Tuesday, December 20, 2022

The 2023 Chemistry Faculty Jobs List: 564 research/teaching positions and 48 teaching positions

The 2023 Chemistry Faculty Jobs List (curated by Andrew Spaeth and myself) has 564 research/teaching positions and 48 teaching positions. 

Want to help out? Here's a Google Form to enter positions.

To see trending, go to Andrew Spaeth's visualization of previous years' list.

On December 21, 2021, the 2022 Chemistry Faculty Jobs List had 517 research/teaching positions and 61 teaching faculty positions. On December 22, 2020, the 2021 Chemistry Faculty Jobs List had 238 research/teaching positions and 23 teaching faculty positions. 

Want to talk anonymously? Have an update on the status of a job search? This will be the third thread when the second one reaches 200 comments. Here's a link to the second thread. Here's a link to the first open thread. 

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221 comments:

  1. How much reason do you typically give when you decline an offer? My PhD advisor suggest that I let them know their proposed salary is decently below what he understands to be the median new PI salary (per texting his dept head when I got my offer) to help them entice whoever their next choice is more if they're not as familiar/willing to negotiate. Is that legitimately helpful or just patronizing? To be clear, *I* am not declining because of the salary.

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    1. It is for family or personal reasons just say family or personal reasons. I wouldn't say salary if that was not the case. You could say something like not enough institutional resources for the department (techs, facilities, etc.). But incorrect information about salary doesn't seem helpful. They will probably think you are negotiating for higher salary for yourself?

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    2. Agree with above point. For any job, "family reasons" is by far the most powerful and acceptable response for turning down an offer; it cannot be questioned, and does not need to be explained.

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    3. To be clear, my advisor fears that their salary will push away other candidates for that reason who otherwise want the job. I will make it clear why I am declining but am mostly wondering if letting them know their offer is well below the median is actually potentially helpful to them in any way. I loved the school but it's just not quite the right fit for my career goals and I'd like to see them do well.

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    4. That is between the other candidates and the department. Once you decline the offer, it no longer concerns you.

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    5. Every department everywhere needs to 1) pay higher wages and 2) be told at every opportunity that they need to pay higher wages.

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  2. Is there any update from UChicago after the phone interview?

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    1. I haven’t heard anything, and my other friend that also zoomed with them hasn’t heard anything either. It’s possible they needed more time to make their decisions for on site.

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    2. Thanks! Yeah same for me here.

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    3. I think they started inviting onsites

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    4. Chicago will campus-interview synthetic-chemistry candidate(s) next week.

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    5. Chicago will campus-interview two other synthetic-chemistry candidates in the rest of January

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  3. Merry Christmas to all who celebrate! Best wishes for all families, careers, and well beings 🙏

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  4. Any news from Emory, UMN, or Washington State?

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  5. Are there any updates for Berkeley or Caltech since their zoom interviews? Thanks!

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    1. Caltech has invited some onsite visits

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    2. I see. Thanks! Do you happen to know in which field these invites are?

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    3. at least one is chemical biology...

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  6. For public university salaries available online, is the number typically for the whole year or 9month? Which is more common and how can you tell?

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    1. From my searches, it usually lists total annual amount which is 9 month + any additional summer salary pulled from grants. I look at everyone in the department over several years, what year they are, and the salary to make an educated guess of 9month only vs 9month+ summer salary.

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  7. Has University of South Florida (Tampa, organic chemistry, bioorganic chemistry, or biochemistry) invited on-site?

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    1. USF had on-sites in early December last year

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    2. Do you mean December of 2022 or do you mean last cycle? Thx

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    3. I meant the job opening for 2023. USF didn't have any openings for the last cycle. it is what it is. Calm down and carry on.

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    4. Both UNC-Chapel Hill and NCSU have a Comput/TheorChem position opened this cycle. I heard one of them (likely NCSU) was opened for an MIT postdoc the department decided to hire last cycle.

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    5. USF has sent out offer

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  8. Both UNC-Chapel Hill and NCSU have a Comput/TheorChem position opened this cycle. I heard one of them (likely NCSU) was opened for an MIT postdoc the department decided to hire last cycle.

