Table 1.

Short List From an Assistant Professor Job Search at the University of Virginia.

Current status	Publications	First author
Graduate student 1	8	6
Graduate student 2	10	4
Graduate student 3	5	1
Graduate student 4	4	2
Postdoc 1	35	20
Postdoc 2	7	3
Postdoc 3	8	2
Postdoc 4	6	2
Asst prof 1 (4 years post-PhD)	8	3
Asst prof 2 (4 years post-PhD)	21	12
Asst prof 3 (4 years post-PhD)	16	13
Summary
Min	4	1
Max	35	20
Graduate student mean	7	3
Postdoc mean	14	7
Asst prof mean	15	9

Note: The job search occurred in the 2000s. The original pool contained more than 100 applications. Asst prof = assistant professors.