http://chronicle.com/section/Manage-Your-Career/67/ Advice :: Manage Your Career Wed, 23 May 2012 05:21:55 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/131903/ http://chronicle.com/article/What-Graduate-Students-Want-to/131903/ A look at the workload and lifestyle you can expect while teaching at a two-year institution.

]]> Sun, 20 May 2012 20:00:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/131880/ http://chronicle.com/article/This-Cant-Be-Happening/131880/ What do you do when you throw up on the department chair during your job interview?

]]> Wed, 16 May 2012 20:00:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/131749/ http://chronicle.com/article/The-Future-of-the-PhD/131749/ Does the venerable male model of graduate training match the needs of its disciples today, half of whom are women?

]]> Thu, 03 May 2012 20:00:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/131747/ http://chronicle.com/article/Seeking-the-Mentors-You-Need/131747/ No one is going to walk up and offer kindly to be your mentor. You have to learn to ask.

]]> Wed, 02 May 2012 20:00:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/131707/ http://chronicle.com/article/Good-Deeds-That-Are-Most/131707/ How to spot those promising research commitments that turn out to be dead ends for your career.

]]> Sun, 29 Apr 2012 20:00:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/131630/ http://chronicle.com/article/10-Ways-to-Get-Yourself-Fired/131630/ Whatever you do as a non-tenure-track faculty member, don't do any of these things.

]]> Wed, 25 Apr 2012 20:00:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/131578/ http://chronicle.com/article/Things-Look-Pretty-Male-Here/131578/ A female Ph.D. seeking a teaching job in Britain finds an environment that continues to unduly privilege men.

]]> Wed, 18 Apr 2012 20:00:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/131576/ http://chronicle.com/article/Why-I-Tossed-Your-R-sum-/131576/ Here are six mistakes that guarantee you won't get interviewed for a staff position in academe.

]]> Tue, 17 Apr 2012 20:00:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/131521/ http://chronicle.com/article/Midcareer-Mentoring-Part-2/131521/ You've got an outside offer, so how do you go about negotiating the counteroffer from your university?

]]> Mon, 16 Apr 2012 20:00:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/131441/ http://chronicle.com/article/Graduate-School-Is-Art-School/131441/ A Ph.D. candidate offers 10 reasons (sort of) you should go to graduate school in the humanities.

]]> Wed, 11 Apr 2012 20:00:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/131404/ http://chronicle.com/article/The-Rhetoric-of-the-CV/131404/ Your vita may be the least glamorous element of your application, but it's the most closely read.

]]> Wed, 04 Apr 2012 16:00:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/131316/ http://chronicle.com/article/Graduate-School-Is-a-Means-to/131316/ A checklist of what doctoral students must do throughout their training to prepare for the academic job market.

]]> Tue, 27 Mar 2012 16:30:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/131280/ http://chronicle.com/article/Our-Secret-Nonacademic/131280/ Today's graduate students are still being told, directly and indirectly, that any career other than an academic one is unthinkable.

]]> Mon, 26 Mar 2012 20:00:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/131279/ http://chronicle.com/article/Good-Deeds-That-Are-Most/131279/ When are your service commitments adequate, and when have you taken on too much?

]]> Sun, 25 Mar 2012 10:00:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/131161/ http://chronicle.com/article/Midcareer-Mentoring-Part-1/131161/ The stakes may be lower, but tenured faculty members need career guidance, too.

]]> Mon, 19 Mar 2012 16:00:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/131140/ http://chronicle.com/article/The-Logistics-of-a-Dual-Career/131140/ Academic couples going on the job market have a lot to talk about, but it's not uncharted terrain.

]]> Wed, 14 Mar 2012 20:00:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/131075/ http://chronicle.com/article/Withdrawing-From-a-Job-Youve/131075/ Is it ethical to change your mind about a tenure-track offer when a better one comes along?

]]> Wed, 07 Mar 2012 20:00:00 EST http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/130957/ http://chronicle.com/article/Rent-a-Dean/130957/ For many, the pull toward administration overrides the challenges of an interim job.

]]> Wed, 29 Feb 2012 20:00:00 EST http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/130956/ http://chronicle.com/article/When-to-Quit-Your-Job/130956/ A look at five problems on campus that won't go away and may mean you should.

]]> Tue, 28 Feb 2012 20:00:00 EST http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/130905/ http://chronicle.com/article/What-They-Didnt-Teach-You-in/130905/ Many doctoral students have only the vaguest concept of what it's like to work in the academic world. Here's what you need to know.

]]> Mon, 27 Feb 2012 20:00:00 EST http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/130837/ http://chronicle.com/article/What-to-Ask-and-Not-to/130837/ During an interview, the questions you ask may be as important as those you answer.

]]> Mon, 20 Feb 2012 20:00:00 EST http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/130717/ http://chronicle.com/article/The-Next-Step-for-Female/130717/ Research careers would be possible for more women if federal agencies and universities agreed on a common baseline of benefits.

]]> Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:00:00 EST http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/130672/ http://chronicle.com/article/So-You-Want-to-Examine-Your/130672/ The official figures are usually correct; what you need to be wary of is the words and labels attached to those numbers.

]]> Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:00:00 EST http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/130649/ http://chronicle.com/article/Good-Deeds-That-Are-Most/130649/ Young faculty members who try to help everyone in every way end up hurting their own productivity and careers.

]]> Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:00:00 EST http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/130648/ http://chronicle.com/article/Grand-Applications/130648/ Make like a 19th-century heroine and go after the money.

]]> Sun, 05 Feb 2012 20:00:00 EST http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/130491/ http://chronicle.com/article/What-to-Expect-in-a/130491/ Whether you're seeking a tenure-track job or a nonacademic position, here's what you need to know about those interviews.

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