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Negotiating the Spousal Hire

By Karen Kelsky | December 15, 2011

[This post is based on parts of last week's post "How To Negotiate Your Tenure Track Offer." Since some readers focused on the spousal issue may have missed that post, I am publishing this under this new title here.  I welcome comments on any aspect … [Read more...] about Negotiating the Spousal Hire

Filed Under: Landing Your Tenure Track Job, Negotiating Offers, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Tenure--How To Get It, Yes, You Can: Women in Academia Tagged With: getting a spousal offer, spousal hiring, spousal positions in academia, the spousal hire, the two-body problem

This Christmas, Don’t Be Cheap

By Karen Kelsky | December 13, 2011

Regular readers of The Professor Is In know that I espouse as the cardinal rule of job document writing the rule of Show, Don’t Tell. Job documents should not make claims about your feelings or your wants or your beliefs (“I am passionate about … [Read more...] about This Christmas, Don’t Be Cheap

Filed Under: How To Write Academic Job Cover Letters, Major Job Market Mistakes, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Teaching and Research Statements

How To Write a Course Proposal for a Job/Postdoc App

By Karen Kelsky | December 2, 2011

Today's post is a Special Request post for a reader who wishes to know how to construct a course proposal for a job application. This is an element of the job application that, I expect, will tolerate a lot of variability. So I offer the following … [Read more...] about How To Write a Course Proposal for a Job/Postdoc App

Filed Under: Landing Your Tenure Track Job, Strategizing Your Success in Academia Tagged With: course proposal guidelines, How to write a course proposal, Sample syllabus for job

The #Facepalm Fails of the Academic Interview

By Karen Kelsky | November 29, 2011

It's crazy, crazy times around here at The Professor Is In just now. I (oh so foolishly) thought we were through the crush as of Nov. 15, only to find that Dec. 1 looms even larger..... I'm racing like a busy little hamster to get final comments and … [Read more...] about The #Facepalm Fails of the Academic Interview

Filed Under: How to Interview, Landing Your Tenure Track Job, Major Job Market Mistakes

You’re From Penn State. Now What? (A Special Request Post)

By Karen Kelsky | November 17, 2011

Today's post is a Special Request post for a grad student (ABD) from Penn State who wrote on email to say:   "I went to a small conference last weekend and as soon as people found out I was from Penn State the conversation was redirected to the … [Read more...] about You’re From Penn State. Now What? (A Special Request Post)

Filed Under: How to Interview, Landing Your Tenure Track Job, Strategizing Your Success in Academia Tagged With: how to talk about penn state, penn state graduate student

How To Pack and Dress For Your Campus Visit (Inc. Cold-Weather Tips)

By Karen Kelsky | November 15, 2011

In response to pleas from clients with campus visit invitations, I am devoting the post today to a quick discussion of how to dress for campus visits , particularly in the cold weather. This post is for women (who present as women), since everyone … [Read more...] about How To Pack and Dress For Your Campus Visit (Inc. Cold-Weather Tips)

Filed Under: How to Interview, Landing Your Tenure Track Job, The Campus Visit, What Not To Wear Tagged With: campus visit advice, handling the campus visit, how to act on campus visits, how to dress for campus visit, how to dress for the fly-out

What UK/Commonwealth-Trained Candidates Are Doing Wrong on the U.S. Job Market (And some c.v. advice for everyone)

By Karen Kelsky | November 13, 2011

[sorry for the inconsistent fonts in this post.  I am trying to correct.  It's really hard in the theme that I use, and involves html.] One of the unexpected pleasures of being The Professor is the opportunity it's given me to work closely with … [Read more...] about What UK/Commonwealth-Trained Candidates Are Doing Wrong on the U.S. Job Market (And some c.v. advice for everyone)

Filed Under: How To Write Academic Job Cover Letters, How To Write CVs, Landing Your Tenure Track Job, Major Job Market Mistakes, Strategizing Your Success in Academia Tagged With: how to write a c.v., International candidates on the U.S. job market, What should a c.v. look like?

Dealing With the Informal Conference “Chat”

By Karen Kelsky | November 9, 2011

Today's post is a Special Request Post for Cynthia, who wishes to know how she should deal with an invitation from a search committee member to meet and “chat” informally at an upcoming conference. These invitations are evil. Search committees … [Read more...] about Dealing With the Informal Conference “Chat”

Filed Under: How To Do Conferences, How to Interview, Major Job Market Mistakes, Strategizing Your Success in Academia

How To Dress for an Interview as a Butch Dyke

By Karen Kelsky | November 7, 2011

[Updated Sept 2021] Today’s post is a Special Request post for Digger, who asks, “how is a butch dyke to dress for a conference or campus interview?”  She goes on, “I recently tried to girl-up my wardrobe, and it was pretty much a disaster … [Read more...] about How To Dress for an Interview as a Butch Dyke

Filed Under: How To Do Conferences, How to Interview, Intersectional Analyses, Landing Your Tenure Track Job, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, The Campus Visit, What Not To Wear, Yes, You Can: Women in Academia

The Campus Visit, Part 1: Search Committee Interview

By Karen Kelsky | November 4, 2011

[This post is excerpted from the Professor's Guide to Taming the Academic Job Market, available at The Prof Shop.] I will address some specific questions to expect in the search committee interview below. Before that, however, I wish to emphasize … [Read more...] about The Campus Visit, Part 1: Search Committee Interview

Filed Under: How to Interview, Landing Your Tenure Track Job, The Campus Visit Tagged With: campus visit interview questions, handling the campus visit, the search committee interview, what happens on a campus visit

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