wow, that is a lot of applicants!
Apr. 24th, 2008 10:50 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kareinaAround the same time as I did my last "annual review" of my PhD progress, when we set the deadline of submitting my thesis at mid-year this year, I got to thinking about "what next?", and decided to do some looking as to what is available for people who want to stay in academia. I stumbled upon an advertisements for a teaching position at a small university in the Principality of the Mists, which would start in August of this year. At that point in time, I was still hopeful that I would actually be able to meet my "done by mid-year" goal, so I decided to put in an application for that position. I didn't really expect to get it, since I'm applying from the weak position of not-yet done with the PhD and the focus of what they are looking for isn't quite a perfect match with my current project (though when one considers my Master's Project, it wasn't to far off from my experience, and was a direction I wouldn't mind heading). I mostly applied just for the practice of gathering together all of the information one needs for such things, figuring that it is good to start thinking of these things early, so that when I am actually in a position to start the serious search, I'll be ready.
Today I received an e-mail from them which said:
"Thank you very much for your application for the Assistant Professor position in Lithospheric Processes and Evolution in our department. We received nearly 100 applications for this position, and the pool of applicants was very strong.
The search committee was impressed by the talent we saw in the applications for this position. We sincerely appreciate your interest in our department."
Wow! I guess that I will really have to work hard to come up with a good application packet when it is really time to start submitting them, if there are that many folk who want to work in this field! In a few months time, when I've got the thesis a bit further along, look for drafts of my CV showing up here in search of comments...
Today I received an e-mail from them which said:
"Thank you very much for your application for the Assistant Professor position in Lithospheric Processes and Evolution in our department. We received nearly 100 applications for this position, and the pool of applicants was very strong.
The search committee was impressed by the talent we saw in the applications for this position. We sincerely appreciate your interest in our department."
Wow! I guess that I will really have to work hard to come up with a good application packet when it is really time to start submitting them, if there are that many folk who want to work in this field! In a few months time, when I've got the thesis a bit further along, look for drafts of my CV showing up here in search of comments...