Timeline for Why do so many institutions choose their own systems for application process rather than universal systems like mathjobs.org or interfolio?
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| Nov 25, 2023 at 7:47 | comment | added | justhalf | @academic thanks for asking your "naive" question. In the countries I've been in, there is no centralized application portal like you described in your answer, and the way quarague described (look at each institution/university and consider the people and the reputation, and topics, etc. then apply individually) is the norm, and happens to be the only way I could imagine, at least until I read your last paragraph. Applying to 100+ jobs is very much an exception (in my experience) and you're supposed to be deliberate in choosing where you apply. | |
| Nov 25, 2023 at 6:46 | comment | added | quarague | I would say the match of research interests is the key point. Pick universities where you already know some researchers or have already collaborated with them. Of course this works a lot better with research focused postdocs but then the teaching oriented liberal arts colleges in the US are a lot more rare in Europe. | |
| Nov 24, 2023 at 23:03 | comment | added | academic | @quarague Sorry, this is a naive question, but how then do candidates decide to which jobs to apply? From an American point of view, there are lots of universities out there, and if you're a candidate it's very difficult to guess which of them might be interested in you. | |
| Nov 23, 2023 at 8:14 | comment | added | quarague | I think your last paragraph is looking at the issue backwards. US mathematicians apply to 100s of jobs because with an automated system like mathjobs it is feasible to do so. In Europe every job application is individual and therefore mathematicians apply to much fewer jobs. They choose a lot more where it is actually worthwhile to apply and tailor the application. Both from an individual mathematicians and from the hiring universities perspective I prefer the European model. | |
| Nov 22, 2023 at 22:01 | history | answered | academic | CC BY-SA 4.0 |