Another thing to consider, inasmuch as they're in
hiring modality here at my present employer.  In the
middle of trying to hire or not hire you and all the
others who are interested in the position, they're
still trying to row the ship, bail the water, plug the
holes, fight the storm, etc., with a shortsheeted
staff.

In addition, and this bears noting given the other
comments about salaries, if you're not getting paid
what you believe you should as museum professionals,
what do you think your administrative staff is getting
paid?  Unlike you, who were required to have intense
and above-average education, they had (most probably)
less.

I'm not wanting to offend in the least and I really am
trying to be polite in putting this on the table, but
the more efficient, highly skilled, driving forces are
liable to be pulled away where they are paid more.

So if you're not being given much of a budget to work
with due to funding cuts, you can't always afford the
brightest and the best, and sometimes inefficiencies
will exist and things one might expect in other market
segments just can't be there.

They may not even have the large staff you expect they
would due to funding considerations and the staff they
have (dependent upon grants to survive) may be wearing
multiple hats.




--- "Panza, Robin" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >>>>From: Deb Fuller [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>  I finally e-mailed the HR director and got a vague
> "we've made our
> selection" response. No offical rejection letter or
> even an e-mail. <<<<
>
>
> Sometimes the long delay is because the institution
> is negotiating with
> their first choice.  Until a contract is signed,
> there is always the
> possibility that negotiations will "break down" and
> the company will then go
> back to their short list and start talking to
> another candidate.  Therefore,
> they don't officially reject the rest of the short
> list until they know for
> sure the "backups" won't be needed.  I'm not saying
> this is right or wrong,
> just that it's a very common practice in industry.
>
> Robin
>
> Robin K Panza
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> 412-622-3255
> Carnegie Museum of Natural History       fax:
> 412-622-8837
> 4400 Forbes Ave.
> Pittsburgh  PA  15213-4008  USA
>
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