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. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "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. [log in to unmask]