Comments on: Unsolicited Advice: Job Search (Pt. 12) http://bluelabcoats.wordpress.com/2008/05/01/unsolicited-advice-job-search-pt-12/ Female w/Kids Balancing Academic Science & Home... Mon, 04 Jan 2010 16:28:40 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: jobs http://bluelabcoats.wordpress.com/2008/05/01/unsolicited-advice-job-search-pt-12/#comment-2272 jobs Wed, 11 Feb 2009 15:08:30 +0000 http://bluelabcoats.wordpress.com/?p=80#comment-2272 Nice advice. Actually, 've never thought about a thank you note. Nice advice. Actually, ‘ve never thought about a thank you note.

]]> By: drdrA http://bluelabcoats.wordpress.com/2008/05/01/unsolicited-advice-job-search-pt-12/#comment-209 drdrA Fri, 02 May 2008 19:00:46 +0000 http://bluelabcoats.wordpress.com/?p=80#comment-209 Excellent Points, PP... I'm slowly getting there... :-). Perhaps I should have included a paragraph about what to do when you go to an interview with an offer from another institution in hand already... because this happens also. Excellent Points, PP… I’m slowly getting there… :-) .

Perhaps I should have included a paragraph about what to do when you go to an interview with an offer from another institution in hand already… because this happens also.

]]> By: PhysioProf http://bluelabcoats.wordpress.com/2008/05/01/unsolicited-advice-job-search-pt-12/#comment-208 PhysioProf Fri, 02 May 2008 11:18:43 +0000 http://bluelabcoats.wordpress.com/?p=80#comment-208 As soon as you have an offer from somewhere that would be considered credible by another place where you have interviewed, it is totally appropriate, and useful, to inform the department chair or search committee chair of the offer. This can both (1) increase your perceived value in the eyes of the latter department and (2) increase the urgency with which the latter department will move on making you an offer. This only works if the former institution/department would be perceived by the latter as being a "peer" in terms of prestige, quality, etc. So, if you have a job offer from Harvard, telling it to Yale can be very effective, as they will be impressed. If you have a job offer from Southeast Central Nevada State University, telling it to Yale is pointless, as they won't give a flying fuck. As soon as you have an offer from somewhere that would be considered credible by another place where you have interviewed, it is totally appropriate, and useful, to inform the department chair or search committee chair of the offer. This can both (1) increase your perceived value in the eyes of the latter department and (2) increase the urgency with which the latter department will move on making you an offer.

This only works if the former institution/department would be perceived by the latter as being a “peer” in terms of prestige, quality, etc. So, if you have a job offer from Harvard, telling it to Yale can be very effective, as they will be impressed. If you have a job offer from Southeast Central Nevada State University, telling it to Yale is pointless, as they won’t give a flying fuck.

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