Conventional wisdom has it that now is a bad time to be looking for a job in education. Anecdotal evidence suggests that many of our campus human resource departments have stopped hiring. But now, here's some numerical proof that there really are less jobs advertised in www.higheredjobs.com.
I've used the "Wayback Machine" at www.archive.org to search the archives of higheredjobs.com. Higheredjobs.com is the most frequented job source for job seekers (at least, the one I like best.) I search there because most colleges advertise there - way more than monster.com or chronicle jobs.
Above is a graph of the number of jobs advertised in higheredjobs.com around January 7th of each year since 2001. As you can see, higheredjobs.com has become more popular with HR departments since it's inception in 2001. It has had a steady rate of growth... up until this year.
This year, the number of jobs advertised not only broke the steady upward, it actually fell. And as more and more states cut education money, the number of jobs will continue to fall.
Last words: 1. The Wayback Machine is sweet. 2. I should go back to grad school.
2 comments:
Awesome. And here I was all ready to snag some tenure-track job, too. Bad news all over and getting worse.
But couldn't a BHO stimulus package affect the number of jobs available in education?
Obama is contemplating a $150B or so package for the states. Unfortunately, I think most states have already figured it into their budget forecasts. For instance, WA Gov. Gregoire figured in $1B in federal aid into her 2008-09 budget projections. If federal aid exceeds that, the academic hiring outlook could improve.
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