AustLit

'Once upon a time, no one worried over the employability of arts and humanities doctorates. Your PhD in English, History, Philosophy, etc likely guaranteed you an academic job in a major, or less well known, tertiary institution. If you didn’t become permanently employed, it meant you were weird (as some of us arts and humanities graduates are). So, while personality might sway the selection panel in terms of suitability to join an existing team, the qualification was rarely disputed. Back then, a small pool of eminently qualified applicants vied for each job. Those days are gone.' (Introduction)