Crazy job requirements for adjunct.

Discussion in 'General Distance Learning Discussions' started by Koolcypher, Jun 12, 2014.

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  1. Koolcypher

    Koolcypher Member

    Have you published 25 books? You might be qualified to teach at Santa Clara U.

    This is crazy, this is a perfect example of supply and demand in action. And yet, we have many posters here willing to spend thousands upon thousands of dollars for an online doctorate degree--preferably one that is fast, and with little to no work--with the hopes of launching an adjunct career.

    From the article: According to the posting, the successful applicant should have published “at least 25 books on topics ranging from the history of Silicon Valley to the biography of microprocessing to interviews with entrepreneurs." Hmm, OK. What else? "E-books on topics such as home life in the US, home life in the UK, and water conservation.”

    And the list goes on: "The successful applicant should have a history of being "an editor of Forbes ASAP or a weekly columnist for ABC.com." Oh, and one last thing: He or she also needs to have experience hosting "television and radio productions for PBS, cable television, and ABC."

    So fire up those resumes, oops, I mean C.V's.
     
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    Koolcypher, Jun 12, 2014
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  2. Maniac Craniac

    Maniac Craniac Moderator Staff Member

    Uh, no? This doesn't have anything to do with that. The article goes on to speculate that they were looking to hire a specific person internally and tailored the job requirements to make sure that that person would be hired.

    Now, why they would need to make a job posting if they already knew who they wanted to hire? That might be an interesting question, or, it might be mundane. Was there some sort of bylaw or contract or other red tape that they were just trying to satisfy before proceeding with their regularly scheduled hiring? :dunno:

    If that's the case, I have first hand knowledge of a similar situation where my (former) employer- a state disability services department- was looking to contract a specific vendor for a specific job. There was a requirement that all contracts be put up for an auction of and granted to the qualified bidder with the lowest bid . The key word being "qualified". The department tailored the qualifications so that none of the desired vendor's competitors, were capable of submitting a bid.
     
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    Maniac Craniac, Jun 12, 2014
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  3. SurfDoctor

    SurfDoctor Moderator

    Oh, yeah. No prob. I've got all of that stuff nailed. Doesn't everyone?
     
    SurfDoctor, Jun 13, 2014
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  4. jumbodog

    jumbodog New Member

    In my view the situation you described is fraud, as it appears to be in this case. The very purpose of the those requirements is to produce open competition. The point of the rules is not...we get to hire whoever we want whenever we want. If that was the point there would be no need for rules at all.

    I'm tempted to say that any applicant for that adjunct position should contact a lawyer expect for the fact that given adjunct pay these days it probably cost several years worth of salary just to pay for lawsuit!

    But the the school should be embarrassed by this tactic. Not that they will be. But they should be.
     
    jumbodog, Jun 13, 2014
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