XX possible job opening

[Emil Draitser]

Well put, Sharon. Ours is exactly the case. Alas, shrinking student body
requires fewer teachers with higher qualifications. And, of course, you
begin with an ideal candidate and eventually settle for the one you can
find close enough...

Emil Draitser,
Hunter College

On Sat, 4 Oct 1997, Sharon Campbell Knox wrote:

> Why are high expectations such a problem?  Should the ads run,
> "Person with mediocre command of English and Russian, no particular
> research interests, other Slavic languages not welcome" ?
> Asking for familiarity with Czech is hardly like asking candidates
> to "play the xylophone upside down."  Job ads always, in any field,
> ask for the top possible qualities.  If there aren't people out there
> who  have those qualities ( as all the e-mail hysteria seems to suggest)
> then they'll have to choose from candidates who have SOME of those
> qualities.
>