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Major Job Market Mistakes

How to Present Effectively

By Karen Kelsky | January 7, 2017

A few weeks ago I had the marvelous good fortune to participate in the Legacy Heritage workshop, a professional development workshop for a select group of Ph.D. students sponsored by the Association for Jewish Studies, and held immediately following … [Read more...] about How to Present Effectively

Filed Under: How to Interview, Landing Your Tenure Track Job, Major Job Market Mistakes, The Campus Visit

Why Your Job Talk Sucks

By Kel Weinhold | November 28, 2016

by Kel Weinhold, TPII coach and master of our live Skype Job Talk Strategy sessions. It is that time of year again. The job applications of August and September are resulting in campus visits in November, which for the Professor is In means a … [Read more...] about Why Your Job Talk Sucks

Filed Under: Landing Your Tenure Track Job, Major Job Market Mistakes, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, The Campus Visit

Asking to Speak to Other People of Color on a Campus Visit

By Karen Kelsky | October 31, 2016

Today's post is adapted from an email followup from a client, who wanted to report back to me her experience as a black female job candidate on a campus visit.  In a webinar this client had asked whether or not it was a good idea to ask the search … [Read more...] about Asking to Speak to Other People of Color on a Campus Visit

Filed Under: Advising Advice, Intersectional Analyses, Landing Your Tenure Track Job, Major Job Market Mistakes, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Surviving Assistant Professorhood, The Campus Visit, Yes, You Can: Women in Academia

“My Family Lives In Driving Distance” – Or Not

By Karen Kelsky | October 17, 2016

For Fall 2016 I am reposting the top 25 posts on academic job applications. In the past month a client wrote in his tailoring section that he was excited to apply to a position at the University of Chicago, because his "family lives in driving … [Read more...] about “My Family Lives In Driving Distance” – Or Not

Filed Under: How To Write Academic Job Cover Letters, Major Job Market Mistakes, Promote Yourself!, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Writing

“I’m the Ideal Candidate for Your Position!”

By Karen Kelsky | October 17, 2016

During Fall 2016 I am reposting the top 25 blog posts about the academic job market.  Today's post is yet another post on job letters. This one is on that object of contention: the fit sentence. You know the one---it's the sentence that says, … [Read more...] about “I’m the Ideal Candidate for Your Position!”

Filed Under: How To Write Academic Job Cover Letters, Landing Your Tenure Track Job, Major Job Market Mistakes, Strategizing Your Success in Academia

Banish These Words, 2016 Edition

By Karen Kelsky | October 7, 2016

Every season I note a new batch of trite, overused words cropping up in job and grant documents. I've already written about some of the most critical to banish from your vocabulary here, and here. Here is the newest set of words that need to go. The … [Read more...] about Banish These Words, 2016 Edition

Filed Under: How To Write Academic Job Cover Letters, How To Write CVs, Landing Your Tenure Track Job, Major Job Market Mistakes, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Writing

#JobMarketRitual – Guest Post by Kellee Weinhold

By Kel Weinhold | September 23, 2016

by Kellee Weinhold, TPII Productivity Coach and Interview Intervention Coach One of the remnants of my life as a journalism professor is attending to the success and failure of advertising campaigns. I wasn’t in the field of advertising, but many … [Read more...] about #JobMarketRitual – Guest Post by Kellee Weinhold

Filed Under: Advising Advice, Alt-University Critique, Landing Your Tenure Track Job, Major Job Market Mistakes, Work/Life Balance in Academia, Yes, You Can: Women in Academia

Dr. Karen’s Rules of the Research Statement

By Karen Kelsky | September 16, 2016

We've looked at the Cover Letter and the CV  and the Teaching Statement.  Today we look at the Research Statement. An expanded and updated version of this post can now be found in Chapter  27 of my book, The Professor Is In: The … [Read more...] about Dr. Karen’s Rules of the Research Statement

Filed Under: Landing Your Tenure Track Job, Major Job Market Mistakes, Teaching and Research Statements Tagged With: how to write a research statement

The Dreaded Teaching Statement: Eight Pitfalls

By Karen Kelsky | September 12, 2016

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

Filed Under: Major Job Market Mistakes, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Teaching and Research Statements, Teaching Portfolios

How to Write a Recommendation Letter

By Karen Kelsky | September 7, 2016

The wonderful Shit Academic Say (@AcademicsSay) retweeted a hilarious parody of American vs. British recommendation letters this week. (December 8, 2016) It's so painfully accurate that it immediately brought back traumatic memories of my … [Read more...] about How to Write a Recommendation Letter

Filed Under: Bad Advisors and Good Mentors, Graduate Student Concerns, How To Choose and Manage Recommenders, Landing Your Tenure Track Job, Major Job Market Mistakes, Promote Yourself!, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Writing Tagged With: How to write a recommendation letter

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