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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

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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