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Greetings all. This is the season when new doc students want to get faculty positions. From my 20 years of running jESSE, I offer the following (and encourage other folks hiring folks to contribute): 1) Don't hit the reply button and send your c.v. to all of the 2000 members of jESSE around the world when you see an announcement of a faculty position. 2) Target your reply letter to the needs of the position as announced. If the school is looking for a school librarian, I'd avoid emphasizing your skills in CGI, HTML, social media, or other IT topics unless you can make those skills relevant to the K-6 set. 3) Pay attention to the function of the REPLY button. Know who you are sending your response to, and IN WHAT FORMAT they want it or in what format they can accept it (they may not have the same software that you do). I received three of these mis-directed and ill-conceived msgs on a Saturday nite. People, please pay attention. Employers are largely asking the right questions. But applicants are not understanding the questions asked. And not responding well. --gw <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> Gretchen Whitney, PhD, Retired School of Information Sciences University of Tennessee, Knoxville TN 37996 USA [log in to unmask] http://web.utk.edu/~gwhitney/ jESSE:http://web.utk.edu/~gwhitney/jesse.html SIGMETRICS:http://web.utk.edu/~gwhitney/sigmetrics.html <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>