Sharing another post in our new semi-regular series, "Missives from the Editing Trenches" written by long-time TPII editors. They are the real MVPs, working in the trenches to catch you in all your job document pitfalls -- from the self-deprecating … [Read more...] about How to Turn Your Teaching Duds into Memorable Statements
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The Teaching Demonstration: 3 Goals
by Katherine Dugan Katherine Dugan is an Assistant Professor of Religion at Springfield College in Massachusetts. She earned her PhD in Religious Studies from Northwestern University in 2015 and spent two years on the job market before her current … [Read more...] about The Teaching Demonstration: 3 Goals
The Dreaded Teaching Statement: Eight Pitfalls
We've looked at the Cover Letter and the CV; today we look at the Teaching Statement. An expanded and updated version of this post can now be found in Chapter 25 of my book, The Professor Is In: The Essential Guide to Turning Your Ph.D. Into … [Read more...] about The Dreaded Teaching Statement: Eight Pitfalls
The Teaching-Centric Letter
In response to many requests, I am devoting today's post to the teaching-centric letter. The absence of a post on this subject before now might seem surprising on a blog that purports to cover every aspect of the academic job search. But that … [Read more...] about The Teaching-Centric Letter
Behind The Scenes of a Job Search: Just How Important is Your Teaching? (Guest Post)
This is a Guest Post by a reader who shall remain anonymous. He teaches at a regional state institution. It's the kind of place of which people say, "teaching is what counts." He is here to tell us what just happened, this past fall, in a job … [Read more...] about Behind The Scenes of a Job Search: Just How Important is Your Teaching? (Guest Post)
#Dispatches: Help, My Campus Visit has Gone Online! 2/2
In our Dispatches series, we crowdsource responses to questions we see about the academic job market and career. Continuing from last week, the question is: “Help, my campus visit has switched suddenly online. Advice needed: either from … [Read more...] about #Dispatches: Help, My Campus Visit has Gone Online! 2/2
#Dispatches From the Front: What Candidates Are Doing Wrong, Part I of III: “Do Your Homework, Please. PLEASE.”
In our new Dispatches series, we crowdsource responses to questions we see about the academic job market and career. Last week we put out the question: "Search committee members--what mistakes do you see candidates make? What do you wish they … [Read more...] about #Dispatches From the Front: What Candidates Are Doing Wrong, Part I of III: “Do Your Homework, Please. PLEASE.”
How I Transitioned From the Ph.D. To Secondary Education – by Dr. Rebecca Simon
Dr. Rebecca Simon got in touch to share her story of transitioning from the Ph.D. and academic job search to secondary education teaching. I'm delighted to share a long excerpt from her own blog post here, and encourage you to click through and read … [Read more...] about How I Transitioned From the Ph.D. To Secondary Education – by Dr. Rebecca Simon
The UK Job Market, Part III: “I Beg Your Pardon, But May I Have This Job?” (The Winning Cover Letter)
By Alice Kelly, Ph.D. Alice Kelly is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Oxford. She completed her PhD in English at Cambridge in 2014, with a year as a Fox Fellow at Yale, and before that she studied at Sussex, Reed College … [Read more...] about The UK Job Market, Part III: “I Beg Your Pardon, But May I Have This Job?” (The Winning Cover Letter)
The Genuine Job Search (Out-Ac post by Karen Cardozo)
by Karen Cardozo If you’ve been following my posts, you know that I am a major proponent of a both/and approach. This proclivity emerges in my bio as an interdisciplinary or, more precisely, an undisciplined scholar: through years of academic … [Read more...] about The Genuine Job Search (Out-Ac post by Karen Cardozo)