Timeline for switching jobs when you have a tenure-track position
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| Feb 2, 2011 at 2:48 | comment | added | Brian Borchers | At many institutions, prior tenure track experience at another university is counted in the tenure clock. e.g. if you have four years of tenure track experience at university A and then start at university B, they may tell you that you have only 3 years to gain tenure at university B rather than the usual 7 years. | |
| Jan 2, 2011 at 22:45 | comment | added | Deane Yang | Pete, I think the answer would still be valid, but a little less so. I believe most places would be reluctant to offer an already tenured person a tenure-track position that forces the person to wait more than a year before getting tenure. The question that would (or should) be asked by the department is what will it learn about the person that it does not know already? In the end, however, the way tenure is granted can be very different in different departments, so the answer really depends on which department or school. | |
| Jan 2, 2011 at 21:35 | comment | added | Thierry Zell | @Pete: I think that a frequent assumption that is hard to fight is that someone who has tenure and is on the job market is just someone who is looking for an offer to get a raise from their home university. This is where the networking in #3 can really come in handy: people who do know you will have a better sense of how sincere one's wish to move actually is. | |
| Jan 2, 2011 at 21:09 | comment | added | Pete L. Clark | @Deane: +1. Could you elaborate on 1)? For instance, does this remain true even if you are willing to consider being hired without immediate tenure? | |
| Jan 2, 2011 at 20:19 | comment | added | Joseph O'Rourke | Sage and prudent advice! | |
| Jan 2, 2011 at 19:25 | history | edited | Deane Yang | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
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| Jan 2, 2011 at 15:24 | history | answered | Deane Yang | CC BY-SA 2.5 |