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How and Why to Write Collaboratively: A Guest Post

By Karen Kelsky | December 4, 2012

For the next bit of time I will be posting special guest posts early in the week, in addition to my regular Friday post.  These guest posts are kindly submitted by readers in response to requests that arise on the blog or Facebook page.  I appreciate … [Read more...] about How and Why to Write Collaboratively: A Guest Post

Filed Under: Graduate Student Concerns, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Surviving Assistant Professorhood, Writing, Yes, You Can: Women in Academia, Your Second and Third Jobs

Job Market Horror Stories, Part I: The Rescinded Offer

By Karen Kelsky | January 3, 2012

This is another guest post by a reader who shall remain anonymous.  This reader kindly wrote in response to my request for stories about "rescinded offers."  The stories here are alarming, although in this reader's case, they have a happy … [Read more...] about Job Market Horror Stories, Part I: The Rescinded Offer

Filed Under: How to Interview, Landing Your Tenure Track Job, Major Job Market Mistakes, Negotiating Offers, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, The Campus Visit, Your Second and Third Jobs Tagged With: academic job offers cancelled, how to negotiate academic job offers, rescinded job offers

Why You Need a Second Project. An Urgent #Facepalm Fail Addendum

By Karen Kelsky | December 20, 2011

In the middle of an Interview Bootcamp with a client yesterday, I suddenly realized with a jolt, and to my horror, that I had inexplicably and senselessly forgotten one of the major #Facepalm Fails of the academic interview in my earlier post on that … [Read more...] about Why You Need a Second Project. An Urgent #Facepalm Fail Addendum

Filed Under: Adjunct Issues, How to Interview, How To Write Academic Job Cover Letters, Landing Your Tenure Track Job, Major Job Market Mistakes, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Tenure--How To Get It, Your Second and Third Jobs Tagged With: How to talk about your next project, second academic project, What is your next project?

Job Letter Issues When You’re Beyond the Dissertation

By Karen Kelsky | October 24, 2011

Today’s post is a Special Request post for Amy, who wishes to know how the standard “dissertation” paragraph of the job letter should be adapted when the writer is well beyond dissertation stage. This is a good question!  Applying for jobs … [Read more...] about Job Letter Issues When You’re Beyond the Dissertation

Filed Under: How To Write Academic Job Cover Letters, Landing Your Tenure Track Job, Major Job Market Mistakes, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Your Second and Third Jobs Tagged With: academic job letter mid-career, how to apply when you're advanced scholar, senior scholar job letter

It’s Your Fault. Or, Who Gets Turned Down for Tenure?

By Karen Kelsky | July 14, 2011

(Thursday Post Category:  Here's How You Get Tenure) For this week's "Tenure" post, I was planning to write a post called "Playing the Percentages," about knowing your department's  expectations for your time and effort breakdown as an assistant … [Read more...] about It’s Your Fault. Or, Who Gets Turned Down for Tenure?

Filed Under: How To Build Your Tenure File, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Surviving Assistant Professorhood, Tenure--How To Get It, Your Second and Third Jobs Tagged With: assistant professor advice, department politics, getting help with tenure, How to deal with professors, how to get tenure, junior faculty advice, tenure track help, what is a strong tenure case?

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