tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17632197.post8431632042556412475..comments2023-11-03T04:02:39.642-04:00Comments on The Waiting Room: What's It Gonna To Take?Seeking Solacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13605809609182729290noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17632197.post-18446169256767458982014-07-29T08:31:18.440-04:002014-07-29T08:31:18.440-04:00Nitewriter: That's a really good idea. I alway...Nitewriter: That's a really good idea. I always break everything down in paragraphs. I will have to try that. Thanks!!!!!Seeking Solacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13605809609182729290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17632197.post-72230282576781046732014-07-29T07:11:51.432-04:002014-07-29T07:11:51.432-04:00When I send cover letters, I include a two-column ...When I send cover letters, I include a two-column section where I list specific requirements for the job and my qualifications for those requirements. Since doing that, I've gotten more positive responses to job inquiries/applications. Sometimes they need to see that side-by-side.Nitewriterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02003748081529399564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17632197.post-3383225821108005242014-07-28T19:27:23.464-04:002014-07-28T19:27:23.464-04:00I definitely think the is the problem at HBCU. If ...I definitely think the is the problem at HBCU. If I move to the social sciences department, the business department loses me. So that makes sense. The social science department has two positions that they are having trouble filling. Although I don't have my PhD, I can teach a few of the courses in both program with a JD. But, that would take someone thinking way past any box. <br /><br />The position at CC was posted back in January. So, my guess is that there were a ton of applications over a six month period. Rather than weed through them over that six month period, they just took the 10-15 most recent and sent everyone else the same email I got. My guess is no one even looked at it. Seeking Solacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13605809609182729290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17632197.post-22877982012237940002014-07-28T17:54:55.925-04:002014-07-28T17:54:55.925-04:00Ugh, that really stinks. I was in a similar situat...Ugh, that really stinks. I was in a similar situation back when I was at Small College (5 years of teaching there, all educational/employment requirements, consistently high teaching record); however, I didn't get an interview. I got the same BS "so many applicants" line when I inquired as to why and then subsequently watched them hire someone just out of grad school with nothing more than TA experience. <br /><br />After being turned down twice during my 7 years there, I had a long conversation with a few other adjuncts who had been there closer to 10 years. They both were in the same situation and said that they weren't even bothering with trying to interview anymore because it was obvious the dept. chair had already pegged them as adjuncts & that they were never going to move out of that role (SC *never* hired their adjuncts for f-t positions). They functioned super well as adjuncts, so why change a good thing? I think the same thing happened to me... maybe your department has some of the same shortsighted mentality? chicago foodie girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13332010809660151470noreply@blogger.com