One of my pet peeves in job documents is when the job candidate coyly gestures toward a research conclusion, without actually coming out and saying what the conclusion is. I have no idea why so many job seekers are so invested in this coyness. The … [Read more...] about The Job Search is Not a Striptease
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No Missed Opportunities on the Campus Visit
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
Schadenfreude: An Interview with Rebecca Schuman
I'm delighted to feature an interview today with Rebecca Schuman, about her new memoir, Schadenfreude, A Love Story: Me, the Germans, and 20 Years of Attempted Transformations, Unfortunate Miscommunications, and Humiliating Situations That Only They … [Read more...] about Schadenfreude: An Interview with Rebecca Schuman
“My Family Lives In Driving Distance” – Or Not
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
How to Write a Recommendation Letter
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
Dr. Karen’s Rules of the Academic CV
Please note this advice is continually checked and updated! Including for COVID. ~~~~~~~~ Today's post is a long overdue post on CVs. While the CV genre permits a wide range of variation, and there is no consensus on the value or desirability of … [Read more...] about Dr. Karen’s Rules of the Academic CV
How To Write A Book Proposal
You all know that the book proposal is the cornerstone to a successful tenure track career in most areas of the humanities and social sciences. Sure, some parts of psychology and economics and other fields are not book-based, but basically, the law … [Read more...] about How To Write A Book Proposal
Why You Need Your Own Academic Website – Guest Post by Adeline Koh
by Adeline Koh The first thing that anyone interested in your work is going to do is to Google you (See Dr. Karen's recent Vitae post on that subject). It’s a hard, bitter truth to accept, but our online presences are increasingly becoming … [Read more...] about Why You Need Your Own Academic Website – Guest Post by Adeline Koh
Why You Need to Know About Social Media Marketing – a #Postac Post
by Jessica Langer Let's get right to the point: social media is one of the biggest growth industries within marketing, communications and their cognate fields. If you have a PhD in the humanities, communications is potentially a natural fit for … [Read more...] about Why You Need to Know About Social Media Marketing – a #Postac Post
How To Pitch Your Book to an Editor at a Conference
This week the Daily Nous website has a marvelous post, Answers From Academic Publishers, devoted to advice on publishing an academic monograph solicited from actual editors from Oxford, Cambridge, MIT, Routledge, and other major presses. It has an … [Read more...] about How To Pitch Your Book to an Editor at a Conference