![]() ![]() She defended her dissertation and quickly joined thousands of other increasingly desperate academics in search of a job in an ever-shrinking pool. One of my friends was offered a prestigious postdoctoral fellowship in the late spring, only to have it rescinded due to unexpected budget shortfalls in June. We make contingency plans for our contingency plans.Ĭovid-19 has only exacerbated the tenuousness of of our industry. We do not know if we will have a stable livelihood next year, or even next semester. We do not know when the pandemic will end, and experts can’t say when our lives will return to “normal.” Employment prospects remain grim across the country as businesses shutter, educational institutions pivot toward austerity, and state budgets plummet into the red.įor those of us on the academic-job market, however, it’s really just more of the same.ĭoctoral students and non-tenure-track faculty members - lecturers, adjuncts, postdoctoral scholars - have lived in a state of constant uncertainty with regard to employment for years now. ![]() Found out a week later.Welcome to the Era of Uncertainty. I thought it was bad news as i got radio silence on the day i was meant to find out. I got my (senior role) through direct attraction. Its cut throat and recruiters need to achieve pretty high sales targets to keep their jobs - its an industry of kpis. Lots of clients try and take candidates on by cutting out the recruiter to save on the fee (obviously against terms of engagement but the recruiter has to find out). Candidates are just the product that the end cliebt doesnt really want to pay for. The whole industry is oversaturated and a bit fucked due to the way it is run on a contingecy basis with very little regulation. Ultimately you dont pay a recruiter for their service - they are engaged by the employer who doesnt have to pay them unless they officially place the candidate. Everywhere is about direct attraction these days. My friend runs a recruitment agency and says that getting hr / managers to feed back on candidates is so very difficult these days. Is it usual for recruitment agencies to go silent and not to bother (even by email) with telling you that you're unsuccessful? My DH says that recruiters have no interest in keeping in touch with unsuccessful applicants as there's no money in it for them! I've phoned the recruiter a couple of times today and left a voicemail requesting feedback by phone call or email, and not heard anything. Fair enough, however it would be nice to have it confirmed rather than it hanging over me. It's now been 3 working days since then, so I'm assuming I've been unsuccessful. Was told at the end of the 2nd interview that they'd make a decision that evening and that I'd hear from the recruitment agency the following day. Very good experience of contact with recruiter up to this stage. Had a task to complete and submit which I did, then was invited to 2nd interview. Fair enough, but would have been nice to get a quick email or am I expecting too much?! Heard no more, so assuming that my application is not progressing any further. Heard no more, so chased to be then told that I'm on the reserve list for getting an interview and the recruiter promised to keep me informed. Job 1 - initially told by recruiter I'd be getting an interview. I've recently applied for 2 jobs that are advertised via recruitment agencies. I've only ever applied for jobs directly with companies before, so am after a bit of advice about how recruitment agencies work. Does anyone have much experience of recruitment agencies? ![]()
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