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09/15/2004 Archived Entry: "WPA Jobs"

WPA and Job Posts
One of the great email entertainments around this time of year is found on the WPA-L job posts. As various folks post jobs in their depts (look for one I'll post soon), others chime in with desires to apply, concerns, “should I’s,” and other conversations - none of which are meant to be on the list. The private becomes the public. This occurs because of quick replies; the respondent doesn't realize that the to: portion of the email is going to the list and not the imagined recipient (the message never already arrives....).
But what I love about this whole thing is how you get to see the disgruntled, dissatisfied folks out there fed up with their home bases and looking for something better. You get insight into just unhappy many people are in the field, their ambitions, their desire to move, their fears of moving (I remember one last year about “do you think I should put my house up for sale…”). Since the demise of Lingua Franca (which, if memory serves me correct, was never really comp oriented), it’s the closest thing we’ve got to Entertainment Tonight or People for comp studies.
Sit back, grab a beer, and let the reading begin….

Posted by cbd @ 09/16/2004 07:52 PM EST