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What makes for a competitive assistant professor job applicant these days?
I hear plenty about how tough the job market is along with vague statements about requirements like teaching experience and publications but nothing definitive. I have mentors encouraging me to stay in academia but I'm skeptical the market is even open still.
It surely depends a bit on the field (I'm in sociology and computer science) but I'd love to hear broadly what different fields are like. What are your departments looking for? What makes someone competitive?
In my experience at a SLAC, "fit" comes down to how willing each candidate is to be exploited, academically and financially. Are you willing to move for an unstable job at a failing school? First fit test. Then, are you willing to teach all the courses the others don't want (read: freshman Gen eds)? Second fit test passed. Finally, are you willing to go down with the ship without complaint? Welcome aboard!
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