Attending Hiring Conference

I am off today to the AALS Hiring Conference, where I am on our appointments committee for the first time. I am anxious to experience things from the other side of the table. And I hope to meet some readers (prawfs and candidates) over the course of the three days.

I have nothing to add to the various advice for candidates that has been floating around the blogs of late, except this: Try to have a little bit of fun with it. After all, you get to spend sessions talking about your scholarship, your teaching interests, and your ideas. Stakes aside, by definition you are getting to talk about something you are interested and enjoy--yourself and your work.

Good luck to all.