Category: Mentoring Program

  • [UPDATED: new mentee feedback added on 5/11/2017, job-statistic on 7/11/2017] As readers of the Cocoon may know, Helen De Cruz and I have been running a Job-Market Mentoring Program the last two years. The program's mission is to, "enable job candidates in philosophy who face special challenges, including those with little access to mentoring…to receive advice and…

  • Helen De Cruz and I are happy to announce that, in conjunction with the Job Candidate Mentoring Program for Women in Philosophy (which we are told will begin accepting signups soon!), we have decided to extend the signup deadline for the Cocoon's Job-market Mentoring Program to September 30th. So, if you are a candidate who lacks adequate access to…

  • This is just a quick update on the Cocoon's Job-Market Mentoring Program, as well as an announcement and request [see below]. I am happy to report that since the program's relaunch a little over a week ago, Helen and I have matched seven mentor-mentee pairs. We are currently attempting to make one or two matches per…

  • Helen De Cruz and I are happy to announce this call for signups for our 2016 Job-Market Mentoring Project. Full details are available on the project webpage, and prospective mentors and mentees can now fill out the signup survey here. For those of you not be familiar with the project, its primary aim is to enable job candidates…