Normally I put the Job Market Digest on Facebook only, but my wonderful new Executive Assistant, Rain Rue (please say hello to her!) took the trouble of gathering together the outcome emails that had been gathering in the inbox the past few months. … [Read more...] about A Joyful Job Market Digest
Landing Your Tenure Track Job
Productivity Tuesday: It’s Not About Being a “Better” Worker
Testimonials from Unstuck participants: It is no exaggeration to state that Unstuck has changed my academic life. I was ready to leave academia as toxic working practices were taking over, and I had imported self-doubt and anxiety into my writing … [Read more...] about Productivity Tuesday: It’s Not About Being a “Better” Worker
A Personal Note From Karen
I want to offer a personal note. I've had an extraordinarily difficult year. My teenage son has struggled with mental health challenges that have required constant attention as well as constant travel, along with a profound reevaluation of my family … [Read more...] about A Personal Note From Karen
Banish These Words: Sexism and Binarism Edition – Guest Post by Maggie Levantovskaya
By Dr. Maggie Levantovskaya Maggie Levantovskaya is one of our TPII editors, and a writer and adjunct professor based in the Bay Area. Let’s talk about sexist language in job application materials. I read countless cover letters, teaching … [Read more...] about Banish These Words: Sexism and Binarism Edition – Guest Post by Maggie Levantovskaya
Sad Thursdays: The Student Perspective on Academic Hiring Practices (in Anthropological Archaeology)
I am delighted to host this guest post, contributed by the following group of graduate student authors from the Anthropology department at the University of Georgia: K.C. Jones, Travis Jones, Matthew Colvin, Justin Cramb, Katharine Napora, Katherine … [Read more...] about Sad Thursdays: The Student Perspective on Academic Hiring Practices (in Anthropological Archaeology)
Know These Things Before Negotiating
Yesterday I led the first Negotiating webinar of this academic year; I'm already deep in Negotiating Assistance help, which started in earnest in December. Each year that I have offered this help, I've noticed that the timeline of offers has moved … [Read more...] about Know These Things Before Negotiating
How Karen Helped Me Land My Dream Job [A Very Nice Guest Post]
Note from Karen: I am traveling this week on a family matter so will post about the Wall Street Journal coverage of the #MeTooPhD Sexual Harassment in the Academy Survey next week. Today I'm pleased to share this generous guest post by Professor … [Read more...] about How Karen Helped Me Land My Dream Job [A Very Nice Guest Post]
Your Academic Cover Letter: Don’t Fall into the Cliché Trap About Teaching!
By TPII editor extraordinaire, Verena Hutter This is a continuation of our 2017 series on the Academic Cover Letter. Verena is walking us through the paragraphs of the cover letter. Scroll back through the blog over the past 10 weeks or so for … [Read more...] about Your Academic Cover Letter: Don’t Fall into the Cliché Trap About Teaching!
Effective Slides for Your Job Talk and Beyond: 9 Myths To Stop Believing – Guest Post
By Echo Rivera, PhD Independent Research and Evaluation Consultant Owner, Creative Research Communications, LLC Hi! I’m Dr. Echo Rivera. My passion is helping researchers, academics, scientists, and evaluators become effective visual … [Read more...] about Effective Slides for Your Job Talk and Beyond: 9 Myths To Stop Believing – Guest Post
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)