tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-773081222432050437.post3910359176320282668..comments2023-10-26T06:43:43.830-04:00Comments on Famae Volent: Everything is different, but the same... things are more moderner than before... bigger, and yet smaller... it's computers... Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1146125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-773081222432050437.post-36244573666263992842017-08-31T21:17:19.489-04:002017-08-31T21:17:19.489-04:00Any ideas about the SUNY Albany "Roman Histor...Any ideas about the SUNY Albany "Roman History" job? The title on the SCS Placement service says "Roman History", but the ad itself says "Hellenistic"-- of course there is overlap, but it could be interpreted in varying ways...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-773081222432050437.post-87548599973364200242017-08-30T06:39:15.405-04:002017-08-30T06:39:15.405-04:00Thank you so much!
Thank you so much!<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-773081222432050437.post-78046823314934782782017-08-30T03:01:08.621-04:002017-08-30T03:01:08.621-04:00servius here-- we're working on getting the si...servius here-- we're working on getting the sites for the new year up and running, with plans to have things finished in the next few days.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-773081222432050437.post-65324363112685608552017-08-29T01:28:02.523-04:002017-08-29T01:28:02.523-04:00Servii? Can we have a new year on the tracker? T...Servii? Can we have a new year on the tracker? Thanks!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-773081222432050437.post-13251795704105265622017-08-28T05:29:33.363-04:002017-08-28T05:29:33.363-04:00now that the new academic year is beginning, I hop...now that the new academic year is beginning, I hope we start seeing the placement tracker get updatedAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-773081222432050437.post-42968293164498439352017-08-26T13:34:43.548-04:002017-08-26T13:34:43.548-04:00I didn't get the emails about Haverford - care...I didn't get the emails about Haverford - care to update me?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-773081222432050437.post-76657423187548400832017-08-26T06:14:48.295-04:002017-08-26T06:14:48.295-04:00Yes, in my experience even academics from differen...Yes, in my experience even academics from different generations can't empathize. My own program spent many years agonizing over what was "wrong" with individual graduates that was preventing them from being hired, rather than seeing the larger pattern that NOBODY was getting a TT job because the candidate/job ratio is so out of balance. While there is a bit more awareness among senior scholars now, this type of speculation about the flaws of our graduates and why they don't get hired still happens. And these are professionals in our own field. Nobody else will understand even that well. Thus, FV. Good luck, 9:09, it is hard but you're not alone. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-773081222432050437.post-61842007341955637942017-08-25T12:23:37.993-04:002017-08-25T12:23:37.993-04:00Anyone else get c.10 emails from the placement ser...Anyone else get c.10 emails from the placement service today about the job at Haverford? Talk about hopes raised + dashed!<br /><br />Also @9:09AM I feel you. I have similar anxieties caused by the crazy market and this crazy profession. I haven't sought professional help although I have considered it. What has stopped me is the disconnect I feel when discussing my situation with basically anyone besides people who are in my same shoes. Mentors + colleagues want to understand, as do family and friends, but none really do, I find. Maybe that's why many of us end up here doing puzzles to prove we're not robots!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-773081222432050437.post-22769560069740785872017-08-23T09:09:44.633-04:002017-08-23T09:09:44.633-04:00Those of you who have sought therapy for (un)emplo...Those of you who have sought therapy for (un)employment-related stress - how do you find someone who can remotely relate? I've recently admitted that I'm deeply depressed about my future in this field, among other things. I've had some short therapy meet-n-greets, then a longer stint with someone who quite frankly did nothing to help. How do you find someone effective at managing both long- and short-term problem behaviors and emotions? At the risk of sounding arrogant, I'd like to talk to someone on a particular moral and philosophical level about life. The people I've seen so far were not capable of or tuned into this. They wanted to dismiss my fears and faults, which are all very real. <br /><br />So how do you find the right person? <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-773081222432050437.post-91237250758181223382017-08-03T16:35:21.440-04:002017-08-03T16:35:21.440-04:00To follow up on August 3, 2017 at 11:07 AM's c...To follow up on August 3, 2017 at 11:07 AM's comment:<br /><br />HR at my university provides a statistical summary of the of the applicant pool to the search committee whenever asked. The way this worked in the last search I was on: our diversity rep (one of the SC members) asked HR for the rundown at each step and whether HR would accept the choices we had made. HR gave us summary information (# of men, # of women, # of "diverse" persons) but did not identify individuals and did not define "diverse" for us. Our percentages shrank at each step, enough that HR commented on it, but not so much that HR felt the need to intervene.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-773081222432050437.post-57224592093208827112017-08-03T11:07:49.990-04:002017-08-03T11:07:49.990-04:00To July 12, 2017 at 4:25 PM:
The search committee...To July 12, 2017 at 4:25 PM:<br /><br />The search committee does not and legally cannot see any of the demographic information on candidates' race, gender, sexual orientation, etc. Only our institution's Human Resources office can see that. After we, the search committee, pick our top ten/twelve/etc candidates and submit the names to our institution, HR sometimes (but not usually) contacts us to tell us to add another (specific) candidate to the short list. HR intervenes if and only if our short-list is less diverse than our pool of applicants. I do not know if they do statistical analyses to see if the difference is statistically significant (this might be hard, given that the short-list is such a small sample size). HR does not remove anyone from our short-list, only add, and they do not tell us why (e.g., whether the applicant is a person of color, or a veteran, or Native American, etc). On the one occasion that this happened to us, the person whom HR added back in was an excellent candidate who almost made our short list anyway.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-773081222432050437.post-3204439997745273632017-08-01T19:49:54.440-04:002017-08-01T19:49:54.440-04:00I got St. Olaf from the Chronicle's vitae noti...I got St. Olaf from the Chronicle's vitae notification system:<br /><br />https://chroniclevitae.com/jobs/0000375743-01Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-773081222432050437.post-34853490684662691752017-08-01T12:42:59.486-04:002017-08-01T12:42:59.486-04:00It's on the SCS Placement Service.
