Seeking a Faculty Job

Stephanie K. Eberle suggests seven actions you can take to stay market ready while in the safety of your own home.

Your values will inevitably shape the story you tell about yourself in email introductions, during informational interviews, at networking events and even on your application materials, writes Daniel J. Moglen.

Early-career professionals with disabilities face distinct challenges in identifying positions, interviewing and networking, among many other things, write Brian J. Rybarczyk and Allison Gose.

For some of us, it may be uncomfortable, difficult, impossible or even dangerous to share certain aspects of our lives, writes Lauren Easterling, who offers advice on how to deal with such situations with potential employers.

In a job search, don't make work experiences outside your home department during graduate school sound less important than they are, warns Laura N. Schram.

It allows you to use the same Ph.D. skills in a different genre, write Annie Maxfield and Thi Nguyen.

Figuring out what the daily work environment will be like is an important consideration for graduate students in accepting and applying for jobs, advises Natalie Lundsteen.

It can prompt as much panic as delight, writes Derek Attig, who offers advice on how best to deal with it all.