Applying

What job candidates need to know about seeking a teaching position at a two-year college.

A common question from job candidates is how to cope with a major disconnect between the place where they earned a Ph.D. and the campuses that are hiring.

What’s most important on a Ph.D.’s application for a tenure-track job might be least important in applying for many nonacademic ones.

Why write an application letter so dry that even you wouldn't want to read it?

A primer on the jargon of the academic-job market, aimed at early-career scholars preparing for their first search.

It’s not just a written record of your credentials. It’s an argument in favor of you. Draft it with that in mind.

You don’t want the search committee to think you sound like a panicked undergraduate trying to explain why a paper is late.

A CV and a cover letter are not just redundant vehicles for the same information.

Instead of being a deal breaker, a mistake on a cover letter should be a chance to build trust on the search committee.

Search committees have to comb through dozens of pages in each candidate's application. Here is how we do it, and what we're looking for.

If you find it difficult to be transparent, then you're likely in the search for the wrong reasons.

Sorry, there’s no avoiding the tedious, heavy paperwork involved in seeking an academic-leadership post.

How do you recognize when a department with a job opening is not the place for you?

What would my vita look like if it recorded not just the successes of my professional life but also the many, many rejections.

What you need to know about preparing cover letters and resumes for nonteaching and nonacademic positions.

A job candidate seeks advice on the various pieces of written material that make up a job application