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Why do so many institutions choose their own systems for application process rather than universal systems like mathjobs.org or interfolio?
Centralized systems like Mathjobs are really the exception rather than the rule. In most other fields of academia, and in practically all industries outside academia, the norm is that applicants for ...
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Why do so many institutions choose their own systems for application process rather than universal systems like mathjobs.org or interfolio?
My institution uses the same system for tenure track professors as for HR staff as for plumbers as for student jobs.
If they used mathjobs for math jobs what would they do with all these other ...
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Why do so many institutions choose their own systems for application process rather than universal systems like mathjobs.org or interfolio?
A non-American perspective...
In the country where I work, we have a single job application portal for all academic jobs and other university positions across all our univeristies, research institutes ...
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Would it be possible to work as part-time staff in a university research lab?
Research administrator here (US-based).
Are you looking at jobs as like a lab manager? These positions are often hard to fill because research folks tend to look at academic positions instead of ...
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Why do so many institutions choose their own systems for application process rather than universal systems like mathjobs.org or interfolio?
As Pieter Naaijkens comments, it is administrators who are pushing this, often against the advice (or protests) of mathematicians.
From their point of view, they might be overseeing hires in multiple ...
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Would it be possible to work as part-time staff in a university research lab?
Yes, it's possible. I'd expect any institution to have jobs posted somewhere and browsing those jobs is probably more productive than cold emailing. At my own institution you can easily filter by job ...
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How may the budget to recruit an assistant professor be a challenge (for a university) after all interviews at the decision-making time?
I have found the wheels turning slower in Europe than the US. I once had an offer for a position in Germany; the details of the negotiation are with someone in central administration, and I was told ...
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Why do so many institutions choose their own systems for application process rather than universal systems like mathjobs.org or interfolio?
From a university IT perspective, a lot of it is ensuring compliance with all the boring bureaucratic parts. My institution does use the same system (PeopleAdmin) for every single job, from trades to ...
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Contacting Department about a Job (UK)
It can help at some points in the process. Not the fact that you made contact has influence, but the fact that by getting in touch and asking appropriate questions can assist you in making your ...
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Contacting Department about a Job (UK)
The practices vary across different Departments/Universities in the UK.
If a University/Department follow a formal process, in which applications are assessed against the selection criteria, then &...
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Should I make room in the my cover letter for a service paragraph or can the CV take care of the service element?
It's not generally necessary to include a paragraph about service in the cover letter. If the applicant doesn't have much to say about it, there's no need to waste space writing "I've sat on a ...
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What is the long-term professional status of a spousal hire?
My experience as a spousal hire, who came with four years of being tenure track faculty (independently hired at first university) under my belt, has been a nightmare. On the surface everything looks ...
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Is it a good idea to apply for another position at the same university while awaiting tenure review?
Applying for the different job at the university makes sense if you would be willing to give up tenure (that you do not yet have) for the new position. Someone in a decision making role would ...
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Is it a good idea to apply for another position at the same university while awaiting tenure review?
This is an extremely thorny issue, complicated further by the fact that you will very likely know people on the hiring committee for the other open position. It may be worth pursuing a joint position ...
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Should I send a follow up to lab after applying for a position through university job board?
I don't think there is anything wrong with a followup like that after a week. You may not get a reply and if not, just wait for something official to come to you.
If there is a listed contact, I'd ...
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Contacting Department about a Job (UK)
This is in addition to the excellent asnwers by Dmitry Savostyanov and Brian Tompsett - 汤莱恩 with which I fully agree.
Contacting a department prior to applying also gives you a chance to determine ...
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Job prospects at ill-fitting university?
The right place to start is with the department that will hire your spouse. Most university have partner placement programs. Let the department of your spouse get you in contact with the people who ...
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Government Job Hiring Process
US Federal hiring can take a long—and I mean long—time. I worked in Defense-Department research & development organizations for four decades and I have many sad tales of excellent candidates whom ...
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Why do so many institutions choose their own systems for application process rather than universal systems like mathjobs.org or interfolio?
Inertia. Tradition. Preference. ...
Not every institution wants such things to be seen and perhaps even "mined" by other entities over which they have no control. Some information needs to ...
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"Password" on Job Application as a Part of the Address
It sounds like they have a system where they have a code for each open position and to make it easier for them people who apply should refer to that number so the applications can be easily sorted ...
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Why some universities prefer to hire people with only one postdoc?
Disclaimer: I am not in the Maths field but in Biology
I have never seen evidence that “number of postdocs” is a criteria for hiring committees.
Instead, they care most about your productivity (= ...
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Applying for Associate jobs during tenure application year?
It is unlikely that you would be hired "with tenure" at a new place, even if you already have it at the old place unless you are already an academic superstar in some sense.
You might be ...
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How may the budget to recruit an assistant professor be a challenge (for a university) after all interviews at the decision-making time?
Large organizations are terrible at financial planning. This has nothing to do with academia, Denmark, or this particular university.
A common scenario is:
Somebody decides they want to hire a ...
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How much does pre-PhD work affect chances in seeking academic jobs?
If they are within your field, they would have some weight. It isn't just your dissertation topic that is relevant in academic hiring. Professors take on lots of roles in academia and aren't expected ...
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Subscribing to job announcement list
The site you linked to seems to only post announcements submitted to the two mailing lists linked on the left, and (at least recently) predominantly those submitted to the DMANet list. Clicking those ...
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