The brutal competition for tenure track academic jobs

Yes, it is common for industry jobs to list wish lists of “requirements”, most (or sometimes all) of which are only small preferences. So someone expecting job listing “requirements” to be actual requirements may not apply to a job that they would be considered for.

Of course, the tendency for industry jobs to list “requirements” that are not really requirements encourages job applicants to shotgun resumes and applications everywhere, rather than being more selective about applying only to jobs that look like good matches from the listed “requirements”.

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