I think that John Martinson has every reason to be disgusted with
the conduct of these employers. I've been job-hunting off and on for
several years and their behavior is only getting worse. It's an employer's
market and there is no penalty for the lack of courtesy he describes, and
which is so common throughout the humanities (and the sciences, too).
        Most of us now have e-mail and it would be the work of an
afternoon, at most, for someone to send out "Sorry, don't want you" notices to
the teeming mobs of supplicants. However, I have heard or read that the new
rationale is that if you the applicant don't hear anything two weeks after
applying, that you should just assume that you're not wanted. This of
course is not listed on the announcement.
        I think that what one must do is try not to become personally
affected by such treatment. Keep applying, and in the meantime, do what
you have to do to get on.

        Adrienne DeAngelis
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 On Tue, 21 May 2002, John Martinson wrote:

> Still if a professional organization sends out an offer for a job, they
> should not drop
> all applicants cold turkey and leave them hanging for months that turns into
> never
> receiving a response.  They should not be sending out request for a new
> employee
> if they cannot be considerate enough to do the job right, with respect for
> all
> those who applied and waiting for news on the job.
>
> Like I said in my previous post, if you have two hundred applicants sitting
> out there
> waiting, while you have already hired someone,  I personally would like to
> see those two hundred people receive a letter of thanks and that the job has
> been filled.   Personally, I would
> never apply again at that museum if they had another opening.   Simply, if a
> museum advertises for a position to be filled, they need to carry forth
> their professional or business ethics and reply to ALL who submitted an
> application.
>
> John
>

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