Hello management colleagues-
> If you are not part of a dual-academic-career couple then you can
> (count yourself lucky? and ) stop reading.
>
My name is Ellen Garbarino and I am a Markeitng professor at the University
of Miami. Your 'listmaster' invited me to extend my posting of this new
email list to the management community. Hope some of you will join us. I
don't imagine the information exchange will be at all field specific.
> As I am sure most of us are aware, given the small number of academic
> jobs, their geographic dispersion and world-wide competition, it is
> especially hard for dual-academic couples to find appointments near
> enough to each other to be a workable long-term solution. I know from
> my own experience how hard it is to find jobs together (we are still
> trying to accomplish this, hint, hint (I am in Marketing and my
> husband is in Economics)). I have recently created an e-mail list to
> act as an online forum to discuss our special concerns. My hope is
> this list might offer a chance for those who have succeeded to share
> how they did it and to help those who are still struggling or are in a
> less than ideal compromise to feel they are not facing this alone.
>
> As a teaser to get you to join the list (I am in Marketing, after
> all), I have put a 'hot tip' about a school that might be receptive to
> hiring academic couples in the first entry of the site. So check out
> the archives.
>
> Possible Issues to Discuss (just some ideas to get us started, other
> issues are welcomed):
>
> - - How can one deal with the fact that not all academic job markets are
> at the same time?
> - - When should we bring up the joint career issue with perspective
> employers?
> - - What are the pros and cons of deciding to be temporarily apart?
> - - What can be done to regain admittance into the "higher tier" schools
> if one has previously made a compromise choice (is that even
> possible?)
> - - What about "visiting" or non-tenure track jobs?
> - - How do kids change these tradeoffs?
> - - What if anything are schools doing to deal with this issue?
>
> The list is set up through a free listserve system called onelist.com
> (Thanks, Rajiv for the tip). All you do is go to their website
> (http://www.onelist.com). The first time you visit you need to sign
> up (don't worry it is free). Just click on the new member box and
> follow the instructions (it is simple, I am no webmaster
> (webmistress?) and I had no problems). Once you have done that you
> need to enroll in the list. The list is under subject area "Family"
> and sub-subject area "Education" (the closest I could find to a
> subject match), the name of the list is "Academic_Couples". Once you
> have signed up you will receive through your regular e-mail any
> communications sent to the list. You can also read the archived
> discussions from the website.
>
> If you have any problems e-mail me directly
> (
egarbari@exchange.sba.miami.edu). I can't guarantee I can fix them
> but I'll be sympathetic and try to help.
>
> You are welcome (and even encouraged) to pass this along to anyone you
> might know who would be interested in participating.
>
> Ellen Garbarino
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