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You Belong

By Kel Weinhold | January 5, 2021

If growing up gender queer and working class in a small town taught me anything, it was how much “no” can shape your understanding of the world and your relationship to it.. “No, you can’t wear that.” “No, you can’t play football.” “No, you can’t … [Read more...] about You Belong

Filed Under: Productivity, Shame, Stop.Acting.Like.A.Grad.Student, Unstuck, Work/Life Balance in Academia

#Dispatches From the Front: What Candidates Are Doing Wrong, Part I of III: “Do Your Homework, Please. PLEASE.”

By Karen Kelsky | January 27, 2020

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.”

Filed Under: Dispatches, Landing Your Tenure Track Job, Major Job Market Mistakes, Stop.Acting.Like.A.Grad.Student, Strategizing Your Success in Academia

Surviving Your First Conference: Tips for Anxious Newbies

By Karen Kelsky | January 9, 2020

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

Filed Under: Graduate Student Concerns, How To Do Conferences, Stop.Acting.Like.A.Grad.Student

Recovering My Creativity Through Unstuck – Guest Post by Dr. Verena Hutter

By Karen Kelsky | July 20, 2018

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

Filed Under: Productivity, Stop.Acting.Like.A.Grad.Student, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Unstuck, Work/Life Balance in Academia

Sad Thursdays: The Student Perspective on Academic Hiring Practices (in Anthropological Archaeology)

By Karen Kelsky | March 23, 2018

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)

Filed Under: Advising Advice, Bad Advisors and Good Mentors, Landing Your Tenure Track Job, Stop.Acting.Like.A.Grad.Student, Strategizing Your Success in Academia

Negotiating As Therapy

By Karen Kelsky | March 16, 2018

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

Filed Under: Intersectional Analyses, Negotiating Offers, Promote Yourself!, Shame, Stop.Acting.Like.A.Grad.Student, Strategizing Your Success in Academia

Know These Things Before Negotiating

By Karen Kelsky | February 9, 2018

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

Filed Under: Landing Your Tenure Track Job, Major Job Market Mistakes, Negotiating Offers, Promote Yourself!, Stop.Acting.Like.A.Grad.Student, Strategizing Your Success in Academia

Academia as Identity – a UK/US Comparison

By Karen Kelsky | May 26, 2017

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

Filed Under: Advising Advice, Alt-University Critique, Bad Advisors and Good Mentors, Quitting--An Excellent Option, Stop.Acting.Like.A.Grad.Student, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Work/Life Balance in Academia

Say Thank You!

By Karen Kelsky | March 26, 2017

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!

Filed Under: How to Interview, Stop.Acting.Like.A.Grad.Student, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, The Campus Visit

Why Your Job Cover Letter Sucks (and what you can do to fix it)

By Karen Kelsky | August 26, 2016

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)

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