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Previous "P&T Confidential" ColumnsAn inside look at hiring, promotion, and tenure issues P&T Confidential How can you minimize the possibility that your blog or Facebook page might
hurt your career?
P&T Confidential For assistant professors, the most important thing to keep in mind is that
the tenure clock does not stop.
P&T Confidential Before you ride off to martyred glory, consider the good sense of living to
fight another day.
P&T Confidential A request from a campus tenure committee for more information on your case
is not necessarily a sign of trouble, but it is serious business.
P&T Confidential
The best thing you can do for your tenure packet is make it as impressive in
design as in content.
P&T Confidential
What steps can tenure candidates take to increase the odds of a fair
external review?
P&T Confidential
Praise in a letter of recommendation has more impact when it is honest,
detailed, balanced, and on point.
P&T Confidential
In every job search, you run the risk that your candidacy could be derailed
by a reference call.
P&T Confidential
Here are some strategies to lessen the odds that your refusal will be taken as a personal affront.
P&T Confidential
Our students aren't the only ones who could benefit from some
time-management skills.
P&T Confidential
No better preparation for the tenure track exists than a graduate
assistantship; here's how to make the most of it.
P&T Confidential
Whether you are comfortable with the label or not, you are the 'boss,' and you must act like one.
P&T Confidential
In every assistant professor there seems to lurk a Karate Kid seeking a Mr. Miyagi.
P&T Confidential
Failing to seek and keep a good relationship with a mentor during the tenure-track years is a serious mistake.
P&T Confidential
While the demands of tenure should not be minimized, obsessiveness about your career is a mistake, psychologically and practically.
P&T Confidential
Learning how to get the most out of an academic meeting has become an essential skill.
P&T Confidential
For young scholars, the "revise and resubmit" stage of publishing an article is as critical as the initial writing.
P&T Confidential
A fog of doom and gloom will not help you seize the prize, and might even blind you to the best ways to achieve it.
P&T Confidential
For tenure-track professors, knowing how to keep a secret, and when to share one, is getting trickier.
P&T Confidential
A blueprint for rescuing your academic career from the ashes of tenure denial.
P&T Confidential
Before you appeal your case, for the sake of your sanity and your bank account, consider all the reasons why you shouldn't.
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