Job Market Boot Camp (quick links)

Given that job ads for the main academic job season tend to begin posting to PhilJobs in August (and a few jobs have already started to go up), I thought I'd spend this week posting some quick links to some of the Cocoon's various series on job-market tips.

Here's a list of links to the Cocoon's Job Market Boot Camp:

1. Building a Strong, Competitive CV

2. Tailoring your job-market strategy to your situation

3. Writing a good CV

4. Common mistakes with CVs

5. Letters of Recommendation

6. The European job market

7. Job-market consultants

8. Developing coherent research program(s)

9. The Cover Letter

10. The Teaching Statement

11. Common mistakes with teaching statements

12. The Research Statement

13. Common mistakes with research statements

14. How to cultivate a professional online presence

15. When and where to apply for tenure-track jobs

16. Where and When to Apply (Addendum)

17. The Teaching Portfolio

18. Common mistakes with teaching portfolios

19. Writing Samples

20. The Diversity Statement

21. First-round Interviews

22. Zoom & Telephone Interviews

23. The British interview

24. The Campus Visit

25. Teaching demos

26. Negotiating

27. Emotional Maintenance

28. Finding support from a mentor

29. When Spring Term Rolls Around

30. Opting for a non-academic career - when, what and how?

31. Teaching demos

Comments

[Madeline Martin-Seaver]

These posts were super helpful when I was getting going on the market!

[Lu Chen]

This bootcamp seems extremely helpful. I wasn't aware of this when I was on the market. But as I read some of this now, it really covered the ground! For example, one mistake I made in lots of interviews was 'coming cross as a graduate student', which I imagine contributed to sinking my candidacy. (I answered the questions well, I think, but I was very shy and definitely didn't present myself as an equal.) Another mistake is to brag in the documents such as ''this is very interesting/significant because...''

[Marcus Arvan]

Madeline & Lu: Thanks for the kind words - so glad you found the series helpful!