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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
- Making amends in the new year January 23, 2012 Liz Koblyk
Tag Archives: academic labour market
Post-PhD precarity
We know that to get an academic position you need to publish from your dissertation. It would be helpful to at least have a good idea of where your research program is going to go next. If you can get … Continue reading
Posted in Career Planning
Tagged academic labour market, experience, PhD Careers, post-doctoral fellowship, Publishing, sessional teaching, writing
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Job hunting in times of change
The Conscious Careers course gives you tools and a structure for making decisions about jobs even in difficult times. We help you determine what you have to offer and figure out what your real options are. Learn more and register … Continue reading
Posted in Career Planning
Tagged academic careers, academic labour market, adjunct teaching, casualization, Conscious Careers, Julie Clarenbach, non-academic careers, sessional teaching, tenure track
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Is this you?
Are you unhappy with what you are doing but not sure what options you have? Approaching the end of your PhD and freaked out about the state of the academic labour market? Contemplating going on to a PhD but a … Continue reading
What if teaching really is your thing?
As I’ve said before, not all academic jobs are the same. Some people really value teaching. They do it well. They figure out how to do it better. Seeing students get it is what motivates them. They are, as Chris … Continue reading
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Tagged academic labour market, Chris Atherton, education policy, Finite Attention, networking, REF, teaching, UK
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What it means to say the job market is “competitive”
It means that it’s a competition, just like the Olympics. It means that you can be among the best in the world and still not get a medal job. It means that you have to go out there and do … Continue reading