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
The Campus Visit
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)
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
How Can I Help? Interviews, Campus Visits, and Negotiating edition
I have a lot on my mind right now regarding the impact of Trump on academic life. Kellee and I ran a free Academic Life Under Trump webinar a couple days ago, and it was good to open space for a conversation about the anxieties and uncertainties and … [Read more...] about How Can I Help? Interviews, Campus Visits, and Negotiating edition
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
Don’t Be That Asshole (by Kellee Weinhold)
We continue in our series of interview-focused posts by Kellee Weinhold, the master of Interview Interventions, Job Talk Interventions, and Campus Visit Interventions here at TPII. Several years ago, at a Yom Kippur break fast with a group … [Read more...] about Don’t Be That Asshole (by Kellee Weinhold)
How to Write Your Own Rec. Letter, plus All of my Vitae columns
In my two+ gratifying and enjoyable years of writing for Chronicle Vitae, I've only had one column rejected by them, and it is this one, which I submitted late in December as an end-of-year compendium of all my columns, organized thematically. I … [Read more...] about How to Write Your Own Rec. Letter, plus All of my Vitae columns
Update on My Book: Blurbs, Reviews, and a Promotion
The book inches closer to actually existing in the material world (August 4)! It has gotten some lovely blurbs by amazing people, like this one by the inimitable Rebecca Schuman: “If you would like your academic career to begin in delusion and end … [Read more...] about Update on My Book: Blurbs, Reviews, and a Promotion
What Not To Do at Your Campus Visit
Today I share some remarks by a tenured client, who just completed a search at her department, and wrote to tell me about it: "We just finished doing a job search here and an offer has been made. I wanted to share with you something the last … [Read more...] about What Not To Do at Your Campus Visit