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    1. A reminder: information that narrows down candidates to a single individual are discouraged on this blog. Further insinuations will be deleted. - Chemjobber

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    2. please delete it

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    3. you probably should not narrow down to where the postdoc come from, that's too specific

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  9. Has anyone received any updates or contact about the physical chemistry position at West Chester University?

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    1. I heard that they asked for letters of recommendation for some candidates

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  10. Has anyone heard from Harvard?

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    1. Harvard biological chemistry and molecular pharmacology in-person interviews are underway.

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    2. Thank you. Has anyone heard from Harvard chemistry and chemical biology?

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    3. Yes, they have got in touch for a zoom interview

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  11. Has Utah started interviewing for the biochemistry opening? I know they have invited candidates for another position?

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    1. I believe yes, they have invited biochemistry candidates

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  12. Has Berkeley invited people for their open/organic search?

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  13. Anyone heard from FSU after zooms?

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    1. The physical/analytical search has invited onsites

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    2. What about the inorganic search?

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    3. Yeah, their alumni association calls to ask me for money all the time.

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  14. Any word from WUSTL?

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    1. WUSTL is doing screening interviews this month for their Biochem search

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    2. I haven't heard anything from the WUSTL materials chemistry search, anyone else?

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    3. Has anyone heard from the biochemistry search (chemistry department) after the zoom interviews?

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  15. Does it even mean anything if you didn't receive a rejection email but also no invites for interviews? I saw some universities has already sent out rejection contacts but I got nothing.

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    1. It means nothing. You may get the rejection email when they officially fill the position or never. Unfortunately, many places do not send a rejection email at all.

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  16. How many positions will UIUC chem search have? Their calendar shows ~15 candidate seminars.

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    1. It isn't uncommon for some top R1 universities to have that many onsites for one position.

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    2. If your name is listed on a department as a candidate, can you ask them to take it down? If it common to do so?

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    3. Why would you want them to?

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    4. I just feel better if they list as "seminar" instead of "candidate seminar"...

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    5. FWIW last year I heard they made 3 offers, but they only made offers to their top candidates, and only one ended up joining the department. They don't go down the list and make additional offers if their first choices turn it down

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    6. In my opinion, it would be very unreasonable to ask a department to take down your "candidate seminar" listing. Why do you object? It is a public talk, and the reason you have been invited to give it is because you are a faculty candidate. Congratulations on making it to the final phase of a brutally competitive application process. Time to start focusing your energy on things that actually matter and avoid torpedoing yourself in the eyes of the search committee with what would honestly be considered a bizarre request.

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    7. It's interesting to know that they just made ~3 offers while having a large # of onsite. Maybe they could make offers at the same time and no waiting list

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    8. I thought a department usually interviews 3-5 candidates for each opening. Does it sound about right for many schools?

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    9. Anyone has news from UIUC MSE?

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    10. They're scheduling zoom interviews for the Illinois MSE position, they reviewed them as they were received so some people were contacted even before others submitted the application.

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    11. UIUC Chem brings in 12-15 candidates every year and usually makes 2-4 offers (with ~35 faculty we need to hire 1-2 per year just to keep up with retirements). In the past we've always made all the offers at one time without a waiting list. Different areas (org, phys, etc) will be "hungrier" for a new hire in any given year which goes into the ratio of interviews (4 org vs 2 physical or vice versa) but it does actually come down to the interview. There have been several years where area X really needed to hire but someone from a lower-priority area was so impressive in the interview that we made an offer to them instead.

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  17. Happy New Year! Is there any update from West Virginia and North Texas (ComputChem position)? Thanks.

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  18. http://chemjobber.blogspot.com/2022/08/the-chemical-engineering-faculty-jobs.html
    Here is an open thread for ChemE and MSE which can be complimentary to this chemistry list.

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  19. Have there been any updates on the Ohio State physical chemistry or the Brandeis physical chemistry positions? I have a hard time believing that the Ohio State PChem position could not have already moved on to remote or on site interviews (let alone an offer) at this point given how long ago their submission deadline was.

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    1. Ohio State pchem has scheduled onsites

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  20. any updates from UC Berkeley (chemistry), UC San Diego (chemistry), UC San Diego (pharmacology), or the Univeristy of Virginia (chemistry)?

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    1. I think the UCSD pharmacology/chemistry search is starting in-person interviews this week

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  21. Has anyone heard from CU Boulder position in energy?

