July 24, 2008

The Rejection Letter I Wish I Could Send

By CLEMENT VINCENT

If we had to make up a story for why you might be interested in our position, then interviewing you was too risky

Dear Unsuccessful Applicants,

By now you are in receipt of the generic, photocopied letter indicating that our tenure-track position was filled by someone other than you. Unfortunately, our letter gives you not a smidgeon of information about why you were not that person; you are left to divine what went wrong.

Ideally, I would call each of you to explain what

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