March 23, 2001

Don't Try This at Your Next Interview

The Chronicle

recently asked users of its Career Network to share the dumbest mistakes they've made during their job searches. Here's what some of them had to say (for more, see http://chronicle.com/jobs/): "The mistake I made was wearing my skirt inside out the day I gave my job talk, but hell, that absent-minded-professor stereotype comes from somewhere. I still got the job, and I've since made tenure, so, I guess it wasn't fatal."

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"When a department chairman

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