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Why Your Job Cover Letter Sucks (and what you can do to fix it)
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For the next few months I will be posting the “best of the best” Professor is in blog posts on the job market, for the benefit of all those girding their loins for the 2013-2014 market.  Today’s post was originally … Continue reading

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The Six Ways You’re Acting Like a Grad Student (And how that’s killing you on the job market)
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For the next few months I will be posting the “best of the best” Professor is in blog posts on the job market, for the benefit of all those girding their loins for the 2013-2014 market. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Today we have … Continue reading

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Job Market PTSD
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(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

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