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moncler outlet Anyway, every now and then I come across a job that wants a ton of specialized materials. It seems immoral to make an applicant spend an entire day trying to apply for your job. Also, sometimes moncler outlet store jobs ask for redundant materials, which is confusing and stressful. moncler outlet
cheap moncler jackets This UK job does both. It asks for all the below in addition to answering a redundant series of questions about your teaching experience, publications, and so moncler sale on that they make a point of insisting you answer. So, when applying, presumably you end up repeating yourself constantly. cheap moncler jackets
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moncler outlet uk Regarding the teaching statement for a UK job. UK jobs seldom give you much room to teach the way you want, having moncler mens jackets to follow the department assessment policies etc. So, a US style teaching statement seems to be the wrong sort of statement. I wrote a US style teaching statement for applying to US jobs, but it would be useless here I think. Also, teaching statements are never asked for in the UK. So, it not like UK applicants will be used to this or have one prepared. It take them hours and hours! moncler outlet uk
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I suppose all the redundancies have something to do with the bloated out of control admin in the UK. Anyway, no thanks! I might be a masochist, but I sore enough already!
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moncler outlet online I applied to two jobs in Europe last year (non uk) and each took me almost an entire day. In addition to a CV, they asked for like 10 individual documents listing things that are obviously included on a CV. For instance they wanted a separate document with publications, with presentations, teaching experience, education, etc. cheap moncler jackets Completely pointless. I also had to answer two pages of random questions, and there was specific instructions to NOT tell them to refer to your CV, personal statement, or research statement etc. moncler outlet online
I ran into cheap moncler a job at Oxford once that required you to mail in your application. Yes, paper and ink, and a postage stamp. I actually did it, but to no avail.
Come to think of it, I remember a US university requiring a snail mail application a few years ago. I didn bother with that one.
About 10 20% of UK jobs seem to ask cheap moncler sale for tons of redundant materials. I personally feel I don understand how to apply for those kinds of jobs. Do they really want me to copy and paste the same stuff from my CV over and over in addition to supplying my CV?
I wonder whether there is some secret I don know?
The Leeds requests are rather dubious anyway: specifically, asking for the start and (expected) end date of graduate work is a nice, convenient way to weed out those who have had a non linear path through no fault of their own. Beyond that, I think you are both exactly right about the ever increasing redundant time consuming demands. It now seems that the best most of us can hope for at least, if we are not moncler outlet well connected is a temporary teaching contract that, even if advertised part time, will very likely become much more than that (see the recent UCL ad for which the pay is appalling). I made the choice not to apply for such things this year since they are unlikely to lead to anything whilst eating into research time. Better to have a non academic p/t gig and research around that as far as I can tell.
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cheap moncler jackets sale I am the one who is snarky? Kinda rich coming from a person who said, “being a white male is to hard a hurdle to overcome”. Like clearly, that must be the reason you are not getting cheap moncler coats hired. It is amazing that you say it appears it is not possible for a man like you to get a job, when plenty of white men get jobs every year. So, um, it does appear possible. (you didn say likely, cheap moncler jackets sale
And I am supposed to be sympathetic, because clearly, women have it easy these days. If you pay attention to my comments on here, I almost never talk about being a woman. That is not something I think about much. But to act like you know the reason you are not getting a job is because you are white man, based on the fact that it is slightly more likely for a woman to get a job, is just making yourself feel better. Women are getting hired almost in exact proportion to the number they are graduating. (I think slightly higher). Not to mention, we make a tiny proportion of the overall tenure track market, especially elite schools. Maybe you should think about the best way to market your CV, because having a publication record good enough to get tenure at a research school will put you out of the market for like all teaching jobs. Not sure if you went to an elite school, but the research market is usually only for those at elite schools. This very well could explain why you have not gotten a job. Not being a white man, having a publication record that means it is likely you are to jump ship.
cheap moncler coats By the way, women are MUCH more likely to specialize in ethics rather than MandE. Schools are hiring much more in ethics rather than MandE. That alone could explain the slightly higher chance that women are more likely to get hired. So don act like you know it is because a woman is a woman. Maybe that happens sometimes. But to claim that I should have sympathy toward you, like it is some kind of fact women are getting jobs just because of their gender, well that needs a better argument. Because there are a lot of things that can explain the slightly higher rate of women getting hired. If you want to have a real discussion, and set forth a hypothesis, then do so. I don have an issue with that. I don have an issue with saying women AT TIMES get hire unfairly. But I do have an issue with acting like its an obvious fact your race and gender moncler outlet online explain why you didn get hired, and therefore we should all feel sorry for you. cheap moncler coats
So let me moncler sale outlet repeat myself. White men get jobs every year. So it would not appear the fact you are a white man is not what is stopping you from getting a job, full stop. That is not a sufficient condition. But it is good to know that people like you will assume that if I get a job it is because I am a woman. I would ask for a sympathy, but I not that kind of girl. Nonetheless, every time a man (or woman) attributes my success to being a woman, it kinda sucks, fwiw.
It’s an established fact based on Jennings data that women have an advantage on the job market. That doesn’t mean all women have it buy moncler jackets easy. Amanda has had a tough time of it. I think the women plugged into the ‘more women in phil’ community get networked into jobs. Not all women are part of that community or agree with it.
moncler jackets outlet A white male from a non prestigious program who works on core philosophy is probably in the worst position in this market. But not all women are in a good position. I think that’s important to understand. I think only those women with the right connections are going to have an easy time with the market. moncler jackets outlet
moncler jacket sale We have also reached an insane situation where we (usually) expected to have a research profile rivalling that of a more senior academic. Many academics simply would not be competitive in the current climate yet somehow see fit to pass judgement on those who do not get jobs (“work hard and you get a job” says one in my dept. who was last seen publishing in 2006 there should be repercussions for those on the gravy train like this). moncler jacket sale
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You are not the only job candidate who has a CV that would get them tenure at research schools. Many women and people of color have CVs just like yours and do not have jobs. The problem is the market, which is terrible for everyone. (And, in your case, the problem might be arrogance and your attitude if you express these sorts of things in public.).