by Joe Fruscione After my most recent piece on academic editing, a reader asked a valuable question: Can anyone comment on the fear that establishing a website advertising editing services will negatively affect your chances of getting a … [Read more...] about Framing Your Freelance Experience on the Academic Job Market – Fruscione #postac post
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EnGendering Confidence – Part 1 (Cardozo #postac post)
by Karen Cardozo When people ask what the Alt/Post-Ac consultants do, we usually describe a range of services: self-assessment and job-searching strategies, document generation and editing, mock interviews, etc. Yet the more I work with this … [Read more...] about EnGendering Confidence – Part 1 (Cardozo #postac post)
Taking Baby to Conference: A Crowdsource Project
On Facebook in November, I posted this query: “A reader wonders about taking baby to conference: "I'm particularly interested to know if people (grad students in particular) walked around with their babies or if they kept them hidden away (oy). … [Read more...] about Taking Baby to Conference: A Crowdsource Project
An Inconvenient Truth (A Guest Post)
A reader got in touch to tell me about an infuriating experience at a recent conference. I asked her to write it up as a guest post, and here it is. Professors: stop the madness. Tell graduate students the goddamned truth. Dear Karen, I just … [Read more...] about An Inconvenient Truth (A Guest Post)
Revenue Generating Activities, or, Time IS Money and Don’t Be Afraid to Think of It That Way
By Sarita Jackson As a former tenure track professor, I was often inundated by numerous service requests and invitations to participate in various activities just within the first year alone. However, I realized that I had the power to … [Read more...] about Revenue Generating Activities, or, Time IS Money and Don’t Be Afraid to Think of It That Way
Finding Inner Conviction – Part I of 3 (Cardozo)
Dr. Karen Cardozo offers a 3-part series on developing new ways to "track" unexpected opportunities as you pursue your post-ac transition. She draws from the work of Martha Beck, which I also love. I know this kind of wooey Oprah-talk will alienate … [Read more...] about Finding Inner Conviction – Part I of 3 (Cardozo)
Rape Threats Revisited
Most folks active in the academic blogosphere are aware of the nightmarish situation that developed over the past week around Sarah Kendzior and rape threats she received, and the insanely escalating blizzard of abuse directed at her upon Jacobin … [Read more...] about Rape Threats Revisited
What Do You Like To Do? Polizzi #5
Allessandria originally titled this post, "Who Do You Want to Be?" I have changed the title to "What Do You Like To Do?" I did this because what I've come to understand about the postac job search is that the most important task is to replace your … [Read more...] about What Do You Like To Do? Polizzi #5
What Will You Gain When You Lose? – Langer #2
You know the Special K cereal commercials with the tag line, "What will you gain when you lose?" I actually can't stand those commercials or any advertising that try to glamorize dieting, market thin-centrism, and sell women on some kind of highly … [Read more...] about What Will You Gain When You Lose? – Langer #2
Job Market PTSD
RE-posted from 2011. When this went up the first time, it got very little response. That surprised me. I think this is a real thing. Readers? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Today's post is another Special Request post, this time coming from Kate, who … [Read more...] about Job Market PTSD