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Verbal Origami

Joseph Barber explores how to think about your résumé -- and how to reshape the language you use -- if you are a new Ph.D. looking for employment outside academe.

Acing Informal Interviews

There may not be an opening, but there is opportunity, and you always need a strategy, writes Stephanie K. Eberle.

The Backup Plan

Every new Ph.D. needs a plan B, writes Thomas Magaldi.

Doing Your Homework

Melissa Dennihy discusses how to prepare for an interview for a faculty job.

Learning From Improv

A form of comedy can build confidence and agility in Ph.D.s going into job interviews, writes Jake Livengood.

How to Talk About Assessment

At many interviews for faculty jobs these days, you'll be asked about assessment. Melissa Dennihy offers some ideas on how to answer.

Attitude Adjustment

James M. Van Wyck thinks about what he wishes he had understood about the academic job market at the start of his doctoral education.

They Aren't Supposed to Ask That

It's important to be prepared for illegal questions, and to think through how you want to respond to them, writes Natalie Lundsteen.