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The 2014-2015 Job Market is upon us! A hearty welcome back to some, warm greetings to others, and condolences to all. Let us hope that this year's market continues the slight improvement we saw last year.   This site, now in its eighth year, was originally modeled after the successful sociology job search "blog" (the 2008-2009 iteration of which can be found here ). Other disciplines have started following suit, and can themselves serve as both positive and negative exempla for us in Classics, Archaeology, and Ancient History. Links on the side of this page point to various articles and sites relevant to the academic job-hunting process and experience. If you run across others, please suggest them in the comments and we will add them. Threads below will provide a full season's worth of comments around various themes. Previous years' comments are all archived. And of course there is the ever-present and all-knowing Classics Wiki In order to access t...

Please use this thread to announce new positions, whether they are in advance of the normal APA, excuse me, SCS deadlines, seen on non-SCS sites, or even if it is your own department that is advertising. Please do not use this space for discussion, comments, etc. unrelated to this narrow topic matter. All such comments will be moved to a more appropriate thread in order to keep this thread clean and useful. Please follow the pattern established below, with the institution advertising as the commenter's identity, followed by a full description in the body of the text.

Because one can never be too careful Please use this thread for straight-up questions and answers regarding the assembly of dossiers, mailing practices, letters of application, interviews, job-talks, etc. Basically anything involving the process, from A to Z. A sometimes useful, and oftentimes entertaining, site to check out is the Chronicle of Higher Education's Discussion Forum. Two particularly relevant examples are here: The Job Seeking Experience The Interview Process The threads are often not apposite, but they can be a treasure-trove of laughs and morale boosts. And don't forget to check the archives on this site for the past few years.

Yes, this is the thread where everyone comes to bitch, moan, and let off some steam.