| Will working a tenure-track job while I'm still ABD be so time-consuming that it will decrease my chances of phinishing? If I get a job and I'm not finished, what do I do? |
GeoGal explains why it is reasonable to expect to lose 2-3 months of work on the dissertation while on the job market: Seconding Samantha's jobhunting=timesuck assessment... by GeoGal.
Ana's encouraging story of how she finished her dissertation while working full-time: Finally, re-emerging from darkness (long) by Ana. |
| My department offers very little advice to graduate students who are just beginning to teach. I'm headed into my first semester as a teaching assistant - and I'm terrified! Do you have any tips for new graduate student teachers? |
Erika's experience with learning to teach: Learning to teach is a trial by fire (plus, some links) by Erika.
See also Teaching and Pedagogy in the links section, a section that was inspired by this thread. |
| What should I expect during a job interview? A phone interview? |
Questions to expect during an interview: Advice from one of my mentors (long) by Sherry.
Erika describes her phone interviews and gives advice for a successful phone interview: Advice for a phone interview by Erika.
See also Interviewing in the "Links" section for lots of articles on how to prepare for conference interviews and campus visits. |
| How should I budget for campus visits and job interviews? (e.g. Will I need to buy a suit or fancy clothes? Will my home department or prospective employer reimburse travel costs? Etc.) |
| Erika's post on what she spent on the job market sparked an interesting thread on different standard of dress for the job market in different academic professions: My job search costs, so far by Erika. |
| How much intimacy is too much when it comes to my relationships with the undergraduates whom I teach as a graduate student? |
| Kharyssa tells the story of how the personal information on her personal webpage became a problem for her students: I am beyond furious - but resigned anyway - just venting! by kharyssa. |
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