Category: Job-Market Boot Camp
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Apologies for the lengthy pause between the last entry in the Boot Camp and this one. It has been an incredibly busy summer, and truth be told, I've been a bit uncertain about what to say about the final component of the dossier: writing samples. How much can be said about them, after all, that most…
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Sorry for the slow week (on my part) around here: it's been a very hectic summer. In any case, I would like to continue our Job-Market Boot Camp by considering teaching portfolios. We've already talked about teaching statements, and obviously, the teaching statement should be the first page of your portfolio. However, we have not…
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Soon the philosophy job market will be in full swing again. Where and when should you apply for jobs? Only to dream jobs or to anything that moves? Should you wait until your viva (doctoral defense) or can you already apply as an ABD (all but dissertation)? I'll focus on the when and where to…
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Update: broken link fixed! An increasingly important part of being on the market is to create a professional-looking online presence. This post relates my experiences and what others, both job seekers and search committee members have told me. There's a ton of advice on this topic on the Internet, but I would like to focus…