<p>I don’t know. This may be incredibly naive, but I doubt there is just a ton of competition for college teaching jobs if you have a Ph.D…anywhere. I see stiff competition if there are fifty to a hundred people applying to one position, but I doubt that’s the rule. </p>
<p>Isn’t the percentage around 1% in this country of people who actually have Ph.D’s? I think stuff like being willing to relocate, being willing to start off with a lower salary, being willing to devote a lot of your free time writing and publishing while teaching, and just being invested in the subject will remedy a lot of this. I think there are a lot of people with a Ph.D who just want to sit back and be given these great jobs. Not to say they aren’t smart enough or wouldn’t make good teachers, but I do think there’s an underlying aspect of entitlement in these people who claim you have to pound the pavement for years before you find a decent teaching job as a Ph.D.</p>