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Current MK astronomy job listings are available here. The recent TMT positions are not aimed at India or anywhere in particular, but are certainly being advertised locally:
http://www.maunakeaastronomyjobs.org/searchresults.html
When it comes to observatory jobs and employment, I urge caution and skepticism when reading the opinions of others who have little knowledge or experience of how the observatories work or how they recruit.
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Straight from the Keck director's mouth and from UHH profs. The Inouye effect is starting to hit. That is when his colleagues in Congress start to notice he is gone and he doesn't need that money he used to get. No skin off my nose, I don't work for the state, UHH or the observatories, but stuff is starting to be sliced right and left. Somebody might find out how quick UHH drops programs that don't get funding.
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OK, but people need to separate what the observatories do and what courses UHH offer. The observatories have no control of the latter.
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skepticism when reading the opinions of others who have little knowledge or experience
My "little experience" is that resumes disappear without any followup. If "they" at least explained "why", everyone involved could stop "wasting time" with the "process".
My "opinion" is that HR filters out most resumes before the hiring manager ever sees them, and that "no response" is the best way to avoid any possible lawsuit over "discriminatory hiring practices".
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I hope people will now see why I made my earlier post. The observatories who use RCUH for employment, which is 80% of those based in Hilo, use the following process for recruitment:
1) Advertise the job with the job description listing all the requirements for the job including experience, qualifications and skills required for the position;
2) All completed applications are passed to the observatory where a team of people, including admin, the supervisor of the position and those who will be working with the new hire review the applications score the applicant based on how well their skills, talents, experience and qualifications match the need of the advertised job. We can see the application process in action, so no hiding by HR of any applicants.
3) That team follows all relevant laws and are especially careful to be non-discriminatory - RCUH rules are particularly clear about this. Race, place of residence, marital status, sex etc. are not a part of the scoring system;
4) The top scoring candidates are then given interviews, the team then scores everyone (again using the criteria outlined above and the scores are generated independently by each interviewer) and the top-scoring candidate is offered the position.
5) In rare cases, no one is chosen and the process starts again.
Now, if Kalakoa has evidence of discrimination then he or she has a duty to provide the evidence. I suspect that won't happen and as usual is just trying to bring people and organizations down. That is why you should treat the opinions of people like Kalakoa with caution and is why roughly 50% of the JAC's workforce, for example, is local despite it being an international operation.
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I have to agree with TomK !
I applied for a job there and got a nice letter telling me that another candidate was chosen.They encouraged me to apply for the next job opening .
I did have a telephone interview though.
Maybe your resume needs work.
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A few years ago I also applied for a position at another observatory. I made the shortlist, was interviewed but was not offered the job. I wasn't told why but I certainly didn't start thinking it had anything to do with discrimination. I just assumed their opinion was that I wasn't the best candidate.
(They were wrong by the way!)
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This is refreshing. I was beginning to think of Punanians, especially Lower Punanians, as a bunch of Neo-Luddites.
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kalakoa wrote
"My "opinion" is that HR filters out most resumes before the hiring manager ever sees them, and that "no response" is the best way to avoid any possible lawsuit over "discriminatory hiring practices".
PS. If the only thing an applicant sent in was their resume then it is no surprise they heard nothing. The application process requires a bit more than that. Without evidence of your qualifications it's pretty obvious you aren't going to be considered.
