Talk:Renaissance 2010

What is "Count" a count of? Jobs or applicants in those fields?

Thank you!
Nicely done, whomever updated/edited the list to include call back/interview/etc details! 65.94.156.197 19:51, October 14, 2009 (UTC)

requests
Hi All: This is my first time on the market. I am curious as to how you receive the "request for additional materials": email? posted letter? phone call? Thanks!

R: The request for additional materials I received came via email. Of course, that was also an electronic application.

R: I've had them via snail mail and via email. I think a call is very rare.

R: I've had one by mail and two by email so far this year. Not sure if I'm recalling this correctly, but I'm pretty sure that I had two by email last year. Based on my rather limited personal experience, I'd guess that they usually come by email these days. I've never heard of anyone getting a call for this type of request.

Adding a Category?
How do you add a job? Loyola University of Chicago is hiring at the associate professor level in Shakespeare/Textual Studies. A: Category added.

Correlation between requests for additional info and MLA interviews
Q: This question may be impossible to answer, but I'm wondering if anyone knows what sort of correlation there is between getting a request for additional materials from a search committee and getting an MLA interview with them (i.e. based on your experience and what you know of others' experiences, does such a request lead to an interview 25% of the time, 50% of the time, 75% of the time, 99% of the time?). Do search committees tend to ask for additional materials from many, many candidates, or is a request for additional materials a reasonably good indication that you're in the running for an interview in December?

A. I'm not sure about all schools, but last year Wake Forest requested additional materials from about 50 people. I was one of them, but I did not get an MLA interview. (Their search eventually failed.) I think that schools often target a smaller group than WF did last year. I had four MLA interviews last year, but none of those had asked me for additional materials. I guess the real answer is that there's no telling. (This is my third year on the market, btw.)