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Practical guidance for academic job seekers from professional career counselors
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If you are going on the academic job market this fall, keep in mind the hiring season always arrives sooner than expected.
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Does your vita need work? Submit your CV, and it may be selected for an online critique.
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It won't be long before another round of academic hiring gets under way; here's a refresher course for newcomers to the search process and veterans.
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Our columnists offer advice on how to transform a CV into a résumé, how to explain a gap in your work history, and other career questions.
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Our career columnists talk to Ph.D.'s who have successfully made the transition from faculty work to campus administration.
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Here's how to strike a deal in a cordial, realistic manner that won't make them wish they had never offered you the job.
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Anyone who has changed jobs has a distinct story to tell. So if you feel as if you're getting conflicting advice about that, you probably are.
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Should I tell hiring committees about my daughter’s cancer? Our columnists answer readers’ questions.
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If you are job hunting as an assistant professor, what's the best way to explain why you are on the market again?
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Everyone says it's OK to copy the format of a colleague's CV, but it is OK to borrow from her cover letter?
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Newcomers to the academic job market can be confused by the jargon. Here's the third part of our glossary of common terms.
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Does your vita need work? The CV Doctor can help. Submit your CV and it may be selected for an online critique.
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Can an adjunct make the leap to the tenure track, and how? Two graduate-career counselors answer that question and others from our readers.
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Bad things happen to good Ph.D.'s, but the successful ones learn to overcome those challenges and take charge of their own careers.
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Some advice for Ph.D.'s who fear making a move that will take them in the wrong direction -- i.e., off the academic track.
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For Ph.D.'s who can't find, or don't want, a teaching job, but would like a career on a campus, what are the options?
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When you're given an opportunity to quiz your interviewers, the last thing you want to do is draw a blank.
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Two graduate career counselors answer questions from readers about the academic job market.
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A look at how a Ph.D. in the humanities shifted gears to become a graduate-career counselor, and why she was hired.
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Fail to negotiate your first job offer and you risk sacrificing thousands of dollars in potential income.
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A look at how universities and departments can get started providing career services to graduate students.
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Too many doctoral students are ill-prepared to talk about their teaching when it really matters -- in the job interview
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What if you can't count on your supervisor for a good reference? Two graduate career counselors offer their advice on that and other questions from readers.
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Two career counselors offer advice on how to conduct a dual search for both academic and nonacademic positions.
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Two career counselors for graduate students look at all the reasons why your job search this year may have failed.
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You haven't heard back from the committee. So maybe you didn't get the job, but it's just as likely that something else is holding up the search.
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Two graduate career counselors answer questions from Ph.D.'s about the academic job market.
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Two graduate career counselors offer advice on how to transform your CV into a strong résumé.
Career Talk
Two graduate career counselors offer advice on how to transform your CV into a strong résumé.
Career Talk
Two graduate career counselors offer advice on how to transform your CV into a strong résumé.
Career Talk
Two graduate career counselors answer questions from Ph.D.'s about the academic job market.
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A graduate career counselor offers a few dos and don'ts to consider as you prepare to interview for an academic job.
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More and more hiring committees in academe are investigating the backgrounds of candidates. Here's what to expect.
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Readers share their stories about how they got themselves out of a career rut.
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Preparing to go on the market in the fall? Here's some advice from Ph.D.'s who landed jobs this year.
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If your scholarly association holds its annual meeting in the summer, now is the time to start preparing for conference interviews.
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An academic couple who unsuccessfully applied to share a job wonders if that was a strategic mistake.
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Should a tenured professor explain to hiring committees why he is on the job market? Our columnist answers that question and others.
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So, you're unhappy working in academe, but unable to leave? You're not alone.
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If you are pregnant and interviewing for a job, what should you tell potential employers? And when?
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Our experts evaluate the vitas of four faculty-job candidates and an administrator seeking to move up.
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Our experts evaluate the vitas of four faculty-job candidates and an administrator seeking to move up.
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Our experts evaluate the vitas of four faculty-job candidates and an administrator seeking to move up.
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Our experts evaluate the vitas of four faculty-job candidates and an administrator seeking to move up.
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Our experts evaluate the vitas of four faculty-job candidates and an administrator seeking to move up.
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Our experts evaluate the vitas of four faculty-job candidates and an administrator seeking to move up.
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As a new hiring season gets under way, besides preparing your application materials, you need to get emotionally ready.
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For those preparing to go on the job market in the fall, Mary Morris Heiberger and Julia Miller Vick offer a little required reading.
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Newcomers to the academic job market can be confused by the jargon. Here's the sequel to our glossary of common terms.
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Our columnists take a look at the Web pages of academics and offer critiques of what works and what doesn't.
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If your institution doesn't offer formal career counseling for doctoral students, where can you go for help?
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You have a job, but you want another. When should you ask your department head for a recommendation?
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How sincere are job ads about diversity? Mary Morris Heiberger and Julia Miller Vick answer that and other questions from readers.
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Postdocs in the sciences serve as a transition to professional independence. Here's how to survive yours.
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The best way to alleviate the stress of a campus interview is to prepare, prepare, prepare.
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Here's what job candidates should know about how financial trends in academe affect the job market.
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Drafting your CV can sometimes leave you feeling like you're fabricating an identity.
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Our experts evaluate the CVs of three recent Ph.D.'s, a community-college instructor, and an administrator.
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Our experts evaluate the CVs of three recent Ph.D.'s, a community-college instructor, and an administrator.
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Our experts evaluate the CVs of three recent Ph.D.'s, a community-college instructor, and an administrator.
Career Talk
Our experts evaluate the CVs of three recent Ph.D.'s, a community-college instructor, and an administrator.
Career Talk
Our experts evaluate the CVs of three recent Ph.D.'s, a community-college instructor, and an administrator.
Career Talk
Our experts evaluate the CVs of three recent Ph.D.'s, a community-college instructor, and an administrator.
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Our columnists advise readers about dual-career job searches, job hunting from overseas, and other career quandaries.
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With a little foresight, a search committee can avoid unnecessary wear and tear on candidates. Here's how.
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If you're going on the market this fall, it might help to have your own Web page. Here's how to make it a good one.
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If you're thinking about going on the academic job market this fall, here's what you should be doing this summer.
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You may not think you have a network of contacts to rely on in your academic job search, but you do.
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The jargon of the academic job market can be confusing. Here's a glossary of terms you need to know.
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Even in tight financial times, it's possible to negotiate better terms of a job offer.
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How much should you reveal on a vita about your political and academic activism?
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Do I have to return from a sabbatical? Readers get some answers to their career quandaries.
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You've searched for an academic job for three years with no luck. When is it time to move on?
Resources:
Library:
Landing your first job
On the tenure track
Mid-career and on
Administrative careers
Nonacademic careers for
Ph.D.'s
Talk about your career
Elsewhere Online:
University Affairs
gradPsych
Academe