A natural consequence: When a full-time opening is advertised, it's often overloaded with the qualifications and responsibilities that once belonged to multiple positions. Job ads today often resemble Frankenstein's monster, cobbled together from various roles out of departmental desperation and internal compromises. I suppose it's theoretically possible that an exceptional candidate might be found who can cover five responsibilities that once belonged to three different faculty members - but it's unlikely. And candidates aren't mind readers; they don't know which of the five duties advertised are the ones that really matter.
- From "How to Fix Our Cold, Inefficient Hiring: Too many searches fail to woo candidates with kindness and professionalism" by David D. Perlmutter in The Chronicle of Higher Education, July 18, 2025
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