If you had asked me, prior to my opening of The Professor Is In, what I imagined would be the biggest communicative challenge of young job candidates, I would have said, “being excessively pompous and pretentious.” And I would have been … [Read more...] about Be Professorial
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Pregnant on Your Campus Visit–A Crowdsource Project
Today's post is a Special Request post for a reader who wishes to know how to handle pregnancy and the job search, particularly the campus visit. This is a subject about which I'm not really qualified to write. I was never pregnant while on the job … [Read more...] about Pregnant on Your Campus Visit–A Crowdsource Project
Can I Ask For Feedback After a Rejection?
Yes. Yes you can ask for feedback after a rejection. While I don’t recommend you do this indiscriminately to all jobs to which you applied, if you were invited to a campus visit, then yes, it is in my opinion appropriate to respond to a rejection … [Read more...] about Can I Ask For Feedback After a Rejection?
How Would You Mentor Graduate Students? Another #Facepalm Fail
Today I was doing an interview bootcamp and came upon yet another #Facepalm Fail of the academic interview. The #Facepalm Fail is: “How would you mentor graduate students?” Actually, this might not rise to the level of a full-size #Facepalm Fail, … [Read more...] about How Would You Mentor Graduate Students? Another #Facepalm Fail
The Ins and Outs of a Professional Academic Website (Guest Post)
Today's post comes to us from Roger Whitson of the Digital Scholarship Commons (DiSC) at Emory University. Roger kindly stepped forward when I asked for a guest post on the often asked questions: Should I have a professional academic website? … [Read more...] about The Ins and Outs of a Professional Academic Website (Guest Post)
Two Societies–Separate and Unequal: Thoughts on the TT-NTT Divide
On Tuesday I posted the first of two posts on the New Faculty Majority Summit on Contingent Labor in Higher Education that took place in Washington,DC this past weekend. That post was, as I said then, in a descriptive vein. I promised a second one … [Read more...] about Two Societies–Separate and Unequal: Thoughts on the TT-NTT Divide
Seeing the Invisible Adjunct: Thoughts on the New Faculty Majority Summit
I am the last of the Social Media Team from the New Faculty Majority Summit on Contingent Labor in Higher Education to get up my blog post about the event in DC this past weekend. This first post is in a descriptive vein. My second, on Thursday, … [Read more...] about Seeing the Invisible Adjunct: Thoughts on the New Faculty Majority Summit
Live Post from #NewFac12 National Summit in Washington, DC
Hi folks, I'm on the Social Media team for the New Faculty Majority which has put on the National Summit on Contingent Labor in Higher Ed today in Washington, DC, in conjunction with the AACU meetings. 8:19 AM: I am going to be putting up thoughts … [Read more...] about Live Post from #NewFac12 National Summit in Washington, DC
Supply and Demand on the Academic Job Market: Thoughts on Obsolete Professions
On Tuesday I attended a card-signing event on campus that was the formal launch of the voting process for the University of Oregon faculty union. The faculty union has been a long time coming, and this time it looks like it might actually happen. I … [Read more...] about Supply and Demand on the Academic Job Market: Thoughts on Obsolete Professions
Adjuncting and Stockholm Syndrome
A few weeks ago I found myself in an illuminating exchange with a client. We were “off the clock,” and the dialogue (by skype chat of all things) veered into an interesting and unexpected direction--- the psychological state of people in adjunct … [Read more...] about Adjuncting and Stockholm Syndrome