https://cl...It's on the SCS Placement Service.<br /><br />https://classicalstudies.org/placement-service/2017-2018/23797/assistant-professor-classicsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-773081222432050437.post-32164330404054221772017-08-01T10:00:56.767-04:002017-08-01T10:00:56.767-04:00Where was the St. Olaf job advertised? It doesn...Where was the St. Olaf job advertised? It doesn't seem to have been through the SCS Placement Service. Did they post it somewhere else? AIA, AHA, etc?<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-773081222432050437.post-35838404830665055252017-07-22T01:25:40.036-04:002017-07-22T01:25:40.036-04:00T-T job in Greek literature at The College of Will...T-T job in Greek literature at The College of William and Mary (FYI: review begins pretty early, Oct 15) https://jobs.wm.edu/postings/28814.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-773081222432050437.post-55780228337487527112017-07-14T17:57:00.365-04:002017-07-14T17:57:00.365-04:00Oops, here is St. Olaf's:
https://stolaf.hire...Oops, here is St. Olaf's:<br /><br />https://stolaf.hiretouch.com/faculty-postingsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-773081222432050437.post-87961596247087860482017-07-14T17:49:27.545-04:002017-07-14T17:49:27.545-04:00I don't know if this is the right place and I ...I don't know if this is the right place and I don't know if the link will work or just tell you who I am (hi!)), but here's the brown link:<br />http://apply.interfolio.com/42728<br /><br />And here's UC Riverside's lecturer link:<br />https://aprecruit.ucr.edu/apply/JPF00772<br /><br />St. Olaf is hiding from me somewhere, sorry. Someone else will help, or maybe someone already did on the wiki or the job ad page.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-773081222432050437.post-58964237501797058282017-07-14T13:08:34.255-04:002017-07-14T13:08:34.255-04:00no one will ever boycott a yale job. a nice fanta...no one will ever boycott a yale job. a nice fantasy, but the only way to hurt them would be for finalists with other options to withdraw/decline.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-773081222432050437.post-34804197317925345112017-07-14T11:52:12.317-04:002017-07-14T11:52:12.317-04:00Anyone else think Interfolio's new "free&...Anyone else think Interfolio's new "free" account is a joke?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-773081222432050437.post-10648702812361294362017-07-14T11:29:25.912-04:002017-07-14T11:29:25.912-04:00Actually, that would be the way to get the admin&#...Actually, that would be the way to get the admin's attention.... That job was open specialty and rank, right? They could easily have had hundreds and hundreds of applications. If they advertise it again, and get four? Eyebrows will go up. I don't think this is going to happen, but I like the thought. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-773081222432050437.post-50706060924732302992017-07-14T10:57:20.349-04:002017-07-14T10:57:20.349-04:00Would anyone bother applying?Would anyone bother applying?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-773081222432050437.post-49309323935504785542017-07-14T09:36:02.782-04:002017-07-14T09:36:02.782-04:00Hopefully Yale is running a search or two!Hopefully Yale is running a search or two!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-773081222432050437.post-16134645443866557492017-07-14T09:16:19.111-04:002017-07-14T09:16:19.111-04:00@July 13, 2017 at 2:29am - Could you share the lin...@July 13, 2017 at 2:29am - Could you share the links to the Brown and Olaf jobs?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-773081222432050437.post-13832593035621979602017-07-14T08:02:19.188-04:002017-07-14T08:02:19.188-04:00I'm not seeing the ad for the UC Riverside Lec...I'm not seeing the ad for the UC Riverside Lecturer position; anyone have a link?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-773081222432050437.post-82888775199736337932017-07-14T05:52:14.489-04:002017-07-14T05:52:14.489-04:00Servius: we time the wiki and FV according to the ...Servius: we time the wiki and FV according to the US academic calendar because that corresponds best with most, although not all, job searches. While there are indeed a couple of very early advertisements for jobs beginning AY 2018-19, their deadlines appear to be perfectly normal, Oct.-Nov. 2017. They'll appear on the next wiki in due course. Jobs that are still being advertised for the coming academic year (2017-18) of course belong on this year's wiki, not the next. The timing of the Placement Service's annual break is (by design) not relevant to most job seekers or searches. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com