@article{5e955f3d503e414eb3a1667b4b003fc0,
title = "A survey-based analysis of the academic job market",
abstract = "Many postdoctoral researchers apply for faculty positions knowing relatively little about the hiring process or what is needed to secure a job offer. To address this lack of knowledge about the hiring process we conducted a survey of applicants for faculty positions: the survey ran between May 2018 and May 2019, and received 317 responses. We analyzed the responses to explore the interplay between various scholarly metrics and hiring outcomes. We concluded that, above a certain threshold, the benchmarks traditionally used to measure research success – including funding, number of publications or journals published in – were unable to completely differentiate applicants with and without job offers. Respondents also reported that the hiring process was unnecessarily stressful, time-consuming, and lacking in feedback, irrespective of outcome. Our findings suggest that there is considerable scope to improve the transparency of the hiring process.",
author = "Fernandes, {Jason D.} and Sarvenaz Sarabipour and Smith, {Christopher T.} and Niemi, {Natalie M.} and Jadavji, {Nafisa M.} and Kozik, {Ariangela J.} and Holehouse, {Alex S.} and Vikas Pejaver and Orsolya Symmons and {Bisson Filho}, {Alexandre W.} and Amanda Haage",
note = "Funding Information: The authors thank Carol Greider, Feilim Mac Gabhann, Cori Bargmann, Mark Kunitomi, Needhi Bhalla, Lucia Peixoto, Sarah Stone and Dario Taraborelli for their valuable comments on an earlier version of this manuscript. The authors are members of the Future PI Slack community and would like to thank the entire Future PI Slack community and those who support them in this work. University of North Dakota- Start-up funds- Amanda Haage; National Institute of General Medical Sciences- F32GM125388- Jason D Fernandes; National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute- T32HL007749- Ariangela J Kozik; Midwestern University- Start-up funds- Nafisa M Jadavji; Washington Research Foundation- Fund for Innovation in Data-Intensive Discovery- Vikas Pejaver; University of Washington- Moore-Sloan Data Science Environments Project- Vikas Pejaver; Washington University in St. Louis- Start-up funds- Alex S Holehouse. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} Fernandes et al.",
year = "2020",
month = jun,
doi = "10.7554/eLife.54097",
language = "English",
volume = "9",
pages = "1--30",
journal = "eLife",
issn = "2050-084X",
publisher = "eLife Sciences Publications",
}