Over the years I’ve been shocked at the demands that some applicants have inserted in their cover letters. I’ve seen people with little higher education experience demand senior faculty rank, I’ve grimaced at salary expectations that were completely unrealistic, I’ve flinched at presumptions about outlandish teaching loads, and I’ve chuckled aloud at demands for benefits that would make a corporate executive flinch.
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