http://chronicle.com/section/Manage-Your-Career/67/ Advice :: Manage Your Career Sat, 18 Feb 2012 16:44:01 EST http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/130717/ http://chronicle.com/article/The-Next-Step-for-Female/130717/ Research careers would be possible for more women if federal agencies and universities agreed on a common baseline of benefits.

]]> Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:00:00 EST http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/130672/ http://chronicle.com/article/So-You-Want-to-Examine-Your/130672/ The official figures are usually correct; what you need to be wary of is the words and labels attached to those numbers.

]]> Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:00:00 EST http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/130649/ http://chronicle.com/article/Good-Deeds-That-Are-Most/130649/ Young faculty members who try to help everyone in every way end up hurting their own productivity and careers.

]]> Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:00:00 EST http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/130648/ http://chronicle.com/article/Grand-Applications/130648/ Make like a 19th-century heroine and go after the money.

]]> Sun, 05 Feb 2012 20:00:00 EST http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/130491/ http://chronicle.com/article/What-to-Expect-in-a/130491/ Whether you're seeking a tenure-track job or a nonacademic position, here's what you need to know about those interviews.

]]> Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:00:00 EST http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/130490/ http://chronicle.com/article/Ive-Got-Tenure-How/130490/ What can account for the feelings of despair and apathy that follow this milestone?

]]> Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:00:00 EST http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/130441/ http://chronicle.com/article/Moving-for-All-the-Wrong/130441/ A new Ph.D. worries about her academic career after following her partner overseas.

]]> Thu, 26 Jan 2012 20:00:00 EST http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/130440/ http://chronicle.com/article/A-Book-at-Last/130440/ The unsettling feeling of seeing a book finally published on your dissertation topic.

]]> Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:00:00 EST http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/130392/ http://chronicle.com/article/The-Art-of-Rejection/130392/ Two veterans of the academic job market say that rejection never really gets easier, but it could be handled better.

]]> Sun, 22 Jan 2012 20:00:00 EST http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/130362/ http://chronicle.com/article/Service-With-a-Smile/130362/ The expectations about faculty service are often the most difficult to understand.

]]> Wed, 18 Jan 2012 20:00:00 EST http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/130217/ http://chronicle.com/article/You-Are-Never-a-Sure-Thing/130217/ Sometimes, departmental reviews of an assistant professor's work can be cryptic or misleadingly positive.

]]> Mon, 09 Jan 2012 20:00:00 EST http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/130145/ http://chronicle.com/article/The-Sweet-Spot-of-a/130145/ A Ph.D. who quit a tenure-track job offers a primer on how to get started on finding a new career path outside of academe.

]]> Mon, 02 Jan 2012 20:00:00 EST http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/130106/ http://chronicle.com/article/Dodgy-Definitions-of-Merit/130106/ For part-time faculty members, a merit-raise system doesn't necessarily seem to reward merit in the classroom.

]]> Mon, 19 Dec 2011 20:00:00 EST http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/130079/ http://chronicle.com/article/Developing-Your/130079/ If you're in campus administration, how do you identify options for international travel or employment available to you?

]]> Thu, 15 Dec 2011 20:00:00 EST http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/130047/ http://chronicle.com/article/Here-Im-a-Member-Not-an/130047/ An assistant professor of English who quit her tenure-track job to move abroad chronicles her first term.

]]> Sun, 11 Dec 2011 20:00:00 EST http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/130017/ http://chronicle.com/article/The-Tough-Part-Is-the/130017/ How do you best manage the stress of being on the market, or stuck in a job you don't enjoy?

]]> Thu, 08 Dec 2011 20:00:00 EST http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/129904/ http://chronicle.com/article/Deleting-a-History-From/129904/ An adjunct who gave up a corporate job to pursue a teaching career sees the only downside as financial.

]]> Wed, 30 Nov 2011 20:00:00 EST http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/129903/ http://chronicle.com/article/The-Graduate-Student-as/129903/ Succeeding on the academic market today means stepping outside the traditional boundaries of doctoral work.

]]> Tue, 29 Nov 2011 20:00:00 EST http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/129886/ http://chronicle.com/article/The-Art-of-the-Ask/129886/ Your main goal in asking fellow academics for career help should be making it easy for them to say yes.

]]> Mon, 28 Nov 2011 20:00:00 EST http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/129813/ http://chronicle.com/article/Should-Graduate-Students/129813/ Anonymous blogging about academic life can be therapeutic, but it doesn't help you create a professionial Web-based identity.

]]> Tue, 22 Nov 2011 20:00:00 EST http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/129780/ http://chronicle.com/article/A-Case-of-Mistaken-Diversity/129780/ What should you do if the hiring committee assumes you are something that you're not?

]]> Wed, 16 Nov 2011 20:00:00 EST http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/129739/ http://chronicle.com/article/The-Brave-New-World-of-Job/129739/ An advice columnist goes on the market and discovers that his advice needs tweaking.

]]> Mon, 14 Nov 2011 20:00:00 EST http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/129738/ http://chronicle.com/article/Can-Well-Behaved-Women-Make/129738/ A tenured professor defends her calm, polite response to sexist remarks.

]]> Sun, 13 Nov 2011 20:00:00 EST http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/129639/ http://chronicle.com/article/My-TenureYours/129639/ Turned down for promotion four times, a faculty member finally joins the tenured ranks.

]]> Sun, 06 Nov 2011 20:00:00 EST http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/129443/ http://chronicle.com/article/Pursuing-a-Doctorate-on-the/129443/ A look at the challenges facing student-affairs administrators who seek a Ph.D. while working full time.

]]> Thu, 20 Oct 2011 20:00:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/129409/ http://chronicle.com/article/Getting-Away-From-the-Lab/129409/ Three Ph.D.'s offer advice on how to make the transition away from bench science.

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