Ed We had a position something like this that we filled last year. But, anticipating just the flood of applications you mention, we focused our ad a bit to a "Generalist" position. We stipulated that this was to teach introductory courses, required a PhD in an area of empirical emphasis, and that applications would be considered as usual with the proviso that adding to the current offerings of the department would be viewed favorably. It actually worked out better than we expected. We did get more applications than for a social ad but only a few more. Additionally, it was very helpful to be able to take the first round of best applications and eliminate some due to direct overlap with current faculty. We would up hiring the best applicant who just so happened to also provide the greatest increased coverage for the department. After doing it, I would say that it can work out well but that I believe you are correct that the ad/job-description needs to be carefully thought out prior to beginning the search. In all honesty we found this to be one of the easiest and most pleasant searches we've ever done- and the result has been even better than our expectations. Tim PS- I have no idea what those characters are that Outlook decided to sub for ". . ." :) _______________________________ Timothy O. Shearon, PhD Professor, Department of Psychology The College of Idaho Caldwell, ID 83605 email: [email protected]
teaching: Biological Psychology, Neuropsychology; General; Film and Vision "You can't teach an old dogma new tricks." Dorothy Parker From: Pollak, Edward [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2015 8:44 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) <[email protected]> Subject: [tips] Job ads with open areas of specialization: a question Excerpted- Paula Waddill posted an ad for an "Assistant Professor of Psychology - Open Area of Specialization - Murray State Univ." Having been involved in dozens of searches over the years, I'm curious about these "open" searches. * * * My question is, have any of you had experiences with running "open searches" and what have been your experiences? I'm just curious. Ed Edward I. Pollak, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus of Psychology West Chester University of Pennsylvania Doc's Bluegrass Newsletter: http://www.docsbluegrass.net/bluegrass-newsletter.html Husband, father, grandfather, bluegrass fiddler & biopsychologist............... in approximate order of importance ________________________________ This e-mail message was sent from a retired or emeritus status employee of West Chester University. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13545.bae00fb8b4115786ba5dbbb67b9b177a&n=T&l=tips&o=47035 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-47035-13545.bae00fb8b4115786ba5dbbb67b9b1...@fsulist.frostburg.edu<mailto:leave-47035-13545.bae00fb8b4115786ba5dbbb67b9b1...@fsulist.frostburg.edu> --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=47038 or send a blank email to leave-47038-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
