MLA information. That's really helpful. It does look like it's gotten really bad lately, but it's about the same as when I was on the market (93-95, and again in 98) though there may be more people looking, and I'm sure field distributions have changed).Bardiachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11846065504793800266noreply@blogger.com