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Category Archives: Your Second and Third Jobs
How and Why to Write Collaboratively: A Guest Post
For the next bit of time I will be posting special guest posts early in the week, in addition to my regular Friday post. These guest posts are kindly submitted by readers in response to requests that arise on 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Job Market Horror Stories, Part I: The Rescinded Offer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 This reader kindly wrote in response to my request for stories about “rescinded offers.”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
Why You Need a Second Project. An Urgent #Facepalm Fail Addendum
In the middle of an Interview Bootcamp with a client yesterday, I suddenly realized with a jolt, and to my horror, that I had inexplicably and senselessly forgotten one of the major #Facepalm Fails of the academic interview in my … Continue reading
Posted in Adjunct Issues, How to Interview, How To Write Academic Job Cover Letters, Landing Your Tenure Track Job, Major Job Market Mistakes, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Tenure--How To Get It, Your Second and Third Jobs
Tagged How to talk about your next project, second academic project, What is your next project?
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Job Letter Issues When You’re Beyond the Dissertation
Today’s post is a Special Request post for Amy, who wishes to know how the standard “dissertation” paragraph of the job letter should be adapted when the writer is well beyond dissertation stage. This is a good question! Applying for … Continue reading
How To Apply for Your Second Job
Today is a Special Request Post for Matt, who wishes to know the ins and outs of applying for a second tenure track job. That is to say, how to apply for a job when you are already in … Continue reading
It’s Your Fault. Or, Who Gets Turned Down for Tenure?
(Thursday Post Category: Here’s How You Get Tenure) For this week’s “Tenure” post, I was planning to write a post called “Playing the Percentages,” about knowing your department’s expectations for your time and effort breakdown as an assistant professor. The … Continue reading
Posted in How To Build Your Tenure File, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Surviving Assistant Professorhood, Tenure--How To Get It, Your Second and Third Jobs
Tagged assistant professor advice, department politics, getting help with tenure, How to deal with professors, how to get tenure, junior faculty advice, tenure track help, what is a strong tenure case?
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