Job market projections

Job market projections

Anonery (guest) 31 Mar 2010 22:26

Does anyone have any information about what the job market will be like in the fall? Will it be similar to the current market, better, or worse? Last fall, my department chair said that our department (at an R1 university) is not planning to create any new positions or hire to fill vacant positions (e.g., from retirements) for the next 2 (maybe 3) years. What's it like elsewhere?

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anon (guest) 04 May 2010 00:54

My department will more than likely have a search for a clinical position. We are an R1.

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annon88 (guest) 01 Apr 2010 00:44

Tough market. At current SLAC only one nontenure track position (teach 4/4) filled this year. Not a good position for anyone intending to do research. 4 differnent classes each semester. Although losing one position due to a denial of tenure will not be filled.

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anony (guest) 05 Apr 2010 13:51

I'm actually slightly optimistic that it will be a tad better than this year. Too much uncertainty this year so I think many places were on very tight budgets, but hopefully we'll see that start to loosen up a bit. The stock market is back up, so that means endowments are also up.

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Anony Mouse (guest) 08 Apr 2010 13:23

My graduate advisor emailed me earlier this week letting me know that 3 positions in their dept (R1 University) that had been frozen were going to be opened in the fall. He thought this may be a national trend as the economy (or at least stock market - which influences university endowments) has rebounded.