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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

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6 responses to “Job Market Boot Camp (quick links)”

  1. Madeline Martin-Seaver

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

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  2. 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…”

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  3. Marcus Arvan

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

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  4. Anonymous

    It’s a shame these links don’t appear to work on the new site—is there any way to still access the boot camp materials?

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    1. Daniel

      The links are all messed up but if you search “boot camp” via the site search tool you can find them: https://philosopherscocoon.com/?s=boot+camp

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      1. Anonymous

        Ah, fantastic, thanks so much!

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