Job Seekers, Don't Curb Your Enthusiasm
The Edge for Scholars
For those of you heading on the job market this year, take some advice from Allison M. Vaillancourt, VP of institutional effectiveness and HR at the University of Arizona: This …
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Not that Kind of Applicant Review: Tales of Your Application in the Clutches of a Search Committee
Pipette Protagonist, PhD
Spoiler: It takes forever because search committees are made up of academics.
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The Dirty Truth: Passion Isn't the Only Ingredient for Success
The Edge for Scholars
Although passion is often thought to be a necessary ingredient for success, we all know it’s not the only one. If you’re passionate about handwritten letters, but everyone …
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Exercising Your Professional Brand at Conference Interviews
Rebecca Helton, MA
At Vanderbilt, we’ve been doing a lot with professional branding lately. What you wear, what you do, and how you speak, sit, and walk all say things about you …
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International Postdoc Experience: An Interview with Dr. Brian Mautz
Melissa Krasnove
Doing a postdoc outside the US offers many advantages.
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Not that Kind of Visit: Tales of Preparation for Your First Interview
Pipette Protagonist, PhD
Spoiler: Reduce interview stress through preparation.
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The Benefits of Flying Solo
Cristina Espinosa-Diez, PhD
For the past three years, I went to all the meetings and conferences by myself. Here's why flying solo can be good for you, too.
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If I'm a Minority Recruit, Is It Tacky to Point Out There are No Other Minority Faculty?
Fighty Squirrel, PhD, Awe.Some.
Around the Twitter world today, a kindly trainee had been offered an awesome job (woot!). BUT, and there’s always a but, there were no other minority hires in their …
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Not That Kind of Tale: Roundup for the Academic Job Season
The Edge for Scholars
From the clutches of a search committee to the interview gauntlet, a plethora of protips from Pipette Protagonist.
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What's a BATNA?
The Edge for Scholars
The power of the BATNA is really the power to say no without feeling like you’ve failed.
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