TITLE: Universities not listed on mathjobs
QUESTION [6 upvotes]: I am now applying for postdoc positions and faculty positions at teaching colleges, all through mathjobs. I have a location constraint, and so am applying to universities all within a single metropolitan area. There are many colleges and universities in this area, but not all of them have positions listed on mathjobs.org.
If a college has not listed a position, does this mean that they will not hire under any circumstances, or might they be able to hire if given the right opportunity? i.e. is it worth contacting department chairs at these colleges and inquiring? I am graduating from a top school and might perhaps be a "catch" for some of the smaller teaching colleges.

REPLY [2 votes]: As the chair of a math department at a teaching institution (and Hailing is right, we want people who love to teach, but keep in mind we also expect people to be active researchers), I would highly recommend looking everywhere for job postings.  Contacting chairs individually is great too, I can't imagine anyone would mind, and you might get lucky, things come up at the last minute sometimes.  I would suggest email is by far the best way to do that.  Good Luck!