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    1. I know that they did Zoom interviews last week so they probably need some time for the onsite invites

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    2. I got a rejection from them like 2+ weeks ago.

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  22. Has anyone heard from NYU regarding the faculty position in computational physical chemistry?

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  23. Anyone heard from Hofstra and University of North Florida after zooms?

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    1. Hofstra had campus interviews last month

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  24. Has anyone heard from UF Scripps or Scripps (La Jolla) after the deadline? I know they have invited letters and/or remote interviews before the ddl and wonder if either of them will review for another round.

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    1. they have invited onsites already

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  25. Did Georgia state U do screening with anyone after their initial contact on 11/30/2022?

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  26. Emailed search committee at Washington and Lee and was informed the position had been filled.

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  27. Is it appropriate to ask an old colleague in the faculty search committee for status update after the interview? Thanks in advance.

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    1. Probably most appropriate to route your inquiry (at least at first) through the search committee chair. You don't want to put your colleague in an awkward situation. If it's been weeks and the committee chair is unresponsive, then perhaps it's appropriate to say to your colleague "hey, I'm curious about the status and the search chair is ignoring me." But you should give the committee chair at least a week to reply to your e-mail before going this route, in my opinion.

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    2. I agree with the previous post. Just want to add that if you do go the route of asking your colleague, do it over the phone or a personal email. There are probably rules that they can't talk about it and you definitely do not want it in writing on their work email.

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    3. Thank you both for the comments and suggestion.

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    4. Committee members are generally required to keep the deliberations confidential. The committee chair is supposed to represent the committee and address external inquiries.

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  28. has anyone heard from penn state after their zoom in early december? thanks in advance.

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    1. I am also waiting to hear from that (PSU open area position)

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    2. at this point i'm contemplating following up with them since it's been a really long time.

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    3. Penn State already started their on-site interviews in late December 2022, they are interviewing roughly around 8 people for 2 searches.

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  29. Did anyone hear from the UT Dallas organic position? The original date was 10/14 and they pushed it back to 1/16 recently. I'd be interested to know if they did any initial interviews before extending the date.

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    1. An email sent to the uni. where I work a few months back (they contacted faculty there) stated that they were preferably looking for a senior hire for this search. Wonder why they didn't just list the position as associate/full if that is the case.

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    2. I think they listed assistant just in case not receiving applications from seniors. But if a position listed associate/full, the hiring department should have enough budget for seniors, which is not good for juniors.

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    3. I am curious that how much more would a senior hire would cost a department, would it be twice?

      How about hiring an AP, who has been AP somewhere else? Would this be similar to hiring someone who is still a postdoc?

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    4. Hiring as an assistant prof is the same as straight from postdoc. When you do that, you are often re-starting your tenure clock. Sometimes they let you go up early (depending on the school), but they aren't paying full prof salary.

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  30. Did anyone hear any update from Elon (Organic) after the zoom in early December?

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  31. Has anyone heard anything from UMN or Emory?

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    1. What position at Emory? Both chem and biochem are hiring.

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    2. I was wondering the chem positions at both institutions

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    3. I haven't seen anything from Emory (Chemistry) yet.

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    4. They just invited on-sites

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  32. Is there a bumper cars list this year? Seems from spreadsheet hires are starting to be announced

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    1. The chemistry bumper cars file hasn't been added to yet

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    2. Is this still being monitored by admin? It seems that last year's bumper car is also not complete, missing many ones?

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  33. Has anyone heard from Virginia Chemistry after zoom interviews? It's been two weeks now. Is it early or too late?

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    1. Received request this morning from Chem/Cancer for Zoom

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    2. Thanks! looks like they are doing a second round of zoom interviews.

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  34. Has anyone heard from UT San Antonio (Chem Bio) after the zoom interview in December?

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    1. UT San Antonio already invited on-site interviews on Dec.19 2022.

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  35. Has anyone heard back from University of Kentucky after their zoom interviews for the experimental pchem position?

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  36. Has anyone heard from UT San Antonio for Electrochemistry, and South Carolina for Analytical Chem. positions (rec. letters requested on Dec.)?

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    1. For SC, rec. letter request in December, then not a peep. I don't see any potential applicants on their seminar schedule, at least.

