Graduate School Is a Means to a Job - Manage Your Career - The Chronicle of Higher Educ... - 0 views
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If offered the option of writing a master's thesis, seriously consider taking it, as it can form the core of your first refereed journal article. Plan out a publishing trajectory to ensure that you have at least one sole-authored refereed journal article before you defend your dissertation.
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Attend every job talk in your department and affiliated departments religiously. It matters not if those talks are in your field or subfield.
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Make your mistakes in graduate school, where the stakes are low, so that you are a master of the podium when the stakes are high.
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You must publish enough to get a job without prematurely exhausting your supply of material you will need for tenure.
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Go on the market while A.B.D. because you want to make your worst mistakes while you still have a year of financial support from your home department. Most people who prevail on the market need at least two years to do so.