Presenting Yourself on Paper
Career Talk: The CV Doctor returns (7/29/2005)
Michael Loyd Gray: Too much to ask (4/29/2004)
Heather A. Haas: Teaching and the Butterfly Effect (3/10/2004)
Jane Bast: Making a statement (2/19/2004)
Career Talk: The CV Doctor returns (9/26/2003)
What's your philosophy on teaching, and does it matter? (3/27/2003)
How to write a statement of teaching philosophy (3/27/2003)
Lessons in grantsmanship (1/22/2002)
Career Talk: Am I my vita? (11/8/2002)
Career Talk: The CV Doctor returns (10/11/2002)
Moving Up: Converting a faculty CV to an administrative résumé (9/20/2002)
Mark J. Drozdowski: Evaluating the résumés of fund raisers (7/5/2002)
Beyond the Ivory Tower: What you don't know about cover letters (6/11/2002)
Dana M. Zimbleman: The importance of cover letters in a community-college job search (5/16/2002)
Career Talk: How much should you reveal on your CV? (2/22/2002)
Dennis Baron: To whom it may concern: reading job applications (12/21/2001)
Julie Crosby: Theater of the absurd (11/5/2001)
Career Talk: The CV Doctor (10/31/2001)
Career Talk: The CV Doctor is back (10/12/2001)
Jeffrey Marcus: A teaching statement (10/9/2001)
Academic job searching for dummies (or 10 easy ways to avoid unemployment) (3/16/2001) and Readers tell us their dumbest mistakes on the market (3/16/2001)
Ms. Mentor: A hole in your dossier (3/2/2001)
Career Talk: How to be your own worst enemy on the job market (2/23/2001)
Catalyst: Getting great letters of recommendation (2/2/2001)
Richard H. Dery: Putting yourself in a position to get lucky (12/8/2000)
Career Talk: The C.V. doctor returns (10/20/2000)
Moving Up: How to draft strong cover letters for administrative jobs (5/5/2000)
Career Talk: How to write winning cover letters (4/21/2000)
Catalyst: The basics of science C.V.'s (3/31/2000)
Catalyst: Using cover letters to snag an interview (3/3/2000)
Beyond the Ivory Tower: Recasting yourself for non-academic jobs (2/18/2000)
James M. Lang (Diary #2): Getting to know my future selves (12/10/1999)
Career Talk: From C.V. to résumé (12/3/1999)
Moving Up: How to read a résumé (11/26/1999)
Career Talk: How to show you are a good teacher (11/12/1999)
Moving Up: The worst mistakes you can make (5/28/1999)
Annalee Newitz (Diary #3): A graduate student grapples with the "loneliest hour of the job search" (10/23/1998)
Career Talk: Getting ready to go on the market (10/15/1999)
Career Talk: Rx for C.V.'s (9/17/1999)
A new book explains how to "read" the job market, plus: how to tell how the interview went (3/19/1999)
Moving Up: How to present yourself on paper (10/30/1998)
Ms. Mentor: What to do when you make an egregious error in applying for a job (9/25/1998)
Career Talk: How important are letters of recommendation? (9/18/1998)
Previous articles on:
Adjuncts, part-timers, and temporary employees
Before you go on the job market
Conferences, interviews, and presentations
Help for humanists and social scientists
Hiring trends and the marketplace
Moving to a non-academic career