Seen in a tutoring job ad:
"[My son] is a varsity rower, so efficiency and focus matter."
Gotcha... so I'll be efficient and focused for your son but not for other students.
(Newsflash: I'm always focused and efficient, varsity rower or not.)
#JobAd
Pro-tip, from a math tutor:
When you post a tutoring job ad, be as specific as possible with your ad.
Someone posted an ad.
I replied immediately.
They came to me 1.5 hours after their posting with requirements that were not in the original ad.
Did they conceive of those requirements between having posted the and contacting me?
I doubt it.
They just underspecified in the ad, and corrected that when they decided to talk to me.
We could have saved us both some time if the specifications had been clearly laid out in the original ad, because, guess what,? I would have passed.
Their requirements were legitimate, but I just don't work the way they want. I also have to say that if I had known those requirements, I would have asked for more money. It seems to me what they wanted was more a *teacher* than a *tutor*.
So I passed. I was polite. I did not berate them... but I passed on the offer.
Seen in a job ad:
"I'd like a tutor who can help."
(This was the entire ad.)
:catthinking:
It is very important to specify that you'd like a tutor *who can help*. Otherwise, you might get a useless tutor, who just sits there and goes, "bflrpbflrpbflrpbflrpbflrpbflrp..."
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L. Nortmann, A. Reiners and S. Dreizler are advertising 3 PhD positions in Exoplanet Science at @unigoettingen in the fields of exoplanet atmospheres, radial velocity measurements, and astronomical instrumentation.
ad: https://obp.uni-goettingen.de/en-US/Stellen/StellenDruck/76220
application: https://obp.uni-goettingen.de/de-de/OBF/Index/76220
Deadline to apply is 15 January 2026.
The PhD projects are based on high-resolution spectroscopic observations. The exoplanet atmosphere and radial velocity projects will have access to CARMENES and CRIRES+ data and be embedded in preparation for ELT observations. The project on the radial velocity search for exoplanets will be involved in planning and implementation of the Second Earth and MOSES Spectrographs, and in the PLATO Ground-based observing program. The instrumentation project will focus on calibrating the next generation of high-precision radial velocity spectrographs.
#JobAd #PhD #PhDPosition #Goettingen #UniGoettingen #Exoplanets #Spectroscopy #Astrodon #Astronomy #Astrophysics #GetFediHired
Seen in a tutoring job ad:
"Looking for a good tutor [...]"
Thank god you specified that you were looking for a *good* tutor. I'm actually a terrible tutor, so I'm going to take myself out of the running.
:holdthepain:
(For the record, there was no further specification of what "good" means.)
#jobadvertisment:
The Department of History of the University of #Basel offers a 60% postdoctoral position "History of Africa before 1800" to be filled as of February 1st, 2026.
Seen in a tutoring job ad:
"I’m looking for in-person tutoring, and I live in [some place].
Location: Online."
:catthinking:
Maybe this person hasn't gotten the memo that "in-person" is the opposite of "online." In-person means that we meet physically. Online means that we do not.
:holdthepain:
📢Now hiring:independent junior research group leader-Biomechanics🦴💻
The #HumanOrigins Cluster at Uni Tübingen invites applications for a leader in biomechanics.
📝Start: Jan 1, 2026
🗓 Deadline: Sept 10, 2025
Interested? Apply now!
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📢Job Opportunity:independent junior research group leader-Experimental Archaeology 🪨
The Cluster of Excellence #HumanOrigins at Uni Tübingen seeks a researcher in experimental archaeology!
📝Job starts Jan 1, 2026
🗓 Apply by Sept 10, 2025
Apply now!
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You are an expert in ontologies and knowledge graphs? You have an interest (or even better expertise) in materials science engineering? Then you should apply! Open PostDoc/Senior Researcher position at FIZ Karlsruhe ISE Research Team in the Knowledge Graph department. More info at https://www.fiz-karlsruhe.de/en/stellenanzeigen/postdocsenior-researcher-wmx
#joboffer #ontologies #bfo #bfo2020 #pmd #materialsscience #knowledgegraphs #jobad #ontologyengineering #semanticweb #modeling @fizise #materialdigital #nfdimatwerk @fiz_karlsruhe
#JobAd University of Illinois Chicago Professor / AssocDean / Associate University Librarian For Information Services https://uic.csod.com/ux/ats/careersite/1/home/requisition/14934?c=uic&sq=1034572
(this is MPOW) We're finally filling this position. I am not on the search and I am not in the reporting line as currently imagined. I'm happy to meet and answer any questions.
A couple of WI DNR large carnivore technician and research scientist positions open in Rhinelander, WI! Projects include assessing crop damage by bears and wolf collar data analysis. Unfortunately no mention of analyzing hodag data though 😉
More info:
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