Seeking a Faculty Job

The view that we adjuncts are inferior teachers or scholars who somehow deserve our lot makes less and less sense as time goes on, Angela B. Fulk argues.

Faculty members can't know the ins and outs of every job that might interest their grad students and postdocs, but they do have some significant career-related responsibilities, writes Melissa Dalgleish.

The metaphor is particularly useful for doctoral students and postdoctoral scholars for many reasons -- some obvious and others less so, writes Chris M. Golde.

Ads for both academic and nonacademic jobs highlight teamwork, writes Pallavi Eswara, who give tips on how to develop those skills and then demonstrate you possess them.

It may feel a little scary, but it also means there aren’t really any wrong choices, writes Joseph Barber, who gives advice for making the most of yours.

Deborah S. Willis gives advice on how to incorporate such conversations into your graduate school or postdoctoral experience.

Adriana Bankston examines the true meaning of mentoring and how best to mentor the mentors.

A junior professor provides advice for interviewing and networking at national conferences like those taking place this week.