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    2. Thanks! I checked their seminar calender before commenting here, though sometimes such seminars don't register in calendar(s) for confidentiality,...

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  37. Just saw that University of Florida's openings got advertised again on HigherEdJobs. Hm.

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    1. I think they automatically re-posted all the openings. Not an indication of no qualified applicants found.

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    2. Reposting is a common administrative procedure. It could indicate onsite candidates are confirmed or an offer is made.

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  38. Are there still no words on the UC Berkeley organic search?

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  39. Apparently Carroll College is reopening their search per email from them....

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  40. Has anyone heard from Case Western following zoom interviews for the mass spec position?

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  41. Or the UC San Diego Chemistry or Chemistry/Pharmacology joint searches??

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    1. The Chemistry/Pharmacology search already had some in person interviews this month.

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  42. Has anyone heard from Buffalo following campus interviews for the comput chem position?

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    1. I only got an email that the search committee is meeting last week. No news since then.

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    2. Buffalo sent out rejection emails tonight.

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    3. Yup I got rejection too . Oh well

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  43. Does anyone have a time range from the last on-site interview for a position and the time it takes for the offer to the first choice candidate to be made? I've been told it can be as quick as a week (which does seem rather fast) but considering different universities have different levels of approvals needed for offers to be made, what is the upper time limit that can be expected?

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    1. TL;DR: a week or two to know if you're the top pick and at least a month or two to get the actual offer.

      A week or two is reasonable, though you might not always know when the last candidate is interviewing. That said, it's rarely an offer. The top candidate is usually told they're the pick and if they're still interested/available they often make a return visit before working out the details of the offer with the chair, which can take a few weeks. Once you and the chair agree on an offer package, it then needs signatures of deans, etc. That can add another few weeks depending on the institution.

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    2. For the last cycle I was very fortunate and got three offers. In all three cases I knew when the last interview was. In one case, the institution sent a formal offer letter one week after the last interview; in another case the chair sent an informal e-mail one week after the last interview; in a third case, the chair sent an informal e-mail two weeks after the last interview. Take from that what you will. Expect and be prepared to capitalize on the fact that the entire interview dynamic inverts itself when the department decides they want to hire you.

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    3. On the topic of offers, everyone does it differently. I was given a "base package" from the institution that served as a starting point and was modified according to my needs through discussion with the chair. I've heard of others having to propose a package from scratch and know one person (at an R2) who was given a package and told it wasn't too negotiable. In the latter case where money might limited, schools will often ask for an equipment budget during earlier stages of the interview process.

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  44. If you received a verbal offer from a place that is not your first pick but you are scheduled to interview at other schools - what are the best ways to buy more time? How much time can you buy realistically (including second visits and negotiations). Thx.

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    1. Certainly mention you have already scheduled other interviews and will go to them but also go ahead and work out the details of the hard offer with the school. The process will take time (weeks to months - certainly make a return visit), and as you're approaching the later stages where people need to sign documents you can assess your situation. You'll hopefully have done the other interviews by then and will probably have a feel for how they went and if they remain better options than your current offering institution.

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  45. Has anyone heard from UC Santa Barbara chemistry?

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  46. Thanks a lot for writing this! It is really helpful!!

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  47. Has anyone heard from NJIT or Northeastern after phone interviews?

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  48. jeeeeeez. is this an employees market or are we unlucky? at a PUI that gave out multiple offers, all rejected after saying they enjoyed the visit. I gave myself an ulcer trying to land a job at this same PUI less than 6 years ago.

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    1. An "employee's market" certainly does not describe my experience on the PUI job hunt over the past two cycles, but that is just another anecdote...

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    2. Definitely a lot of jobs on the market, expected to be robust next year too from what I hear. But hard to know who's favored or not lol. I got one offer from a school I ended up not thinking I'd be a good fit at, and then struck out on everything else and all the rejections I got said they had 300-400 applications for the position. Gonna have to pick up the pieces and see where I went wrong but narrowing that many down to a couple dozen for zoom interviews and a dozen for on site (obviously those are probably both crazy generous guesses) is going to make it a very finnicky search for anyone involved.

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    3. I was offered a PUI position that barely paid more than my postdoc salary but in a higher COL area. I've also seen many PUI job ads with salaries below what I make now.

