Timeline for Any good way to tell a faculty candidate "We don't want you"?
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| Feb 11, 2018 at 9:13 | comment | added | robert bristow-johnson | i believe i understand what the downvoters were thinking and i also think that they were missing my main point in the answer. thanks for the upvote. but i am not worried about my rep count here. it can go up or down as it likes to. | |
| Feb 11, 2018 at 5:20 | comment | added | shaunakde | @robertbristow-johnson I do understand that, and I do not think this answer deserves downvotes. But at the same time, I also understand what the downvoters were thinking. For what its worth, let me try upvoting so you don't lose as many reputation points. Hard luck, sorry. SD | |
| Feb 11, 2018 at 1:33 | comment | added | robert bristow-johnson | and to remind the candidate at a couple of points in the process, that he/she may very well not be offered the position because it is quite competitive (hell, how many people get offered university professorships?) and there are other applicants. | |
| Feb 11, 2018 at 1:29 | comment | added | robert bristow-johnson | the idea, @shaunakde, is that you can kindly tell the faculty-position candidate that they are not being offered the position and that it was still a good thing, from the perspective of the department, that he/she applied for it and was on-site to be considered. that's the softest we can make the blow. but that will not be credible unless you actually make the application experience and the on-campus interview and presentation experience a positive experience. that's the central point. (that it appears a bunch of academics here are missing or at least not heeding.) | |
| Feb 10, 2018 at 9:28 | comment | added | shaunakde | I like the sentiment of this answer, but it doesn't fully answer the question does it? I understand exactly what you are talking about - but I feel the question is more about trying to provide feedback to unsuccessful candidates. | |
| Feb 10, 2018 at 1:48 | comment | added | robert bristow-johnson | well @Thomas, sometimes a patient with symptoms of a malady asks "What pill can I take that will make me feel better?" and sometimes "answer[ing] the question" might be what to do to prevent or mitigate those symptoms. | |
| Feb 10, 2018 at 1:37 | comment | added | Thomas Steinke | I'm not sure how this answers the question. | |
| Feb 10, 2018 at 1:16 | history | answered | robert bristow-johnson | CC BY-SA 3.0 |