Hello all,
        Since many of you have already gone through this, maybe you could
enlighten those of us just starting  out in the field. What is the usual
time span between a job notice appearing, closing, and being filled? I
realize what seems like an eternity if you are looking for a job might not
be long for an institution, but if one has no reference point, how does one
know if it is drawn out or not?
        For me, it unusually strange, because before I returned to school,
I spent 10 years in the Army. There if we needed a troop, we just
requisitioned one. When I was in the D.C. area, the hiring process for
civilian workers was slower, but still only took a few weeks from the time
the position was announced to when it was filled.
        Also, since I defend my thesis on the 30th, I will soon be logging
off the list until I find a position, so thanks for all the informative
information, from chocolate to Indiana Jones, and even a little bit of
profession advice in between.
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  "Motivated primarily by their own inner vision, a desire for riches, and
an unbounded faith in the abundance of nature, they were willing to simply
go out in the field, dig into the earth, and find out what was there"
                                        David Kruase
                        __The Making of a Mining District__




Richard A. Fields
Graduate Student of Industrial Archaeology
Michigan Tech. Univ.
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