You know what I did today? Work. Actual work. As in philosophy. Between teaching and the job market, it's been so long I almost forg...
Help Me Suzanne, I've Got to Set My Sights On the Bright Sunshiny Day
Well, if PGOAT's and Still Pounding's dreams are any indication, I'm not alone in thinking I could be focusing my anxiety in m...
Insomnia's Starting to Look Awfully Appealing
Anyone else starting to get APA anxiety dreams? Yeah, me too. Looks like I've got a month of night terrors to look forward to. And to...
Or Hit the Desk And Fill Out Forms For Days
If you're like me, you've got many, many, affirmative action forms on your desk right now. I'd go so far as to say it's a f...
Make It a Hurricane, Before I Go Insane
I have to say, I'm sort of amused by how so many candidates--including me--freak out about what we're going to wear to interviews we...
She Told 'Em "This is Our Home For Now, God Bless This Cheap Hotel"
I know I'm not the only grad student whose bank account is getting the shit kicked out of it by the job market, so check this out. Nick...
Sunday Comics
--By Soon-to-be-Jaded Dissertator
Now What's Next?
I think-- I think --I put the last of my applications in the mail yesterday. Jesus F. Christ, that was a lot of work. So I celebrated toda...
It Was the Suit That Got Me the Gig, It Was the Tear That Got Me the Girl
It's Black Friday, which of course can mean only one thing: it's time to go buy a tie for the APA . Since PGOAT's been talking ...
And If That Phone Don't Ring One More Time, I'm Going To Lose What's Left of My Mind
Last year I didn't hear from any of the places that interviewed me until the second or third week of December. So there's no reason...
Under where?
One of the things they tell us to do in preparation for the job market is to have other people observe our teaching. (Where students don...
A Dollar When I'm Hard Up V
Remember that transcript fuck-up for the post-doc I'm applying for? It cost me badly today. It cost me a lot of time, as I paid my he...
Everybody Wants Some, Baby, How 'Bout You?
There's a few more reactions in comments to that Mississippi State job that's only for Phi Beta Kappa members. Anon. #1 says, My un...
I Got Debts No Honest Man Can Pay
Want to know how badly I'm fucked for this one post-doc application? They need original transcripts. I can't get those because my ...
Because it's not like I need new shoes or anything.
In our ongoing quest to make sense of the job market for you here at PJMB we're all about the visual aids. Since PGS has already given...
Build That Wall
From the Chronicle forums, here's an idea I like: My success rate was about 50% for the rejection letters on my first TT search. I wa...
I'm a Picture That I'm Holding, of Someone Who Is Cool
So. . . . Anyone else accidentally send out applications to senior-rank jobs? Heh. I'm so awesome.
A Dollar When I'm Hard Up IV
Another ten applications gone, some to exotic and expensive locales, and another $31.32 of my money left at the post office. Total out of p...
Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places
So here's an ad from October's JFP : *153. MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY , Starkville , MS. Contingent upon funding. Asst. or Ass...
Make 'Em be Doctors and Lawyers and Such, Mama Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to be Cowboys
I've talked before about how hard it can be to explain the market to civilians. Here's a way that gets the job done. Leiter's ...
OMG! Like, how's my hair?!? And, like, can I have a job?
Apparently the Times thinks a serious discussion about how the character traits we like our successful professionals to have are exactly th...
I Have a Dream of a New Pop Music, That Tells the Truth, With a Good Beat and Some Nice Harmonies
So what to make of the reaction to Inside Man's look into the inner workings of his search committee? First, there seems to be some conf...
I Think I Lost It, Let Me Know If You Come Across It
Jumping Jesus on a pogo stick, thinking about publications and Leiter's rankings is freaking me the fuck out. (The Future Dr. Mrs. Dr...
King Volcano gave me numbers.
Apropos of Leiter's post today about his rankings, I bring you the second installment from our dear friend Inside Man. ( Here ’s his ...
Sunday Comics
--Drawn by Soon to be Jaded Dissertator
I'd Rather Be the Pope (Rather be the Pope)
A friend pointed me to something I missed in the October JFP . It's #172. Bellarmine University's looking for someone who does his...
Though You Never Told Me So, Somehow I Know I Never Had a Chance
In comments, Anon. nails one part of the philosophical caste system: What's particularly annoying about the contingent faculty experien...
Communication Breakdown, It's Always the Same
Can I just say what an awesome time this is for the APA website to go down ? Update at 12:54: Okay, it looks like the APA's server ha...
The Sex You're Trading Up For, What You Hope is Love
You know what's just about the most heartbreaking thing I've ever seen in my life? Watching a guy--a friend--apply for the tenure-t...
All the things we ever did were always confidential.
We've got a special treat for you tonight here at PJMB . A guest poster! I’ll let Inside Man introduce himself . --PGOAT. So I’ve b...
C'mon, APA folks. Cough it up.
Grrr. Arg. Where's my new JFP ? I was promised a new issue of the JFP today! Where is it? How dare they toy with me like this? Eve...
So very many ways for the job market to bring on the fantods.
Slogging through this ginormous stack of applications has introduced me to a whole new range of suck fits. I'm kind of a fucking mess. ...
I Don’t Wanna Be So Shy, Everytime That I'm Alone I Wonder Why
It's really, really easy to fall back on high-school dating metaphors when you're thinking about the job market. And, I claim, not ...
It's a Hard World to Get a Break In
I'm coming very late in blog-time to this this throw-down about the ethics of junior faculty going back on the market before they'...
A Dollar When I'm Hard Up III
I forgot to get envelopes at Staples yesterday, which meant my school's bookstore shook me down for $17. But thanks to Robert's sug...
It Was Wrote on a Rock the One Paper Kid is Rollin' Again
I just spent hours copying everything I need to send out applications tomorrow. 4864 copies. Holy fucking shit.
I Wrote a Letter, I Mailed in the Air
Inside the Philosophy Factory 's got the goods on cover letters: The problem is that it isn't always clear how we should interpret ...
I'm Tired of Following Orders, Sticking to the Company Line
Okay, we're still going on this question of what it's reasonable to ask people to talk about in their cover letters. In comments ...
What can Akhtaboot do for you as An Employer?
In 2020, the MENA region will be faced with the challenge of creating 100 million jobs . This is indeed a daunting challenge for the MENA re...
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