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<\/a><\/div>\nThis is from the latest Religious Studies News<\/a>; a report showing the precipitous decline in job offerings over the past three years. Positions registered has gone from 152 in 2007, to 107 in 2008 (just after the economic \u201cBush Bubble\u201d burst), down to a mere 40 last year<\/b> \u2013 where I chose to dive in to the job market<\/a>. Or, more honestly, to dip my toes in the Earlier this year I wrote about the dismal job field hitting all sectors of academia, A career in academia in the 21st century, or: job, schmob<\/a>. That post, and this even more dismal news aside, I\u2019m still generally quite optimistic. I\u2019d love to teach at one of those small liberal arts schools on the East coast, and spend some years at a top research institution mentoring the so-called best and brightest (in reality the smart ones who were in the right place at the right time). But with some creativity and flexibility, there are countless opportunities for the academic \u2013 most of them simply outside of academia<\/b>.<\/p>\n Update:<\/b> it\u2019s even more depressing (for some of us) when you look at Buddhism<\/a> as a job category <\/span>here<\/span><\/a>. 0 primary positions, 3 secondary. 28 primary candidates, 46 secondary. \u00a0With zero jobs and 28 candidates\u2026 lets see\u2026 I\u2019ll get back to you on the odds\u2026 Even 3 to 46 is 0.awful. VS the golden age of 2007 (it was probably even more golden in prior years but I don\u2019t have the data at hand) when there were 17 secondary positions to the 35 job-seekers. Odds = good. Seems like more fools are getting degrees in Buddhism while wise institutions are cutting back on jobs. Not a good trend for us fools.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n This is from the latest Religious Studies News; a report showing the precipitous decline in job offerings over the past three years. Positions registered has gone from 152 in 2007, to 107 in 2008 (just after the economic \u201cBush Bubble\u201d burst), down to a mere 40 last year \u2013 where I chose to dive in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":118,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\ntepid<\/s> icy cold waters of the academic job market.<\/p>\n