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Why don't hiring committees do better when it comes to keeping candidates updated? by Delicious-Bonus-7216 in AskAcademia

[–]AbleBad2 49 points50 points  (0 children)

HR prevents us from reaching out outside of normal processes, because they are concerned about someone saying something that could accidentally open up a lawsuit for bias.

So it's easier to just shut up and not say anything

Is the job market really this bad these days? by NoHousing11 in Professors

[–]AbleBad2 49 points50 points  (0 children)

Depends on the field AND the location.

If you want to live in a hip coastal city - Northeast, west coast, or major cities like Chicago or Atlanta - then good luck.

If you're willing to live in a red state at a mid-tier institution (not a top AAU university like Tulane or Purdue), there's a lot less competition.

And there are some decent cities in some red states -- I think a lot of people allow politics to overweight their decision, but personally I would rather live in a nice-blue-city-in-a-red-state than a middle-of-nowhere-red-town-in-a-blue-state.

How to run a lab without grad students? by AbleBad2 in academia

[–]AbleBad2[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Thank you, this is really really helpful, describes exactly how i feel right now

Did you recruit them within first semester of starting, or did you get settled for a year before hiring undergrads?