I am fretting over the job market even though I am at least 1.5 years from being ready to go on the market. Which subfields will have a larger backlog of candidates due to candidates from 2008-09 and 2009-10 unable to place?
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Backlog of job candidates?
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Posted 6 months ago #
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Comparative Latin America
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Comparative, IR, American, Theory, and Methods.
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Even without the backlog, there's a long-term trend of oversupply. Good luck.
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All of them. Sorry.
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Yeah, pretty much everything.
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Take the masters and run. Or stop posting on PSJR and publish.
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Political theory. That job market sucked even before the economy went in the crapper. So, the backlog will now have a backlog.
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Wow, I really feel for you. Go back to working on your proposal.
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Yeah seriously. "Oh noes, the job market will be rough in a few years!" At least you have time to prep for it. Distinguish yourself early, and if you can't, get out.
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Fretting? Over the job market? And you're not out for another year and a half? I'd like to punch you. Don't be silly and get back to work.
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The OP is right to fret. Either distinguish yourself or get out now. Only top 10% are getting jobs.
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I have to say, I think the best advice probably is 'distinguish yourself early or get out'
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Stay in school kids!
There's plenty of demand for adjuncts and houses, cars, and health insurance are overrated.
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I would say 20% will get jobs in the end.
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a lot of people despair on here..it is depressing
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Only top 10% are getting jobs.
Ridiculous. The rate of postings is about 60% of the recent status quo, pretty evenly across subfields. So if you were correct about this, then only 15-20% were getting jobs for most of the last decade. This would be considerably worse than disciplines like English, who have been worse than Poli Sci in PhD production:Placement ratios for a long time.
It's bad, there's no need to exaggerate.
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study china and you'll find tenure track work somewhere.
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Troll, troll, troll.
If you were 1.5 years from the market, why would you be worrying about the market across all subfields? You'd care only about the market in *your* subfield and would be asking something stupid like "How will the market be for people who study classic prisoner's dilemmas in China?"
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Eventually everyone dies. Should I start worrying about that at age 33?
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Depends. Tell me about your diet and exercise routine.
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