Job Search Success
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How to Write a Persuasive Cover Letter
Six factors to consider as you begin drafting your application-letter template for the fall faculty-job market. -
For Ph.D.s, a Tandem Job Search Is Increasingly the Norm
What to do, and when, if you are applying for both academic and industry positions.
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Careers on the Staff Track: How to Start a Job Transition
A new series will explore the professional paths and challenges of staff members in higher education. -
How Much Has Faculty Pay Changed Over Time?
See the latest federal data on compensation for all ranks of the profession at thousands of American colleges. -
8 Tips to Improve Your CV
It’s not just a written record of your credentials. It’s an argument in favor of you. Draft it with that in mind.
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Work/Life (Im)Balance
Conceding that work/life balance is a myth, Carolyn Dever offers help for those academics struggling to manage the chaos of work/life imbalance. Video provided by Dever Justice LLC.
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Faculty Resources
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Advice
5 Big-Picture Mistakes New Ph.D.s Make on the Job Market
All sorts of magical thinking can distort the realities of the tenure-track job hunt. -
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Preparation
How to Read a Faculty Job Ad
Here is a primer on the jargon of the academic-job market, aimed at early-career scholars preparing for their search this fall.
Administrative and Staff Resources
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Advice
Reputation Management in an Era of Too Much Information
For academic leaders — especially during a job search — transparency and honesty about your career must rule the day. -
Transparency
Full Disclosure: Being a Leadership Candidate Means Being Candid
Difficult though it may be, disclose what you can, as early as you can, to avoid unpleasant surprises in the hiring process. -
Time for change
Is It Time to Eliminate Recommendation Letters? (Hint: Yes)
This hiring requirement is impeding campus progress on diversity and wasting your time.
Authors to follow
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Denise K. Magner
Denise K. Magner is senior editor of The Chronicle’s advice section, which features articles written by academics for academics on faculty and administrative career issues. -
Kevin Dettmar
Kevin Dettmar is W.M. Keck professor of English and director of the Humanities Studio at Pomona College. His latest book, published in September 2022, is How to Chair a Department. He also writes The Chronicle’s Ask the Chair advice column. More information about chairing is available at his website, kdettmar.com. Send your questions on any aspect of becoming or serving as chair to his email, Facebook, or Twitter. -
Allison M. Vaillancourt
Allison M. Vaillancourt provides organizational consulting services as a vice president and senior consultant in Segal’s organizational effectiveness practice. Prior to joining Segal, she spent three decades as an administrator and faculty member at large public research universities. Browse her previous columns in the Management Corner series on administrative-career issues. She is on Twitter @VaillancourtA. -
Jennifer S. Furlong
Jennifer S. Furlong is director of the office of career planning and professional development at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. Most recently, she served as co-president of the Career Services Association of CUNY and as mid-Atlantic regional director of the Graduate Career Consortium.
