tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post5071434670364752531..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: Connie in Conyers With Some Job Misery.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-35897556176652279972013-11-09T11:00:26.928-05:002013-11-09T11:00:26.928-05:00"and you hope to meet some of them in person ..."and you hope to meet some of them in person some day (leaving where vague)" ... but suggesting that if this meeting were to take place in a dark alley brass knuckles may well be involved.French Professeurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08062264385792788503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-55096266498208889482013-11-09T00:36:08.224-05:002013-11-09T00:36:08.224-05:00This has to be most depressing thing I have read o...This has to be most depressing thing I have read on this site. All my incentive to write job applications just withered away. Whatever happened to the ideal of fair and equal field? Trish from Texarkanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01537710252663530562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-57404588490694870732013-11-08T14:37:31.130-05:002013-11-08T14:37:31.130-05:00Amen.Amen.Southern Bubba, Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12050992903794385204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-64587766780699916562013-11-08T13:21:55.918-05:002013-11-08T13:21:55.918-05:00Connie writes:
I can't thank you all enough f...<i>Connie writes: </i><br />I can't thank you all enough for the support and advice. I wrote to the committee this morning and was very appreciative of the chance to chat with them.<br /><br />I am, I guess, an "other," someone who reads the page regularly and keeps up with some of the amazingly hilarious high drama! I love it so much. I have my favorites, of course, Cassandra, The College Miseryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01371354682300032653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-71747702754041370482013-11-08T12:44:27.645-05:002013-11-08T12:44:27.645-05:00Oh, dear. I'm sorry, Connie. Obviously, as e...Oh, dear. I'm sorry, Connie. Obviously, as everyone else says, there was an inside candidate (presumably one with very similar interests to yours), and they had to go through the motions. At least they didn't go through the motions of a campus visit as well; that strikes me as an improvement on what often happens (as your mental inventory made clear, campus visits are expensive, in Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-49118408921549351242013-11-08T11:32:49.850-05:002013-11-08T11:32:49.850-05:00It's a shame, Connie, and I am sorry for you.
...It's a shame, Connie, and I am sorry for you.<br /><br />At our university hires usually work like this. The department or committee identify someone in particular that they're interested in hiring. A call is placed and the person is invited to apply to the position.<br /><br />Then a general ad runs in the Chronicle and other department-specific source, and a small group of "Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-72272554873082370902013-11-08T10:30:20.623-05:002013-11-08T10:30:20.623-05:00Hi Connie. You got hosed. They likely had to meet ...Hi Connie. You got hosed. They likely had to meet an interview quota of some kind. Your credentials are good enough that you made a good possible candidate, but there's no way they made that turnaround time, with NO campus visit for a t-t job!<br /><br />Shake it off. Hang in there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-68930493662154383432013-11-08T10:20:20.711-05:002013-11-08T10:20:20.711-05:00Agreed, inside job. On the other hand, it's a ...Agreed, inside job. On the other hand, it's a good sign that an "early-decision place" was interested in you enough to make a good show of it. It's still early. <br /><br />Not to make anyone paranoid, but consider the possibility that "all good jobs are inside jobs". How did I get this one? New department head wanted to start a new research area in the department, Peter Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00754472537710161295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-38449739202363406352013-11-08T09:41:29.140-05:002013-11-08T09:41:29.140-05:00What Strel said. They already had someone lined u...What Strel said. They already had someone lined up, but they had to go through the motions that there was a competitive job search so that there'd be a HR paper trail that they "followed the proper procedures".Prof Poopieheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00997969128824319914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-66492437083052751752013-11-08T08:43:54.287-05:002013-11-08T08:43:54.287-05:00Incidentally, that included sites at which they ha...Incidentally, that included sites at which they had flown me in for an interview.introvert.profhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09042783611716432247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-61448197716963600582013-11-08T08:42:52.297-05:002013-11-08T08:42:52.297-05:00You got a rejection note? Back in the dark ages (b...You got a rejection note? Back in the dark ages (before Twitter and Facebook, as opposed to the stone age, before e-mail) I received precisely zero replies from any application from which I wasn't receiving a job offer.introvert.profhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09042783611716432247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-91563614986326446882013-11-08T06:08:25.339-05:002013-11-08T06:08:25.339-05:00[Stage whisper] Insider scam.[Stage whisper] Insider scam.Strelnikovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12660962615198939441noreply@blogger.com