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Category Archives: Negotiating Offers
Why Have I No Power? Thoughts on Negotiating the Tenure Track Offer
I was working with a Negotiating Assistance client last week, and about halfway through our work, as I said for the fourth time or so, “you can’t really ask for ALL of that; you’ll have to pick and choose,” he … Continue reading
Stop Negotiating Like a Girl
This post comes from an email exchange this week, with a client who is working with me on Negotiating Assistance. Discipline, institution, etc. all excised. She has more than one offer, and drafted an email to her job #1–a R1– … Continue reading
A Letter From a Reader (With Thoughts on What Professors Make)
I am interrupting regularly scheduled programming to share this email I received from a reader this week. I share it for several reasons. The first is as a follow-up to last week’s post, “What’s It Like to Work with the … Continue reading
Job Market Horror Stories, Part I: The Rescinded Offer
This is another guest post by a reader who shall remain anonymous. This reader kindly wrote in response to my request for stories about “rescinded offers.” The stories here are alarming, although in this reader’s case, they have a happy … Continue reading
The Unknown and Unknowable of the Job Market
Today’s post is a guest post from a reader who shall remain anonymous. She shares her experiences with what she calls the “Unknown and Unknowable” aspects of the job search. Her message is invaluable: stay loose, flexible, and open to … Continue reading
Negotiating the Spousal Hire
[This post is based on parts of last week's post "How To Negotiate Your Tenure Track Offer." Since some readers focused on the spousal issue may have missed that post, I am publishing this under this new title here. I … Continue reading
How To Negotiate Your Tenure Track Offer
Today’s post is a Special Request post for Ally and Katy and several other clients and readers who wrote asking for help on negotiating their contract after receiving an offer. I’m happy to oblige, but keep in mind that this … Continue reading
Posted in Landing Your Tenure Track Job, Negotiating Offers, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Yes, You Can: Women in Academia
Tagged how to get a spousal hire, how to negotiate an academic job, negotiating the tenure track offer, spousal hire in the university, the tenure track job offer
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Job Market PTSD
(Thursday Post Category: Here’s How You Get Tenure) Today’s post is another Special Request post, this time coming from Kate, who wrote an eloquent email asking for advice on how to cope with what I will call “Job Market PTSD.” … Continue reading
Posted in Landing Your Tenure Track Job, Mental Illness and Academia, Negotiating Offers, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Surviving Assistant Professorhood, Tenure--How To Get It, Yes, You Can: Women in Academia
Tagged academic job market help, dealing with job market trauma, how to survive the academic job market
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Negotiating Your Tenure-Track Offer(s)
(Wednesday Post Category: Getting Your Tenure-Track Job) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [Today’s post is an excerpt from “Taming The Academic Job Market: The Professor’s Guide.” The Guide is on sale in The Prof Shop. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Congratulations! You did it! You got the tenure … Continue reading
