Today's post is a Special Request post for Jon, who wrote very good-naturedly to ask, “You have much advice for women. Got any male-specific advice for the ABD, on-the-market sort of guy?” Jon went on to ask, “did you ever meet a promising job or … [Read more...] about Women Fail, But Men Bomb: A Special Request Post for Guys on the Market
How to Interview
Is That Your Final Answer? Or, Why Graduate Students Ramble
Graduate students ramble. The question is not, do you ramble. The question is, why. I was on the phone with a client last week, working on interview responses for an upcoming fellowship interview, and for the first time, I understood the answer to … [Read more...] about Is That Your Final Answer? Or, Why Graduate Students Ramble
Interviewing and Confidence
This past week I did a handful of “Interview Bootcamp” sessions with clients, and will soon have many more. People are starting to look ahead hopefully to the pain and the glory of conference interviews and campus visits. And it got me thinking … [Read more...] about Interviewing and Confidence
How Not to F**k Up Your Conference Interview
(Monday Post Category: Getting You Into and Out of Graduate School) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [Today's post is an excerpt from "Taming The Academic Job Market: The Professor's Guide." The Guide is on sale in The … [Read more...] about How Not to F**k Up Your Conference Interview
[UPDATED 2023] What Not to Wear, Assistant Professor Edition: Fashion for the Academic Set
UPDATE OCTOBER 2023 I was sure that I updated this post in about 2019 but I can't find where I did. I know that I absolutely planned to from some years ago because this advice in no way reflects my current opinion about academia and what to wear … [Read more...] about [UPDATED 2023] What Not to Wear, Assistant Professor Edition: Fashion for the Academic Set