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Category: Job-Market Boot Camp
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Our recent discussions of cover letters and teaching statements got me thinking it might be a good idea to add a few threads to the Cocoon's Job-Market Boot Camp from several years ago. Although that series examined cover letters, teaching statements, teaching portfolios, research statements, CV's, writing samples, and letters of recommendation, I thought it…
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It has been a while since the last installment of our "Job-Market Boot Camp", but given that it is Spring Term and hires are starting to be made, I thought it might be good for a new installment: one focusing on what to do at this point. Obviously, if you have interviews or on-campus visits, you…
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A reader writes in: Coming from the UK system, I found the Job Market Boot Camp series you ran on the Philosophers’ Cocoon very helpful. For a recent job application I was asked to submit a document I hadn’t encountered before: a diversity statement. I was wondering if it might be worth a supplementary entry…
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By Helen De Cruz In this installment of the Boot Camp, I'll discuss how to get support from a mentor, what a mentoring relationship involves, and how one can turn to peers for support. Many readers will already be familiar with formal mentoring programs, such as the Job Candidate Mentoring Program for Women in Philosophy…