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Jan. 24th, 2007
Uncertain Principles: How to Get a Small College Job:
How to Get a Small College Job
Category: Academia
Posted on: January 24, 2007 11:13 AM, by Chad Orzel
We've been running a search to fill a tenure-track faculty position for next year, and I've spent more time than I care to recall reading folders and interviewing candidates. Now that the process is nearing completion, I'd like to do a quick post offering advice for those thinking about applying for a tenure-track position at a small liberal arts college. Yes, this is too late to do any good for people thinking of applying for the current job, but then, we wouldn't want anybody to get an unfair advantage by reading my blog.
The following statements are entirely my own opinion, and should not be taken as referring to any particular applicants, living or dead. I do not speak for my department or my employer in this matter-- I am speaking only for myself. That said, here are some things I think you should know if you want to get a small college job:
We all know about the immediate impact on WGMS - the loss of some of the djs (WETA has hired some including the program director, but not all).
We all know about the massive loss at WETA, with all the local shows gone, and so far only one NPR national show (out of about 8-10) has been picked up by NPR-rival WAMU (that would be Prairie Home Companion, which will continue uninterrupted).
We all know that "George 104" is running without advertisements for 104 days. Bonneville may claim its a promotion, but really its because this transition was so fast the station's new management didn't have any time or warning to actually line up new advertisers for the new demographic (hence why they're also saving money by not hiring on-air personalities (formerly called "DJs").
But there's one more hidden casualty in all of this.
The local companies that advertised on WGMS.
Yeah, many might be "generic" that weren't really getting their moneys worth, but some of those companies were highly likely those that actually had products aimed for that particular demographic (55+ and educated) of classical music listener. Those companies have lost a major advertising market, and will likely see declines in sales as they struggle to find other places to advertise that their target demographic might attend to. Some of them might be able to do the "sponsorship" thing at WETA, but not all as there's a limited amount of time to name the company names, and even then there are tight restrictions (though they've gotten looser over the last 20 years) on how much you can describe your product line.
So was turning classical music over to WETA really a good thing? Time will tell, but right now the casualty list is higher than the beneficiaries.
On a side note, maybe Mary Cliff can follow former WETA personality Robert Aubrey Davis and take her show to XM Radio? It'll be a smaller audience at first, but it'll be a national one, and if it grows, then maybe XM will be interested in getting a successor to continue it as she retires.
We all know about the massive loss at WETA, with all the local shows gone, and so far only one NPR national show (out of about 8-10) has been picked up by NPR-rival WAMU (that would be Prairie Home Companion, which will continue uninterrupted).
We all know that "George 104" is running without advertisements for 104 days. Bonneville may claim its a promotion, but really its because this transition was so fast the station's new management didn't have any time or warning to actually line up new advertisers for the new demographic (hence why they're also saving money by not hiring on-air personalities (formerly called "DJs").
But there's one more hidden casualty in all of this.
The local companies that advertised on WGMS.
Yeah, many might be "generic" that weren't really getting their moneys worth, but some of those companies were highly likely those that actually had products aimed for that particular demographic (55+ and educated) of classical music listener. Those companies have lost a major advertising market, and will likely see declines in sales as they struggle to find other places to advertise that their target demographic might attend to. Some of them might be able to do the "sponsorship" thing at WETA, but not all as there's a limited amount of time to name the company names, and even then there are tight restrictions (though they've gotten looser over the last 20 years) on how much you can describe your product line.
So was turning classical music over to WETA really a good thing? Time will tell, but right now the casualty list is higher than the beneficiaries.
On a side note, maybe Mary Cliff can follow former WETA personality Robert Aubrey Davis and take her show to XM Radio? It'll be a smaller audience at first, but it'll be a national one, and if it grows, then maybe XM will be interested in getting a successor to continue it as she retires.
NOT something to be proud of...
Jan. 24th, 2007 08:59 pm"Best American-Style Light Beer, 4 times in a row" - Lite Beer from Miller Commercial.
saying we taste the least like piss isn't saying much. really. it isn't.
It's like the Cingular commercial "we have the fewest dropped calls!"
Saying you suck the least among suckages isn't saying you don't suck. really.
try coming out and saying "we don't suck" and see how far it goes, please?
saying we taste the least like piss isn't saying much. really. it isn't.
It's like the Cingular commercial "we have the fewest dropped calls!"
Saying you suck the least among suckages isn't saying you don't suck. really.
try coming out and saying "we don't suck" and see how far it goes, please?
how did I *not* know you could do this?
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