Great post discussing the publishing dilemma for graduate students
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Do Job Interviews for Philosophy Posts Serve a Purpose?
A discussion by Holton (MIT) of some preliminary research on the usefulness of interviews + comments sections looks alive.
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Pedigree and Hiring
Leiter's response to the Pea Soup discussion of a proposal to ignore job candidates' "pedigree".
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Obligations to Grad Students
Interesting (fictional) dilemma raised by David Shoemaker concerning passing a dissertation for the sake of a job.
I suspect discussion will be interesting.
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Pedigree and Hiring Decisions
Douglas Portmore asks: What effect does pedigree have on hiring decisions? He proposes a way to eliminate that, and his hypothesis is that it does have an impact. He then suggests this is a bad thing. There's no discussion yet, but I think this could get interesting.
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Do Young Philosophers Have a "Sense of Entitlement"
Interesting post over at Leiter that gets into a discussion about what sorts of jobs are worthwhile.
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Philosophy is the 12th Best Job
A new ranking of professions says that being a philosopher is the 12th best job you can have. Scroll down and check the table.
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History, English Job Markets Off 15-20%

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More on the "Uselessness" of the APA
A lot of buzz in the philosophy blogosphere regarding the APA - Here is a recent installment. The discussion is worth the read.
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Seven Suggestions for Future APA Meetings
Funny post from The Philosophy Smoker. Also good suggestions.
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Leiter Reports: Advice for Job Interviews
Another post useful for those on the market (for different reasons than the cancellation post).
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Leiter Reports: Post Information about Cancelled Job Searches Here

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Leiter Reports: Smoking Habit a Liability on the Job Market?
Comments section is just starting but already interesting. Even more interesting is the question of whether being a carnivore might hurt you on the market (this comes up in the comments).
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Leiter Reports: The Job Market and the Economy

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TAR: Improve "Jobs for Philosophers"
TAR is pointing to a discussion on the philosophy job market blog about making the JfP more user friendly.
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Leiter Reports: Writing Samples in Job Applications: How Long?
If the comments get going on this, could be useful for those on the market.
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REALLY Honest Philosophy Job Ad

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Leiter: Admissions and the Job Market for "Older" Students/Candidates
Open comments on the following:
(1) To what extent are people applying to philosophy graduate programs at the top schools disadvantaged (in the selection process) if they are older than your average grads - say 35-40 years?
(2) To what extent are older graduates disadvantaged in the job market once they've received their phds?
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Ten Polite Instructions For Search Committees
Here are 10 bits of advice for search committees written from the perspective of a job applicant with a sort of "Philosophy Job Market Blog" tone. [HT: Brian Leiter]
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