Today I posted the biggest Job Market Digest I've ever put up in the three years I've been posting them. I am so pleased to see how many clients got tenure track and other recurring/full time jobs, both in and out of the academy. Please take a … [Read more...] about No Missed Opportunities on the Campus Visit
Landing Your Tenure Track Job
Five Tips for a Successful Teaching Demonstration (Learned From Failure)
________________________________________________________ I'm delighted to introduce our second guest post on the Teaching Demo by Katherine Dugan. See her first post on the Teaching Demo here. Katherine is now offering individual Teaching … [Read more...] about Five Tips for a Successful Teaching Demonstration (Learned From Failure)
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
How to Present Effectively
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
Why Your Job Talk Sucks
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
Asking to Speak to Other People of Color on a Campus Visit
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
“I’m the Ideal Candidate for Your Position!”
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!”
Banish These Words, 2016 Edition
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
#JobMarketRitual – Guest Post by Kellee Weinhold
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
Dr. Karen’s Rules of the Research Statement
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