About the Market
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The Advice Nobody Likes
Teaching part-time is the surest, and sometimes the only, route to a full-time teaching position at a community college.
- Academic Jobs and Unicorns
- The Annual Labor Shortage Hoax
- On the Market in a Recession
- How Academic Finances Affect the Job Market
- Groundhog Day on the Market
Networking
Applying for Jobs
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Managing Your Emotions on the Market
The last thing you want to convey to search committees is desperation or rage.
- When It'll Never Be a Good Fit
- That Crucial First Impression
- Getting Psyched Up for the Market
- E-Application Etiquette
- What Small Colleges Really Want
- Applying for Jobs at Two-Year Colleges
- How to Make Your Application Stand Out
- To Whom It May Concern: Reading Job Applications
- Am I My Vita?
- Just What Is a Dossier?
- What's Your Philosophy on Teaching, and Does it Matter?
- How to Write a Statement of Teaching Philosophy
- Background Checks and Your Job Search
- Next Question?
Great Colleges to Work For
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The CV Doctor
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Job-Seeking Experiences
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Job Searching Abroad
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Conducting the International Job Search
As a Ph.D., your skills are as portable as you want to make them.
- Is There a Perfect Personality for Expatriates?
- A Move Abroad: Travels and Travails
- Case Study: South Korea for Overseas Job Seekers
- Greetings From Cairo
- Going Overseas to Solve Our Two-Body Problem
Interviewing
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How to Play Left Field at Job Interviews
Ways to handle questions and comments that are illegal, unethical, or just plain rude.
- What to Expect in a First-Round Interview
- How Skype Is Changing the Interview Process
- Answering the Illegal Question
- Preparing for Your Interview
- The First Interview
- What Should You Wear?
- The Community-College Interview
- The Community-College Interview: What Not to Do
- How to Stand Out in Your Interview
- The Campus Visit
- Preparing for the Conventions
- Ready for Round 2
- Asking the Right Questions
- The Academic Job Interview Revisited
- First-Interview Jitters
- 9 Good Openings
- Preparing for Campus Interviews
The Waiting Game
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Survivor's Guilt
Most struggling Ph.D.'s on the faculty job market aren't "mad as hell," a job candidate writes. They're spent. And scared.
- Free Fall
- Waiting for the Phone to Ring
- The Wait for a Community-College Job Offer
Negotiating
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The Womanly Art of Negotiation
The last thing she wanted to do was negotiate like a girl and accept a low-ball offer.
- Negotiating That First Offer
- A Dean's Take On Salary Negotiation
- Go Ahead, Haggle
- Negotiating a Better Deal
Coping With Rejection
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Why You Didn't Get the Job
Much of what goes on in the hiring process has nothing to do with you personally.
- The Afterlife of Rejection
- Thank You for Your Interest
- Should I Ask Who Was Hired? ... and Other Questions From Readers
- Why Didn't I Get Hired?
- The Rhetoric of Rejection
- It's OK to Say No
- Some Reflection on Rejection
- Lessons in Anger Management
