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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.
  • Attend every job talk in your department and affiliated departments religiously. It matters not if those talks are in your field or subfield.
  • Take every opportunity available to present your work publicly.
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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.
  • apply annually to present a paper at your national conference
  • Cultivate a letter writer who is not from your Ph.D.-granting institution.
  • Write your dissertation with an eye to the publications that it will become
  • You must publish enough to get a job without prematurely exhausting your supply of material you will need for tenure.
  • Remember that the best dissertation is a finished dissertation.
  • Do what it takes to satisfy your committee and finish.
  • Be the sole instructor of at least one course
  • 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.
  • Rick West on 29 Mar 12
     
    An academic career counselor talks about the job search process
Rick West

The Professor Is In: The Job Talk Q&A | Vitae - 0 views

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job talk job search interviewing

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  • Rick West on 03 Mar 15
     
    This is pretty good advice
Rick West

Why You Can't Find a Full-Time Job, Part 1 - Manage Your Career - The Chronicle of High... - 0 views

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    Reasons why you might get a job even if you think you should have gotten it.
Rick West

My First Semester on the Tenure Track - Do Your Job Better - The Chronicle of Higher Ed... - 0 views

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academia tenure chronicle

shared by Rick West on 11 Jan 13 - No Cached
  • Rick West on 11 Jan 13
     
    This is a pretty accurate description of the difficulties of the beginning of a tenure track job. It does get better!
Rick West

20 things, 20 year olds need to know - 0 views

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job search

shared by Rick West on 29 Jul 13 - No Cached
  • Rick West on 29 Jul 13
     
    good advice for anyone in any kind of job hunt!
Rick West

Being a college professor isn't really a cushy job - Vox - 0 views

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academia IPT520 faculty jobs

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  • Rick West on 26 Apr 14
     
    Hours of a faculty member in higher education. I find this inflated, but maybe this is true for some folks.
Rick West

When It'll Never Be a Good Fit - Manage Your Career - The Chronicle of Higher Education - 0 views

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academia jobsearch job search

shared by Rick West on 08 Aug 11 - No Cached
  • Rick West on 08 Aug 11
     
    Nice insights into the awkwardness of a job interview for academia, and of the importance of finding a good fit.
Rick West

New book on how to navigate an entire academic career | Inside Higher Ed - 0 views

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  • Rick West on 30 Jan 14
     
    preparing for academic jobs
Rick West

Grammar Girl : Advice for New College Grads: How to Find Work as a Freelance ... - 0 views

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grammar girl freelance

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  • Rick West on 25 Jun 14
     
    getting a job as a freelance writer.
Rick West

How to Play Left Field at Job Interviews - Manage Your Career - The Chronicle of Higher... - 0 views

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interviewing

shared by Rick West on 27 Sep 11 - No Cached
  • Rick West on 27 Sep 11
     
    Hopefully nobody gets asked these unethical questions, but here's some guidance on how to handle it if you do. I was asked Mormon-related and large-family-related things, which was awkward.
Rick West

From Scholarly Scaffolding to the 3-Second Rule - On Hiring - The Chronicle of Higher E... - 0 views

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job talk on-campus

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    tips for on-campus interviews.
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