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    4. Some PUIs do put quite a bit pressure for decisions to be given quickly, and it might be hard for a candidates to give commitment within such a limited time frame. Some of these places were expecting answers as early as in November

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    5. yeah salary is almost always crap and the timelines are aggressive, but that's not anything new. Maybe employees market is a strong word but folks definitely have higher standards for a job now than pre pandemic.

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    6. maybe people are applying to more positions than every before? This will lead to more failed searches if schools don't start interviewing more people or aren't willing to go lower on their list to find candidates. It seems some schools have record numbers of applicants, perhaps it is just people applying to more places? Is there any data on this? Perhaps we could start a spreadsheet to take data on number of schools people apply to?

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    7. That's a fascinating thought for sure. The rejections I got all said they had 300-400 applicants. I can't even imagine how you wade through that to find the "right" people while also executing your normal job duties. Even the most banal first weedout would take a whole day of person-hours.

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    8. Sadly, it is the-winner-takes-it-all situation for the academic job market. So there will always be a lot of losers in both side.

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    9. I've been on the market annually since 2018. Every year I will hear from schools that it was an unusually strong applicant pool, perhaps the strongest ever. I don't know if that is accurate or if it is just something search committees say to try to make unsuccessful applicants feel less bad...

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    10. It is probably accurate that the field of applicants becomes more competitive each year, but "unusually strong applicant pool" is definitely just a throwaway line. If you've been on the market for 3+ years and haven't advanced in any searches, then there is almost certainly some deficiency in your application or application strategy and you can't just chalk it up to a competitive field. Ask the search chair for specific feedback on your application. If they seem unwilling or unable to give you actionable feedback, your application was likely triaged at an early stage for any number of reasons, such as: insufficient publication record, mediocre recommendation, obvious mistakes (scientific or presentational) in research proposal, etc.

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    11. Oh, I've advanced in those five years... I don't want to give too much identifying info, so I'll just say that I am trying to solve what has proven to be a challenging two-body problem. But I think your general advice is spot-on.

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    12. Ah sorry, I didn't mean to presume. I have a two-body problem as well and it is very difficult. Best of luck - hope you are able to find something that works for both of you.

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  49. Has anyone heard from University of Tennessee for the Analytical Chemistry position after Zoom interviews?

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    1. They contacted on around 2/7 to start scheduling on-sites

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  50. Any info on Oregon (Materials)/Oregon State's (Organic) searches?

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  51. Has anyone heard from Princeton's open search yet?

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    1. They finished on campus interviews already

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  52. The bumper cars list seems unattended this year. I've seen a few posts on Twitter announcing hires and will just share here for now:
    https://twitter.com/osu_pharmacy/status/1616486954266132499?s=20&t=0uLBVXt_G5KpQX3-_WgCgw
    https://twitter.com/J0sh_Walsh/status/1616059948865146881?s=20&t=sGsbSpjSG1Nvud7KHC0fWg
    https://twitter.com/PinLyu2/status/1613938532879589376?s=20&t=j7EU966udc9Wlu6I6_ZBFw

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  53. Any news from the Scripps/UCSD Marine Natural Products search?

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    1. I heard that the first invited lecture is this week. I think it is for the junior, joint SIO/SSPPS position.

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  54. Yale closed their search and decided not to make any offers this cycle.

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    1. Which position? Is it one in the Department of Chemistry or the one at West Campus?

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    2. Reminder that there's a ChemE thread as well: http://chemjobber.blogspot.com/2022/08/the-chemical-engineering-faculty-jobs.html

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    3. Do you happen to know why that is? Is it a financial reason?

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    4. Knowing Yale, it is likely not a financial reason

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    5. Interestingly, I just received Yale rejection email today. They didn't say if they hired anyone, just that they selected onsite interviews and I wasn't selected.

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    6. Eh, New Haven is a pretty crummy town anyway

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  55. What is the average start up package ( excluding renovation and salary but including personnel for 2-3 years) for an Asst Prof. in a private R1 for Chem/Biochem? Much appreciated.

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    1. My total package at a private R1 biochem department was ~$2 million (including my salary) meant to cover 3 years. Of that, major equipment was ~$600k, reagents/consumables were ~$50k per year, and personnel salaries were ~$150-200k per year.

