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Also blogging at University Affairs Careers Café- The past and the future in the hiring process January 30, 2012 Jo VanEvery
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Monthly Archives: July 2010
If gremlins show up while you are writing a grant proposal
The most important thing about dealing with gremlins is to remember that they are not you. Thinking of them as gremlins (or monsters, or whatever makes most sense to you) enables you to engage with them — talk to them, disagree with them, negotiate with them, etc.
I know this sounds crazy, but even if you know this is a game and a very silly game at that, it still works. Continue reading
Refinement vs Perfectionism
Shortly after I wrote about dealing with your Inner Perfectionist, I received a newsletter from Cairene MacDonald at Third Hand Works addressing the same issue. Cairene has generously allowed me to share her thoughts here. Refinement serves the work. Refinement … Continue reading
Why are you a professor? (or want to be one)
The other day Alex Sévigny, a professor at McMaster University, posted a wonderful answer to this question on his blog. Wouldn’t it be interesting to read a whole bunch of different answers to this question?
I don’t want to hold up Alex’s answer as the Right answer (or the Wrong answer). His is one answer.
If there is value in asking you to think about, and write about, your answer to this question it is in how that illuminates your answer.
And there may be value in sharing your answers so that you can see how varied the answers are. That your answer is just as Right (or Wrong) as anyone else’s. That there isn’t one way to be a professor. Continue reading
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Is your inner perfectionist making things take longer?
You know I help people with grant proposals, right? Well the most common grant program that I help with requires a 6-page detailed description plus about 4 pages about the team, the training strategies and so on. There are a … Continue reading
Don’t make the committee do all the work
Whether you are applying for a job or applying for a grant, you need to do the work of demonstrating that you meet the requirements. Demonstrate. Not assert. If you didn’t meet the requirements you should be applying, so telling … Continue reading