We continue in our series of interview-focused posts by Kellee Weinhold, the master of Interview Interventions, Job Talk Interventions, and Campus Visit Interventions here at TPII. ~~~~~~~~~~ Several years ago, at a Yom Kippur break fast with a group of … Continue reading
In my two+ gratifying and enjoyable years of writing for Chronicle Vitae, I’ve only had one column rejected by them, and it is this one, which I submitted late in December as an end-of-year compendium of all my columns, organized … Continue reading
The book inches closer to actually existing in the material world (August 4)! It has gotten some lovely blurbs by amazing people, like this one by the inimitable Rebecca Schuman: “If you would like your academic career to begin in … Continue reading
Today I share some remarks by a tenured client, who just completed a search at her department, and wrote to tell me about it: “We just finished doing a job search here and an offer has been made. I wanted … Continue reading
Love the blog? Now get it in handy book form–only $11.40! Available for pre-order now–comes out August 4! Buy it at all these places! It also makes a great gift for all those struggling grad students in your life! For … Continue reading
This is a guest post by a tenured reader at a mid-tier public university. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you been invited for a campus visit, congratulations. This means that you are part of an elite group of 5 or so who have … Continue reading
About twice a year I use the Friday blog post to tell you about services and events. Today is that day for 2014, as we transition from the season of initial review, into the season of interviews, campus visits, and … Continue reading
This post was previously published ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Today’s post is another response to pleas from clients and strangers, this time to cover the proper comportment for a campus visit. I feel like I’ve already talked about some of the nuts and … Continue reading
I just accepted my dream academic position at a research-intensive university, with only two years before I can go up for tenure (they’re counting my whole publication record, including articles published while at my first T-T position). I’m absolutely thrilled. … Continue reading
Today I want to answer an urgent query from readers that I am asked at least once a week, about the etiquette of thanking a department that has hosted you on a campus visit. And then tell you about three … Continue reading