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  56. Are the dates in the Offer tab on the tracker the date someone was notified or an offer was accepted? (I know that some specify accept/decline but asking about those that only have dates)

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  57. When would you bring up the question of potential employment for your spouse? After the verbal offer or after the formal offer?

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    1. Definitely before you have the formal offer. If you're interested in securing a position at the university, for example, they should put it in writing so you have proof and it's then a contractual obligation. If they can't formally offer/guarantee your partner a position (say looking for an external job), you'll still want to know how the institution might be able to help out before signing anything.

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  58. Does it seem like there's been less hiring activity by this point in the year compared to years' past? Or are people just less active on Chemjobber?

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    1. Maybe everything is later than last year by a few weeks? Last year, many people got verbal offers in mid February but this year, some people are still interviewing.

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    2. I wouldn't enter anything about an offer into a sheet or post it anywhere until after either I signed or turned it down. Perhaps others feel the same way, which is why the sheet seems slow.

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  59. Has Emory chemistry invited onsite after the zoom interviews?

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    1. I've heard nothing, but that could mean I didn't make it to the on site round.

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    2. Emory Chemistry is sending out on-site invites

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  60. Has anyone heard from Missuori S&T for Analytical Chem. position (rec. letters requested on Dec.)?

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    1. they were zoom interviewing people in early Feb

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  61. The status sheet says that Princeton's search was cancelled. Did they not make any offers this year, just like last year?

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    1. That is definitely a mistake. Princeton has made multiple offers from their search.

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  62. Did anyone here from University of South Carolina (Analytical)?

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  63. Re-upping previous questions about the status of the UMN Chemistry & UCSB Chemistry searches, since they're way upthread now. Anyone heard anything?

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    1. UMN is a senior hire search, right? If so there probably won't be any info on here.

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    2. UCSB has gotten in touch for zoom interviews

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  64. For anyone interested in the Hamline position, keep this recent news in mind: https://apnews.com/article/education-colleges-and-universities-minnesota-middle-east-religion-e39841dd59ea2647a6019b4ba669bfe5

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  65. Anyone know what happened with the Stanford search and if it's true they didn't make any offers?

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    1. I don't know why, but it is true that they didn't make any offers

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  66. Did anyone ever hear anything from the WUSTL materials search?

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  67. Did anyone hear from San Diego State University - Analytical Chemistry?

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    1. They sent out Zoom interview schedules,...

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  68. Dartmouth? UC Berkeley? UC Riverside? SIO (100% SIO, not the joint position)?

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    1. UC Riverside position is filled

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    2. What position? Inorganic, organic, or bio?

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    3. Both Berkeley and Dartmouth have invited people onsite

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  69. Inorganic position is filled

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  70. Does anyone have tips, suggestions, or links to articles/blog posts on negotiating a faculty position offer?

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    1. This is a long but good resource (offer related stuff at the end): https://www.mckinleylab.org/_files/ugd/73faf8_d0c08c91b9344859973cf6bba4fc4368.pdf

      I don't like to call it negotiating because there isn't usually a lot of back and forth. You give them a budget and they tell you yes or no and if it's the latter they'll usually give you their number or suggest cuts. Their number is now your target, and if you don't think you can make a lab with that number you might need to reconsider. My biggest tip is to assume very little about resources and ask for everything you will need unless you know for sure the resource is available to you (they'll sometimes tell you this after seeing your list of equipment). I'm in biochemistry, so I asked for everything from pipettes to a pH meter and a Nanodrop spectrophotometer. Do not feel bad about asking for nice stuff - departments often view new hires as a way to get new resources for the department, so it's also good to indicate what equipment you're requesting that you'll share with others.

      Equipment aside, my offer also had an annual budget for consumables/reagents, personnel, renovations/office furnishings, salary support, and moving expenses. There are other things that can go in a offer like teaching requirements, what % of your salary you're responsible for covering, and physical lab space that you often don't have too much control over but can try to modify. It's common to ask to not have to teach your first semester/year or get extra space if you need to do something specialized (tissue culture, sensitive instruments, etc.) From my experience, salary is not too negotiable because institutions usually have an acceptable range for new hires and some ranges are narrow. If you're really unsure of what kind of number to propose, ask some junior faculty where you're working out an offer or your current institution. I was able to get some ballpark totals that were helpful for putting together my own package.

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