by Jon Lackman | 22 February 2007 | Career, Conferences
Blogger Franklin Einspruch writes on the CAA job fair: “To Prairie Dog Technical College, thank you for thanking me as I picked my package back up. You showed class. To Dastardly Beaver University, who seemed pained to take it in the first place, I have noted your snotty avoidance of eye contact for future reference … To the University of Wankonopee at Stagnant Water, an interview takes place when you show the slightest interest in my work, not when you arrange a time to sit me down, regale me with tales of the greatness of your program, and invite me to apply for a position there by mail. To the College Art Association staffer who made me hunt down a paper clip to attach a numbered scrap of paper to my application materials before he would allow me to set them down upon his sacred table: I’m a highly trained professional, you’re a poorly trained monkey … You would think that an organization that describes itself as committed to the highest professional and ethical standards of scholarship, creativity, connoisseurship, criticism, and teaching would strive to protect its most financially vulnerable and youngest members, but alas, no.”
