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It's quite common to move between tenured jobs. Typically you don't have to go through the whole six-year pre-tenure odyssey again. Applying for a tenured job
by michael_nielsen 13y ago
It's quite common to move between tenured jobs. Typically you don't have to go through the whole six-year pre-tenure odyssey again. Applying for a tenured job is still quite a process, but that's often true for positions outside academia too, especially senior professional positions.
- Thrymr 13y ago"Quite common" is an overstatement. The market is nowhere near as liquid. Only a small number of tenured jobs are advertised each year compared to the number of junior tenure-track jobs. Superstars can get hired somewhere else, but for the vast majority of tenured faculty there are not many options (most universities would prefer to hire a cheaper junior faculty member, and many are very limited in how much credit they can give an applicant towards tenure).
- michael_nielsen 13y agoWhether it's "quite common" may vary a lot from department to department; in some places my statement may perhaps have been too strong. In the places I've seen firsthand it's quite common for tenured faculty to sometimes interview elsewhere. I did so, and made a jump. This is also a common strategy for people angling for promotion or a big pay increase -- get an offer elsewhere, and then use that offer to get a promotion at your current institution. I'm not recommending it, but I've certainly seen it done. Common outside academia too, of course.
- tomrod 13y agoI can't speak for experiences outside my field, but generally movement happens in the senior academic market by word of mouth alone.
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