In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] says... > >>T.S. Lim said: (and Tom answers!) > >>Questions: >>1. Where did you advertise the opening? Amstat News? > >DSI (Decision Sciences Institute) (a "business" association oriented towards >quantitative types) and AMSTAT news and 1st year, just DSI due to a screwup the >2nd year. I understand that skipping AMSTAT news would contribute to our >problem the 2nd year, but not the 1st. Skipping Amstat News is really bad. :) I'm just curious as to how your ad reads. If the wordings are "wrong", then perhaps many potential candidates won't even bother to apply. >>2. What benefits did you offer? Was the salary competitive or lower than the >>market? > >Competitive for business schools, I believe... which means probably better than >math depts. But in any case this wouldn't effect the number of applicants, I >would think, as the salary (as is the case for most jobs) wasn't advertised. >Obviously, a low salary would effect our ability to successfully hire within >our applicant pool. > >>3. How was the work load? How many classes people have to teach per semester? > >It's a quarter system: teaching load is 2 courses per quarter. So, 6 courses a year? The load in major schools is 4 courses/year. >>4. How picky were you in screening applicants? Did you require the candidates >> >>to have business knowledge (since you're in business school)? Did you ask >>candidates about topics that are not too "sexy" anymore? > >Don't specifically ask for a business background, but would of course favor >candidates with an interest in applications over a theorist. This issue is related to how you write the ad. If you say "will consider applicants from any area", I believe many will apply. >>5. What kind of special programs do you have for new recruits? > >Mostly just mentoring by senior faculty and a little summer money at first. >However, once again, this kind of stuff doesn't come up until after people >apply and they aren't even applying! > >>6. Did you provide any spouse job assistance program? >> >Don't know, actually... (I'm pretty new at Drexel myself). We do have the >advantage of being in a major metro area which tends to make this less of a >problem than for some universities. > >>Personally, I find business schools to be "strange". I just don't feel like >>"at home". Plus, they do ask weird questions (this is just my opinion as a >>statistician who doesn't do business stats). >> > >That doesn't surprise me. I had no real problems with the transition, but I >know that some folks have a strong desire to stay in math or stat depts. > >Tom in PA -- T.S. Lim [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.Recursive-Partitioning.com ______________________________________________________________________ Get paid to write a review! http://recursive-partitioning.epinions.com =========================================================================== This list is open to everyone. Occasionally, less thoughtful people send inappropriate messages. Please DO NOT COMPLAIN TO THE POSTMASTER about these messages because the postmaster has no way of controlling them, and excessive complaints will result in termination of the list. For information about this list, including information about the problem of inappropriate messages and information about how to unsubscribe, please see the web page at http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ ===========================================================================
