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Category Archives: How To Write CVs
Banish These Words
Do not use the words “unique” or “burgeoning” in any of your job documents. They are painfully overused. The first is just trite. The second is over-dramatic. That is all.
Posted in Graduate Student Concerns, How to Get Grants and Fellowships, How To Write Academic Job Cover Letters, How To Write CVs, Landing Your Tenure Track Job, Major Job Market Mistakes, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Teaching and Research Statements, Teaching Portfolios, Writing Instrumentally
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How to Build Your C.V.
(Wednesday Post Category: Landing Your Tenure-Track Job) Today’s post is another Special Request post, this time for Ana, who had a question about c.v.s. What is the best way to organize and write an academic c.v? she wonders. She … Continue reading
Posted in How To Write CVs, Landing Your Tenure Track Job, Promote Yourself!, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Tenure--How To Get It
Tagged academic c.v., academic record, c.v. or resume, getting a stronger c.v., how do i write a c.v., how to write a c.v., what is the best c.v., writing a c.v.
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Desperation, Addiction, and Your CV
It’s not often that I’m rocked back on my heels by any piece of writing that I see in the Chronicle of Higher Education, but this piece, “Not Quite Bulletproof” is one of those times. It starts out as a … Continue reading
Posted in How To Build Your Tenure File, How To Write CVs, Landing Your Tenure Track Job, Major Job Market Mistakes, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Tenure--How To Get It, Work/Life Balance in Academia
Tagged alcoholic professors, alcoholics and academia, alcoholism on the tenure track
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How Do You Make a “Short” CV?
Today’s post is a simple one, responding to many queries: How do you make a “short CV”? A short, or two-page, CV is often required for grant applications and the like. The point here is to sketch the main highlights … Continue reading
Don’t Get Your Career at Costco
From a reader, on Facebook: “Thank you for the post on The Five Year Plan. “After reading it, I realized that during my years as a tenure-track assistant professor, I went about publishing and doing research, the way I do … Continue reading
Don’t Ask Career Services for Help With Your CV
Of the the 111 posts on The Professor Is In’s blog, which one, do you think, has the most comments? The Six Ways You’re Acting Like a Grad Student (And How That’s Killing You on the Job Market? Dr. Karen’s … Continue reading
Dr. Karen’s Rules of the Academic CV
Today’s post is a long overdue post on CV s. While the CV genre permits a wide range of variation, and there is no consensus on the value or desirability of one particular style, I am going to present a … Continue reading
What Inside Candidates Persist in Doing Wrong
Today’s post looks directly at the question of the inside candidate. It goes without saying that most people on the job market fiercely resent the inside candidate, assuming that he or she has endless advantages over external applicants. I am … Continue reading
What UK/Commonwealth-Trained Candidates Are Doing Wrong on the U.S. Job Market (And some c.v. advice for everyone)
[sorry for the inconsistent fonts in this post. I am trying to correct. It's really hard in the theme that I use, and involves html.] One of the unexpected pleasures of being The Professor is the opportunity it’s given me … Continue reading
Editing Your C.V. and Letter for Teaching/Writing Positions
Today’s post is a Special Request post for a reader who shall remain anonymous. Her question concerns how to tailor her letter and c.v. for different jobs. Here’s the background: She is a Victorian literature specialist and on the job … Continue reading
Posted in How to Interview, How To Write Academic Job Cover Letters, How To Write CVs, Landing Your Tenure Track Job, Major Job Market Mistakes, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Tenure--How To Get It
Tagged applying to generalist positions, applying to Writing positions, how to tailor your job letter, tailoring your c.v., tailoring your letter for a generalist position
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