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Category Archives: Postdoc Issues
List Addiction, Cont’d: The Dyad
List addiction is an epidemic among academic writers. I have a blog post about the subject (which I knew nothing about prior to my work in TPII), and I refer at least 50% of clients to that blog post at … Continue reading
How-To(sday): The Ten Commandments of Going on the Market as ABD
Dr. Karen is on vacation in Italy July 2012. During that time she is re-posting older blog posts her regular Tuesday and Thursday posting days. She’ll recommence new posting some time in August. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (Tuesday Post Category–Strategizing Your Success in … Continue reading
Posted in How To Write Academic Job Cover Letters, Landing Your Tenure Track Job, Major Job Market Mistakes, Postdoc Issues, Stop.Acting.Like.A.Grad.Student
Tagged ABD job search, ABD seeking jobs in humanities, Can I get a job before I defend?, Going on the market as an ABD, How to go on the market as an ABD
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Is Your Writing Better Than Waffles?
Dr. Karen is on vacation in Italy the month of July, 2012. She is re-posting older posts during that time; she’ll resume new posts some time in August. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Last week, I was working on a client’s materials. We were … Continue reading
Posted in How to Get Grants and Fellowships, How To Write Academic Job Cover Letters, Major Job Market Mistakes, Postdoc Issues, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Tenure--How To Get It, Writing Instrumentally, Yes, You Can: Women in Academia
Tagged best writing tips, grant writing strategies, key to good writing
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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
The Postdoc App: How It’s Different and Why
It has come to my attention that many junior people do not have a clear picture in their minds of the requirements of a postdoc application. Some treat it too much like the job application. And some treat it too … Continue reading
