Week 5: Research Job Titles This week's action is for those considering leaving the academy. At this stage, it's easy think that you are being strategic when you say things like “I’m open to nonacademic work” or “I’ll look outside the … [Read more...] about 52 Career Actions: Week 5: Research Job Titles
Your Second and Third Jobs
What Is Unmarked Is the Norm – Some Advanced Interview Advice
I was doing an Interview Intervention today with a senior scholar prepping for a Chair interview at an R1 department. I asked a question that is common in Chair/Head interviews, and in this case was clearly signposted in the job ad itself: "what … [Read more...] about What Is Unmarked Is the Norm – Some Advanced Interview Advice
How to Hop From One Tenure Track Job to Another
This is a re-post of an older Chronicle Vitae piece that has been de-activated. All the advice remains relevant. Q: I’m applying for my second tenure-track job. What are things I need to be careful of? Karen: When you have a … [Read more...] about How to Hop From One Tenure Track Job to Another
Offers and Counteroffers
This is a repost of an old Chronicle Vitae piece that has been de-activated. All the advice remains relevant in 2021. Question: I received a tenure-track offer that I’m unsure about taking. I went to my dean and asked if the university … [Read more...] about Offers and Counteroffers
“I Ran and Hid From My Computer” – Women and Negotiating Redux
Yet another woman client (this time a senior, tenured scholar) with a tenured offer from a famously wealthy and elite institution, was told by all of her mentors that she was "crazy" for wanting to negotiate the offer, and would risk "alienating … [Read more...] about “I Ran and Hid From My Computer” – Women and Negotiating Redux
Careering Toward Authenticity – #Postac Post by Karen Cardozo
by Karen Cardozo Here is a sentence I never thought I’d say: I was tenured and promoted (in April 2017, to Associate Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies at the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts). Now, here is another I never … [Read more...] about Careering Toward Authenticity – #Postac Post by Karen Cardozo
How To Apply for Your Second Job
[Updated July 2017.] Today is a Special Request Post for Matt, who wishes to know the ins and outs of applying for a second tenure track job. That is to say, how to apply for a job when you are already in a tenure track position but hope or dream … [Read more...] about How To Apply for Your Second Job
How (Not) to Negotiate a Tenure Track Salary
It's offer season, and negotiations are underway. I have written a lot about negotiating tenure track offers; here are some links: Part VII of my book, on Negotiating OK, Let's Talk About Negotiating Salary Will My Offer Be Rescinded If I … [Read more...] about How (Not) to Negotiate a Tenure Track Salary
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
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