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Category Archives: How To Choose and Manage Recommenders
How to Write a Recommendation Letter
Today’s post is a special request post for all the people who have written in the past few months asking for a post on writing recommendation letters. A few of these folks have been letter-writers, but most of them are … Continue reading
Posted in Bad Advisors and Good Mentors, Graduate Student Concerns, How To Choose and Manage Recommenders, Landing Your Tenure Track Job, Major Job Market Mistakes, Promote Yourself!, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Writing Instrumentally
Tagged How to write a recommendation letter
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The Perils of “Nice,” Cont’d: Recommendation Edition
I got to see a letter of rec this week, and was stunned at the way it sabotaged my client, a SUPERB AND TOTALLY HARD-ASS candidate. It did this apparently from the best of intentions, by burying her achievements … Continue reading
It’s Not About You
Today The Professor continues her mobilization of low brow pop culture references in the service of the scholarly career by bringing to your attention the sentiment, “It’s Not About You.” This is actually another installment in the “Nice Advisor/Worst Advisor” … Continue reading
What To Do Now in Grad School (Special Request Post)
Apologies for missing Tuesday’s post and then delaying on Thursday’s post. I had a family health crisis (thankfully, fully resolved) that kept me away from the computer this week. Today’s post is a Special Request post for K, who asks, … Continue reading
Posted in Bad Advisors and Good Mentors, Graduate Student Concerns, How To Choose and Manage Recommenders, How To Do Conferences, Landing Your Tenure Track Job, Promote Yourself!, Publishing Issues, Strategizing Your Success in Academia
Tagged Grad school strategies for success, Graduate student rules, Graduate student strategies
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Why You Need Recommenders From Outside Your Department
I’ve had a raft of new clients this past couple of weeks seeking my help in strategizing for the Fall 2012 job market. I applaud this foresight and planning, and recommend it to all who know they will be on … Continue reading
Should I Use Interfolio?
Today’s Post is a Special Request post for XXX, who asked the $64,000 question: should I use a dossier service like Interfolio? If I had my druthers, this post would run like my previous one on edited collections—ie, variations on … Continue reading
Posted in How To Choose and Manage Recommenders, Landing Your Tenure Track Job, Major Job Market Mistakes, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Tenure--How To Get It, Yes, You Can: Women in Academia
Tagged Academic recommendation letters, Getting professors to write recommendation letteres, Is interfolio a good idea?, Should I use a dossier service?, Should I use interfolio?
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How to Write an Email to a Potential Ph.D. Advisor/Professor
(Monday Post Category: Getting You Into and Out of Graduate School) One of the most common points of confusion among undergraduates and new graduate students is how to write an email to contact a professor to serve as a potential … Continue reading
Posted in Bad Advisors and Good Mentors, How To Choose and Manage Recommenders, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Writing Instrumentally
Tagged Contacting a professor, How do I find an advisor?, How to contact an advisor, How to write an email to a professor, How to write to a professor, Writing an email to a professor
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Hooray for Elite White Men! External Reviewers for Tenure
(Thursday Post Category: How to Get Tenure) Today let’s talk about your external reviewers for tenure. First, since this blog is new, my credentials. In my 15 years as a faculty member at two major research institutions, I worked on … Continue reading
Posted in How To Build Your Tenure File, How To Choose and Manage Recommenders, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Surviving Assistant Professorhood, Tenure--How To Get It, Yes, You Can: Women in Academia
Tagged gender and tenure, getting help with tenure, how to choose external reviewers for tenure, how to get tenure, tenure is sexist, what are external review letters in tenure?, what is a strong tenure case?, what is an external reviewer?, women and tenure
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