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=== January 24: Session 3: Navigating the academic job market === '''Readings:''' (finish ''before'' class) * [https://postdocs.yale.edu/sites/default/files/files/Quick%20and%20Painless%20Academic%20Job%20Search%20Guide.pdf The Quick and Relatively Painless Guide to Your Academic Job Search] by Karen Kelsky, published by The Chronicle of Higher Education's Vitae magainze. Curricula vitæ for academic jobs: * [https://canvas.uw.edu/courses/1515043/files?preview=86862921 Chapter 8: CVs] from: Vick, Julia Miller, Jennifer S. Furlong, and Rosanne Lurie. 2016. ''The Academic Job Search Handbook''. Fifth edition. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. Teaching and research Statements for academic jobs: * [https://canvas.uw.edu/courses/1515043/files?preview=86862919 Chapter 10: Additional Application Material] from: Vick, Julia Miller, Jennifer S. Furlong, and Rosanne Lurie. 2016. ''The Academic Job Search Handbook''. Fifth edition. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. Diversity statements for non-academic jobs: * [https://canvas.uw.edu/courses/1515043/files?preview=86863677 Chapter 28: What is a diversity statement anyway?] from: Kelsky, Karen. 2015. ''The Professor Is in: The Essential Guide to Turning Your Ph.D. into a Job''. New York, New York: Crown. I've also put my own job market material online from the 2012-2013 year: * [https://mako.cc/copyrighteous/job-market-materials Overview blog post] * [http://mako.cc/academic/bmh-jobmarket_coverletter.pdf Academic cover letter] (the one I submitted to UW Communication) * [https://mako.cc/academic/bmh-research_statement.pdf Research Statement] * [https://mako.cc/academic/bmh-teaching_statement.pdf Teaching Statement] * [https://mako.cc/academic/bmh-diversity_statement.pdf Diversity Statement] ''Optional readings'' and other resources for the academic job search: * [http://career.berkeley.edu/PhDs/PhDAcademic.stm The Academic Job Search Website at Berkeley] is a good guide * [https://careers.uw.edu/academic-careers/ UW Career Center's page on academic careers] * [https://canvas.uw.edu/courses/1515043/files?preview=86863678 Chapter 22: What's Wrong With Your Cover Letter] from: Kelsky, Karen. 2015. ''The Professor Is in: The Essential Guide to Turning Your Ph.D. into a Job''. New York, New York: Crown. * In general, Kelsky, Parts III and IV are all about this and are incredibly prescriptive. '''Assignment:''' (finish ''before'' class) * Bring in copies of your CV as well as the CV of someone who has recently job you’d like to have. What did you learn by looking at this CV? '''Class Plan:''' * Share-outs & feedback from assignments * Walk through and discussion for next week's assignments
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