Presenting the latest in our series of Job Market Digest-slash-Client/Reader/Listener Joy! Standout line: "you two are absolutely my queer, academia super heroes/ role models." ???????????????????????????????? You might remember, but due to the … [Read more...] about More Reader/Listener/Client Joy!
Academic Job Search
Looking Back on 2020
Hi everyone! It's Karen. Today I'm sharing our first Job Market Digest in a long while. With the trials of 2020 it just never seemed the right time to share achievements... and then I couldn't summon the focus to do it anyway. 2020 was actually … [Read more...] about Looking Back on 2020
The Zoom Teaching Demo: Eight Guideposts
By Katherine Dugan, Ph.D. Professor Katherine (Kate) Dugan is our Professor Is In staff specialist on teaching demos. You can work with her individually on all aspects of your teaching demo, from concept to planning to delivery. Just email us at … [Read more...] about The Zoom Teaching Demo: Eight Guideposts
Leave Now
A follower on Twitter DM-ed me this question today. "As we know the academic job market is a shit show. I would love to see a series of twitter posts or blog posts about what PhDs can do to be ready fro when it picks up. Obviously, people in grad … [Read more...] about Leave Now
Our New Platforms
Some of you may have followed our Facebook hacking incident last week. It was quite traumatizing for us--the Professor Is In FB page (which has over 110,000 followers) and my personal page were both hacked by a bad actor who removed all of us as … [Read more...] about Our New Platforms
#Dispatches From the Front: Even More Advice on Managing Zoom Campus Visits
In our Dispatches series, we crowdsource responses to questions we see about the academic job market and career. Continuing from previous weeks, the question continues: “Help, my campus visit has switched suddenly online. Advice needed: either … [Read more...] about #Dispatches From the Front: Even More Advice on Managing Zoom Campus Visits
#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: Help, My Campus Visit has Gone Online! 1/2
In our Dispatches series, we crowdsource responses to questions we see about the academic job market and career. This week, the question is: “Help, my campus visit has switched suddenly online. Advice needed: either from candidates who have … [Read more...] about #Dispatches: Help, My Campus Visit has Gone Online! 1/2
When I Say to Memorize, What Do I Mean?
Today I clarify the advice that is floating out there in older webinars and blog posts, to "memorize" your interview answers. Kel told me she's seeing people take that way too literally. In this video I explain what I mean. (And also share some … [Read more...] about When I Say to Memorize, What Do I Mean?
“I Ran and Hid From My Computer” – Women and Negotiating Redux
Yet another woman client (this time a senior, tenured scholar) with a tenured offer from a famously wealthy and elite institution, was told by all of her mentors that she was "crazy" for wanting to negotiate the offer, and would risk "alienating … [Read more...] about “I Ran and Hid From My Computer” – Women and Negotiating Redux