Received: from acs1.bu.edu (ACS1.BU.EDU [128.197.152.10]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.8.4/8.8.4/CNS-4.1p-nh) with ESMTP id JAA11964 for ; Sat, 13 Dec 1997 09:28:21 -0700 (MST) Received: from localhost (conroyt@localhost) by acs1.bu.edu (8.8.5/) with SMTP id LAA185062 for ; Sat, 13 Dec 1997 11:26:33 -0500 Date: Sat, 13 Dec 1997 11:26:33 -0500 (EST) From: thomas conroy To: list Subject: job market (fwd) Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sat, 13 Dec 1997 05:18:45 -0500 (EST) From: Nandini Assar To: conroyt@bu.edu Subject: job market Tom, I have trouble posting to this list. Please forward my post. About the job-market--well, its pretty obvious some places require more materials than they will scan for the first round. Nobody can wade through 250 or 300 chapters. To me, this shows their inexperience in conducting job searches rather than arrogance. You might be interested to know that ASA is looking into establishing guidelines which do not put this extra burden on applicants at this very vulnerable juncture in their careers. Contact Carla Howery if you'd like an update on this project. I think she is on the committee that is looking into setting the guidelines. So, if you are interested in that position with the Jan 15 deadline, I'd encourage you to go ahead and apply. Do your best about getting in the materials they want. If they see you as a good fit, they will be flexible abut deadlines etc., I think. Good luck on the job search. Cheers, Nandini sociology department nassar@vt.edu