linguistics job application workshop november 12, 2013
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Linguistics job application workshop
November 12, 2013
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Approximate job cycle
• July- apply to LSA, other major conferences• August/September- have materials ready, contact
letter writers, clean up professional website• October 1st- application deadlines start• December- phone interviews start• January- campus visits start• February- job offers start– Use with caution to see if you are still in the running:
Academic Jobs Wikihttp://academicjobs.wikia.com/wiki/Academic_Jobs_Wiki
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Time & stats (Karen)
• 214 hours of work = 5+ 40-hour workweeks• 26 applications sent > 5 phone interviews + 1
campus visit • http
://www.grad.illinois.edu/careerservices/academic/jobsearch/Template_for_tracking_job_search.xls
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Stats for Darren
• Two years on the job cycle: final year of Ph.D. and first year of postdoc
• Ph.D. Year: 1 faculty job application > 1 campus visit (no offer), 3 postdoc applications > 2 campus visits (2 offers, took 1)
• Postdoc year: 8 faculty applications > 1 phone interview (no offer) and 1 direct invite to campus visit (offer)
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Finding jobs
• Linguist List (subscribe to digest)• HigherEd Jobs (can subscribe for headings
such as Linguistics, Spanish)• Postdocs available but not common• Think of allied fields (e.g. foreign languages,
psychology)• Go geographically wide
if at all possible
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Components of a job application
• Cover letter• Curriculum Vitae• Research statement• Teaching statement• Teaching evaluations• Writing sample• Reference letters
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• Free blog:– http://theprofessorisin.com/pearlsofwisdom/
• Cover letter– http
://theprofessorisin.com/2013/05/17/why-your-job-cover-letter-sucks/
• CV– http://theprofessorisin.com/2012/01/12/dr-karen
s-rules-of-the-academic-cv/
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• Research Statement– http://theprofessorisin.com/2012/08/30/dr-karen
s-rules-of-the-research-statement/
• Teaching statement– http://theprofessorisin.com/2011/09/16/thedread
edteachingstatement/
• Teaching evaluations– http://theprofessorisin.com/2011/09/23/1610/
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Solicit feedback!
• Ask your advisor and other faculty to read over your CV and statements, and give you feedback!
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Cover letter
• Sample outline:– Brief introduction to yourself: what you study, when you will
graduate, basic thesis topic and 2 sentences on the implications– A little more about your research interests – A little bit about what courses you’ve taught and what you
might like to teach– Highlight what funding you’ve gotten and that you are going to
be actively seeking more– Why you’re an excellent fit for the department and advertised
job• Keep it brief! Under 2 pages! 1.5 is a good number
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Do your research on the school
• One sentence “fit statement”– I am interested in helping the department develop
course offerings in linguistics to complement its strengths in literature.
– I share interests with several faculty members including XX, XX, and XX, so I see the potential for collaboration on both teaching and research.
– I am particularly interested in XXX because of the department’s expertise in both child language acquisition and second language acquisition, which would work well with my research interests.
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CV• Heading• Education• Employment• Publications• Conference Papers• Invited Talks• Teaching Experience• Research Experience• Awards & Honors / Grants & Fellowships• Service (to profession, to department)• Languages, other skills, memberships• References
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Research statement
• Current research (especially dissertation research)
• Draw attention to any journal or book chapter publications, as well as presentations at prestigious conferences
• Plans for research in the near future• ‘Five-year plan’ for future research
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Teaching statement
• Teaching experience• Teaching philosophy• Plans for what you will teach in the future• Experience (if any) with supervision of
undergraduate students
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Teaching evaluations
• Send numerical summaries rather than individual student comments
• Obtain summary of all your evaluations from ICES• Draw attention to any evaluations that placed you
on the List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent
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Writing samples
• Send exactly as many writing samples as are requested • Possible writing samples:– An article that has been published or submitted for
publication• If you need help turning a course project/qual into a journal
article, consider Writing Your Journal Article in Twelve Weeks (I got it from the library). http://www.amazon.com/Writing-Journal-Article-Twelve-Weeks/dp/141295701X
– A dissertation chapter– A proceedings or working papers paper
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Other materials
• “Teaching Dossier”: – 1-page teaching philosophy statement– 1 page summarizing numerical teaching
evaluations– 1 page of sample student comments
• “Teaching Portfolio”: the above plus – a syllabus that I had created– lecture slides that I had vastly improved– discussion exercises I had created
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Reference letters
• Always get a letter from your dissertation director
• Other letters should come from other faculty who know you well and are familiar with your research
• At least one letter should talk about your teaching (e.g., from your TA supervisor)
• Should you use ?
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Preliminary interview
• Interview at the LSA or MLA• Phone / Skype interview
• Arrange to do a mock-interview with your faculty
• http://theprofessorisin.com/2011/10/31/thephoneorskypeinterview/
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Make a cheat sheet about the department
• Bullet points about yourself you want to make sure to hit
• What your dissertation/researach is about• What you would like to teach there, specifics,
book you would use for the intro course• Their faculty (the ones on the
committee/closest to you) and their research interests
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Campus visit
• Get the interview schedule ~2 weeks in advance from department secretary
• Interviews• Job talk• Interview meals• More research on the department (next slide)• http://theprofessorisin.com/2011/11/22/dr-karens-rul
es-of-the-campus-visit/
• http://theprofessorisin.com/2011/11/15/1947/ (packing & dressing– consider wearing grown-up clothes more often your last year of grad school)
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Stalk your interview committee• Katharina Barbe (German),
Associate Professor– Studied in Texas, PhD in Linguistics
from Rice– German linguistics: Pragmatics,
Translation, SLA, business German– dinner, interview, and exit interview
• John Bentley (Japanese), Professor, Assistant Chair– PhD from Hawaii– Japanese Historical Linguistics and old
literature– tour of DeKalb and lunch Tuesday and
interview
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Sample 1-day visit itinerary
• Night before: arrive, dinner w/faculty, hotel
• Breakfast w/faculty• Meet Dean• