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The UK Job Market, Part III: “I Beg Your Pardon, But May I Have This Job?” (The Winning Cover Letter)

By Karen Kelsky | November 3, 2017

By Alice Kelly, Ph.D. Alice Kelly is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Oxford. She completed her PhD in English at Cambridge in 2014, with a year as a Fox Fellow at Yale, and before that she studied at Sussex, Reed College … [Read more...] about The UK Job Market, Part III: “I Beg Your Pardon, But May I Have This Job?” (The Winning Cover Letter)

Filed Under: How To Write Academic Job Cover Letters, International Perspectives, Landing Your Tenure Track Job, Major Job Market Mistakes, Strategizing Your Success in Academia

The Genuine Job Search (Out-Ac post by Karen Cardozo)

By Karen Kelsky | November 25, 2015

by Karen Cardozo If you’ve been following my posts, you know that I am a major proponent of a both/and approach. This proclivity emerges in my bio as an interdisciplinary or, more precisely, an undisciplined scholar: through years of academic … [Read more...] about The Genuine Job Search (Out-Ac post by Karen Cardozo)

Filed Under: Post-Ac Free-Lancing and Small Business, Post-Ac Job Search, Quitting--An Excellent Option, Work/Life Balance in Academia, Yes, You Can: Women in Academia

How to Apply for a Dean Position (A Guest Post in the form of an interview)

By Karen Kelsky | March 5, 2015

The writer of this post is dean at a public liberal-arts-and-science college in the Midwest. S/he has spent a career in public higher education at comprehensive and baccalaureate campuses in a number of instructional and administrative … [Read more...] about How to Apply for a Dean Position (A Guest Post in the form of an interview)

Filed Under: Academic Job Search, How to Interview, How To Write Academic Job Cover Letters, How To Write CVs, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Your Second and Third Jobs

EnGendering Confidence: Part 3 (Cardozo #Postac Post)

By Karen Kelsky | March 2, 2015

by Karen Carodozo My last post discussed the socially constructed and gendered Confidence Trouble that many women experience, largely from a disinclination to take risks and a fear of being disliked.  Following on this, Kay and Shipman note the … [Read more...] about EnGendering Confidence: Part 3 (Cardozo #Postac Post)

Filed Under: Post-Ac Job Search, Quitting--An Excellent Option, Strategizing Your Success in Academia

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One on One. Face to Face. ~~~~~~ Like you, we have faced the gauntlet of stressful academic social interactions: the preparation insecurity of the Skype interview; the performance anxiety of the campus visit; the abject terror of the … [Read more...] about Virtual Intervention Services

Finding Inner Conviction – Part I of 3 (Cardozo)

By Karen Kelsky | July 29, 2014

Dr. Karen Cardozo offers a 3-part series on developing new ways to "track" unexpected opportunities as you pursue your post-ac transition.  She draws from the work of Martha Beck, which I also love. I know this kind of wooey Oprah-talk will alienate … [Read more...] about Finding Inner Conviction – Part I of 3 (Cardozo)

Filed Under: Alt-University Critique, Post-Ac Job Search, Shame, Strategizing Your Success in Academia

Rocking the Phone/Skype Interview

By Karen Kelsky | October 31, 2011

A number of clients have asked me for a post on phone and Skype interviews, and I'm happy to oblige. There are some tricks of the trade for this kind of interview that can very helpful to know. Now, the standard preparation for interviews of … [Read more...] about Rocking the Phone/Skype Interview

Filed Under: How to Interview, Landing Your Tenure Track Job, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, What Not To Wear

Here’s What Goes in Your Tenure Portfolio–A Special Request Post

By Karen Kelsky | July 21, 2011

(Thursday Post Category---Here's How You Get Tenure) This is a Special Request Post for Joan.  She wishes to know how to create a tenure portfolio. While every tenure process differs slightly by campus, and you should confirm all expectations with … [Read more...] about Here’s What Goes in Your Tenure Portfolio–A Special Request Post

Filed Under: How To Build Your Tenure File, Landing Your Tenure Track Job, Tenure--How To Get It Tagged With: Assembling a tenure file, how to get tenure, How to make a tenure dossier, I'm coming up for tenure what do i do, What do i put in my tenure file, What is needed for tenure, What's in a tenure dossier, What's in a tenure portfolio

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