I’ve generated about as much sunshine as I can, and I hope I’ve offered a little useful perspective to folks who are weathering a tough search season. If, however, you watch Rainbow Brite just for cameo appearances by Murky Dismal, here’s an article from The Chronicle of Higher Education for you. (Thanks to my Emory cohort Melissa [...]
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The Academic Job Market: The Dismal Picture
Posted in academia, job market horror! on February 1, 2009 | 12 Comments »
The Academic Job Market: English Search Advice (Part XII)
Posted in job market horror! on January 31, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I think we’ve made it to the end of the job market posts. I planned on typing this one up a little bit later in February, but from the looks of it most of the folks I keep tabs on have packed it in for the year. Kroger also informed me that last week I [...]
The Academic Job Market: English Search Advice (Part XI)
Posted in job market horror! on January 21, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Yes, I’m a filthy liar. Don’t act so surprised. Since the topics have occurred three times in various venues, however, I decided I’d continue my series on the joys of the job market jaunt with two more posts–one on the negotiation process and one on the aftermath. So here we go.
Let me begin by noting [...]
Tiptoe Through the Keywords: A Few Odd Notes on the Academic Job Search
Posted in job market horror! on January 18, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I’ve got a few minutes today, so I thought I’d jot down a few thoughts and responses to the concerns that seem to bring readers to my posts on the academic job search in English. My keyword bin overfloweth.
1. Tattoos? Truth be told, there’s no telling how interviewers might respond to them. I’ve seen quite [...]
The Academic Job Market: English Search Advice (Part X)
Posted in job market horror! on January 8, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I’ve got a little extra time today, so let’s see if I can wrap up this miniseries (give or take an epilogue and/or curtain call). Without further ado: some thoughts on the on-campus research presentation.
1. Wrap up the packages. I’ll refine this first point as we go, but the gist is this: by the time [...]
The Academic Job Market: English Search Advice (Part IX)
Posted in job market horror! on January 6, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I’ve got some sexy syllabi to hammer out, so I’ll jump in with what I hope will be my penultimate post on the English job market. Today’s topic: the teaching presentation.
First, let me break to you the very good news: there are many, many ways to succeed. I’ve sat in on a mess of teaching [...]
The Academic Job Market: English Search Advice (Part VIII)
Posted in job market horror! on January 4, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Allow me to begin with a slap in the face, one that I hope is bracing rather than insulting.
I paid visits to a couple job search blogs and wikis over the weekend, and I came across a recurrent complaint: seekers distressed by the fact that some universities had already made (or planned to make unusually early) contract [...]
The Academic Job Market: English Search Advice (Part VII)
Posted in job market horror! on December 20, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I’m running behind (thank you, Public Works, for your mighty fine job of plowing some roads, ignoring others, neglecting corners, piling snow directly in front of otherwise accessible roads, and otherwise making my trip to the coffee shoppe a zany, madcap adventure!), so let’s jump right in.
By now most folks will have learned their MLA fates. Some [...]
The Academic Job Market: English Search Advice (Part VI)
Posted in job market horror! on November 29, 2008 | 2 Comments »
First, the various and sundry.
The highest score on the Bald Man Compatibility test thus far? 38. By a feller. We call it a bromance, people. It’s like Scrubs, so I’m calling dibs on Sarah Chalke right now.
I also called the nurses’ station in the ICU this morning and learned straight from the Woman in the Know [...]
The Academic Job Market: English Search Advice (Part V)
Posted in job market horror! on November 18, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Today I can offer slightly more assured insight, as we sat down for our hiring committee scrum this morning. As you might expect, I cannot go into great detail, but I can offer you some sense of my own sorting process and discuss the kinds of topics that surfaced in the course of our discussions.
First, the process. [...]
