All,
The advertisement for the postdoc positions at Michigan was
e-mailed late by me because the ad appeared in the wrong section of
Eos and many people missed it. The deadline for the postdoc has now
been moved to a later date, but I AM NOT PRIVY AS TO HOW LATE!
Perhaps Prof. Ruff (the chair of the committee, and to whom
correspondence could be e-mailed) would respond to an enquiry as to
when the real deadline may be. Yes, I fully share Jochen's sense of
irritation about this issue.
Eric
>Dear Ben, Eric and others,
>
>as someone who is currently looking for a job I found it very frustrating
>to see that most positions that are being announced provide a very short
>time to the application deadline (two weeks or sometimes less). Given that
>most applications still require traditional mail for delivery, this leaves
>virtually no time to reply, especially if you are overseas. Furthermore,
>some also require letters of recommendation, not just names of references.
>One more thing: if a potential applicant has some questions regarding the
>position, especially if the web page of the advertising department lacks
>any information about the job, then please take the time to reply. (This is
>a general comment, and does not refer to Ben and Eric's advertisement.)
>
>With the introduction of email mailing lists one should think that speedy
>distribution of knowledge (in this case job advertisements) should lead to
>more time to reply. In my perception this is not the case. I am aware that
>departments want to fill a position as soon as possible, but they should
>give people some time to reply.
>
>Well, this was on my mind for quite a while. Apologies to Ben and Eric, and
>keep those job adverts rolling.
>
>Jochen
>
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