One thing I remember hearing repeatedly when first going on the academic job market is to "not act like a grad student." Having served on three search committees now, this strikes me as important advice. I've not only heard people on search committees say things like, "X comes across as really green. Y comes across…

One thing I've often heard job-candidates wonder about–both in comments sections here and elsewhere–is what they should think if they have interviewed (either by Skype or on-campus) but haven't heard anything. The typical question is something like this: "Am I out of the running if I haven't heard anything after a few weeks?" In today's post,…

In this series, I've tried to convey the "inside story" on various parts of the academic job-market, at least as I've experienced it having served on three search committees. In today's post I am going to focus on flyouts/campus visits. What are search committees looking for? What comes of well? What comes off poorly? And how…