The Philosophers' Cocoon

Thanks to some readers who reached out saying they had trouble finding the Cocoon’s old job-market resource posts from Typepad, I’ve updated all of the links below. Sorry for taking so long. I had intended to do this before the job-market began, but it’s been a tough year.

The Cocoon’s Job Market Boot Camp:

1. Tailoring your job-market strategy to your situation
2. Building a Strong, Competitive CV
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. Diversity Statements
15. Trans/Non-Binary Philosophers on the Academic Job Market: A Resource Guide (2022)
16. Cultivating a professional online presence
17. When and where to apply for tenure-track jobs
18. Where and When to Apply (Addendum)
19. Emotional Maintenance
20. The Teaching Portfolio
21. Writing Samples
22. First-round Interviews
23. Zoom & Telephone Interviews
24. The British interview
25. The Campus Visit
26. Teaching demos
27. Negotiating an offer
28. Finding support from a mentor
29. When Spring Term Rolls Around
30. Opting for a non-academic career – when, what and how?

The Notes From Both Sides of the Market series:

1. Building a strong CV
2. Organizing one’s CV
3. Teaching portfolio dilemmas
4. Making the teaching statement precise
5. Standing out in a crowded field
6. Interpreting interview results
7. Standing out for teaching jobs
8. More on standing out for teaching jobs
9. The elusiveness of “fit”
10. Tenure requirements
11. Tenure requirements & decisionmaking

The Secret Lives of Search Committees series:

1. Top 5 job-market tips
2. How ‘fit’ matters
3. How applications are read
4. How decisions are made
5. Originality
6. AOS and project choices
7. Staleness
8. Job candidate career stage
9. Teaching experience
10. ‘Horse-trading’
11. Online presence
12. Interviews
13. Not acting like a grad student
14. What happens after interviews
15. Teaching dossiers
16. CVs
17. Recommendation letters
18. Job-talks at teaching schools
19. Jobs abroad
20. Campus visits
21. Apply again!

And Tips from Search Committee Members:

1. How search committees read and evaluate CVs
2. How committees read cover letters
3. How committees read research statements
4. How committees read teaching statements
5. How committees evaluate teaching portfolios
6. How committees evaluate diversity statements
7. How committees evaluate writing samples
8. How committees evaluate recommendation letters
9. How committees evaluate candidates in interviews