A few weeks ago in our job-market discussion thread, some people remarked that the job-market looked pretty bad so far, with fewer jobs this year than last year at the same time. I've been following job listing at PhilJobs and Higher Ed Jobs, and it seems to me that there's been a deluge of jobs posted recently. So, how does the market look on the whole now? Also, which areas seem to be hiring this year? Which areas aren't? I'm curious to hear people's impressions.
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To my mind, in general it feels smaller and sparser than last year's at the moment, although that may well change by December. (Or maybe my impressions are wrong!)
For aesthetics, it's crashed again. But last year was a bumper crop year, so I guess that's to be expected.
Posted by: Michel | 10/10/2019 at 11:29 AM
I agree with Michel about it seeming smaller and sparser than last year's so far.
However, with about 7 jobs that mention a Metaphysics AOS, that's better than usual for metaphysics (or so I recall).
Posted by: applicant | 10/10/2019 at 12:58 PM
It wouldn’t be surprising if things were worse this year. The economy is slowing down. The Fed is lowering rates and announced more money printing the other day. It’s unlikely to be a good year guys! Sorry! Best of luck!
Posted by: Pendaran | 10/10/2019 at 02:16 PM
Applied ethics is doing pretty well - with an emphasis on biomedicine and AI/technology. Philosophy of science is doing pretty well as well
Posted by: Anon | 10/10/2019 at 02:27 PM
Seems much better for metaphysics, and possibly also language?
Still good for ethics, especially applied ethics.
To me at least, last year seemed a bonanza for mind, neuro, and cog sci-related positions. Not so much this year, as far as I can tell.
Posted by: Last year’s stale graduate | 10/10/2019 at 02:42 PM
Whether or not the market is good does not simply depend on how many jobs there are and in what areas, it also depends on how many job candidates there are, in what areas, and how competitive they are. Is it good for ethics? Maybe, but there likely are increasingly more people doing ethics than language or metaphysics (I might be wrong). What you want is be in the niche area that hires proportionally more than others in a given year you're on the market. Those lucky few who chose to work on data ethics a few years ago are having a rather fine year, but that's all very relative.
Posted by: Nicolas | 10/10/2019 at 04:13 PM
I see 7-8 jobs in ancient philosophy. when I was on the market (2016), there were 4-5 jobs, so it seems that the situation is improving
Posted by: someone | 10/10/2019 at 05:27 PM
History of Philosophy/History of Modern/Early Modern have had quite a few postings
Posted by: anon | 10/11/2019 at 10:55 AM