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Category: Tips from Search Committee Members
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The first four posts in this series examined how hiring committees read and evaluate CVs, cover letters, research statements, and teaching statements. In today's post, I'd like to ask search committee members to answer some or all of the following questions about teaching portfolios: Which parts of a teaching portfolio are you the most interested in? What do…
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The first three posts in this series examined how hiring committees read and evaluate CVs, cover letters, and research statements. In today's post, I'd like to ask search committee members to answer some or all of the following questions about teaching statements: How do you read a teaching statement? Which sorts of things in teaching statements tend to…
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The first two posts in this series examined how hiring committees read and evaluate CVs and cover letters. In today's post, I'd like to ask search committee members to answer some or all of the following questions about research statements: How do you read a research statement? Which sorts of things in research statements tend to…
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The first post in this series examined how hiring committees read and evaluate CVs. In today's post, I'd like to ask search committee members to answer some or all of the following questions: How do you read a cover letter? Which things do you lend the most weight to in deciding who to interview? Which…