Agreed. Particularly in a down economy.. many positions are advertised as being "open" when there's someone in-house a company or institution already plans on using, they just have to announce the opening for legal reasons or somesuch.
Getting to know useful people is key. If you can get to the AAR, even the local ones, and press the flesh it would help. The harsh reality is that no one really cares when hiring you about your specific specialty/ies, they want to know if you can teach their courses. And you're competing against actual graduate students for teaching positions.
Cleaning up and paring down your CV is a great first step though.
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Date: 2011-08-09 09:19 pm (UTC)Getting to know useful people is key. If you can get to the AAR, even the local ones, and press the flesh it would help. The harsh reality is that no one really cares when hiring you about your specific specialty/ies, they want to know if you can teach their courses. And you're competing against actual graduate students for teaching positions.
Cleaning up and paring down your CV is a great first step though.