In our new Dispatches series, we crowdsource responses to questions we see about the academic job market and career. Last week we put out the question: "Search committee members--what mistakes do you see candidates make? What do you wish they … [Read more...] about #Dispatches From the Front: What Candidates Are Doing Wrong, Part I of III: “Do Your Homework, Please. PLEASE.”
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Surviving Your First Conference: Tips for Anxious Newbies
I get a lot of questions about the Academic Conference from junior academics. Conferences are daunting! Even for more senior people. But they are an essential part of your academic career, so the sooner you get comfortable, the better - and honestly … [Read more...] about Surviving Your First Conference: Tips for Anxious Newbies
Recovering My Creativity Through Unstuck – Guest Post by Dr. Verena Hutter
TPII Editor Extraordinaire Dr. Verena Hutter shares her wonderful experience recovering a part of herself she thought was lost, through our Unstuck Productivity Program. In honor of Verena and her pens, we are extending the sign up for the new … [Read more...] about Recovering My Creativity Through Unstuck – Guest Post by Dr. Verena Hutter
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)
Negotiating As Therapy
Negotiating Assistance is some of my favorite work. I love it when clients prevail and get jobs, but mostly what I love is to help them over that final hump of asking for what they deserve, and putting a monetary price tag on their own value. This … [Read more...] about Negotiating As Therapy
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
Academia as Identity – a UK/US Comparison
Kellee and I have done speaking tours in the UK for two years now, and the time we spent there has been immensely valuable for us, in learning what parts of the academic experience are shared between the UK and the US, and what parts diverge. There … [Read more...] about Academia as Identity – a UK/US Comparison
Say Thank You!
Co-authored post by Karen Kelsky and Verena Hutter. We are the point in the cycle where clients are working on Job Talks and Campus Visit Interventions. (And getting offers---be sure and check out the weekly Job Market Digest each Friday on … [Read more...] about Say Thank You!
Why Your Job Cover Letter Sucks (and what you can do to fix it)
An expanded and updated version of this post can now be found in Chapter 22 of my new book, The Professor Is In: The Essential Guide to Turning Your Ph.D. Into a Job. I am keeping a shortened version here, but for the complete discussion … [Read more...] about Why Your Job Cover Letter Sucks (and what you can do to fix it)
Getting Ready for the Job Search
[Sharing this week's Chronicle Vitae column for all of you who are gearing up for the Fall 2016 job market] I’m gearing up to go on the academic job market this fall. What should I do to get ready? I answered a similar question in a semi-facetious … [Read more...] about Getting Ready for the Job Search