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My Experience with Academic Job Search (Search Committee's Perspective)

Let's look at the Academic Search from Search Committee's Perspective : Before you start, you already know that the ad has gone out and candidates have applied. The search committee has pretty good idea what kind of role is expected from the chosen candidate: When search committee is formed, they will first come up with the timeline for the search. They will then decide the criteria for evaluations (what to evaluate and how to score) .... This could include:  degree/qualification (what, where, when),  teaching experience (courses taught/TA-ed),  research (quality, quantity),  area (of research/teaching),  and may also include professional development, recommendations, quality of teaching/research statement, potential growth, and much more depending on specific position and the expected role.  Each committee member will then evaluate all applicants based on the criterion and then they will meet to pick the top 10-12 candidates after discussion (the number may change