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You have a whiteboard, a marker, and an hour to convince a department to hire you. How will you handle it?
Three senior faculty who have been involved in multiple searches and seen numerous chalk talks came together to answer questions about this common interview component. ...
- Not that Kind of Interview: Tales from the Second Visit
After all the applications, the interviews, and the agonizing waiting game, you have been invited for your second interview/visit. Of all the variable processes you have encountered up until this point, this portion is fairly straightforward and fun. These have been our experienc...
- Not that Kind of Candidate: Tales from the Interview Gauntlet
In my last post, I discussed what you can do to prepare for your first interview, but what does the interview entail? Here, I have compiled my experiences, as well as those of my fellow tenure track academic job-seekers. As always, n=me and a few of my friends.
General outline: ...
- What’s a BATNA?
[caption id="attachment_3226" align="alignright" width="199"] Na na na na na na na na na na na na BATNA! It's pretty powerful.[/caption]
If you’re on the job market or about to make a big purchase, you may have heard the term BATNA. It means Best Alternative To Negotiated Agree...
- You Did the Heavy Lifting: Keep a PAR List to Capture Accomplishments
Your skills, accomplishments, and professional style—how you go about getting results—are hard to discern when reduced to a list of degrees, honors, and publications.
If you did the heavy lifting be sure to get the credit. Contributions that aren’t typically captured in your C...
