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[profev]

Greetings all,

I am a humanities instructor. I teach Spanish, ESOL and English Composition (including developmental).  I have an Ivy League undergraduate degree and two master's degrees. I taught for 4 years in high school and have been teaching in college for 2 years as an adjunct. I started my search for a full-time position in October of 2009, and have had three interviews, which I believe to be very good considering the current employment situation and the fact that 2009-2010 was my first year on the market. I would like to know if anyone has any experience in becoming a candidate in unadvertised diversity searches?  After reading the comments on this forum, I become aware of such a phenomenon.  Does anyone have any recommendations for how I, a double minority (ethnic minority and female), could reach out to potential departments who may be conducting an unadvertised diversity search?  I have learned so much from your posts already.  Any suggestions that you might have would be very much appreciated. 

Thank you in advance.

[totoro]

Why do you think there are such searches which aren't advertised?

[yellowtractor]

Yes, they exist.  The way you "reach out" to them is to be professionally visible--attend conferences, publish, etc.  The two such searches I have observed were at the advanced assistant and associate levels.  Candidates were invited to apply.

[voxprincipalis]

I am a humanities instructor. I teach Spanish, ESOL and English Composition (including developmental).  I have an Ivy League undergraduate degree and two master's degrees.

Without a PhD, even if you are a quintuple minority, you are not likely to get far.

VP

[zuzu_]

I am a humanities instructor. I teach Spanish, ESOL and English Composition (including developmental).  I have an Ivy League undergraduate degree and two master's degrees.

Without a PhD, even if you are a quintuple minority, you are not likely to get far.

VP

Unless you are aiming to work at a CC.

[aprilmay]

Unadvertised searches do exist, but in my experience they are typically for senior positions. The only way to tap into these is to become a high enough level expert in your field so that you are invited to apply.