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Author Topic: I probably should not send an update, right?  (Read 2033 times)
proftowanda
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« Reply #15 on: February 11, 2012, 11:10:47 PM »

. . . .as has been said before in the fora to the OP.
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« Reply #16 on: February 11, 2012, 11:24:54 PM »

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Your story is clearly one of extraordinary courage, but this needs to be balanced with a professional profile.

Thank you for the input.
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« Reply #17 on: February 12, 2012, 07:47:40 PM »

I am applying for professor jobs at teaching focused universities (even some SLACs). However, I just accepted a short-term postdoc, at the school where I graduated, that will not affect a fall 2012 start date.

If you make a special point of updating search committees with this information now, some of them will think "hmm... he really wants to be at a research university, and probably won't be a good fit for our teaching-focused institution." 

However, if you wait 'til the interview stage, you can present this information in the context of enhancing your capabilities as an undergraduate research mentor.

Still, some teaching-focused places like postdoctoral experience.  If so, they usually specify that in the ad.  If this is your only p'doc experience, and an ad says "post-doctoral experience preferred," updating the search committee is probably in your best interest.

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