It's that time again. No, I'm not stringing Christmas lights and putting up the tree. Instead, I'm updating the CV, rewording the teaching statement and bracing myself for another round of applying for full time jobs - or job, at the moment.
About a month ago a job announcement appeared on the website of the institution that I went to the final round with last year. It's a little bit different this time. Last year the position was just an instructor position - teaching only, no committees, no lab, no advisees. Not quite what I wanted, but if it would get me in the door then I was ok with it. This year it's the perfect job - tenure track, assistant professor - this would come complete with teaching AND lab duties as well as the more political aspects of the job (advising and being on university committees - painful, but helpful on the CV).
My husband laughed when I told him the job was posted and for 1 entire second I thought about not applying. And then realized that I absolutely had to apply. If their time frame is anything like last year, then I would hear something in the next week or so - good or bad. We'll see. At the very least, if I don't get the job this year then it won't be nearly as upsetting as last year since I know I've got 2 part-time jobs waiting for me in the fall.
Here we go again...........
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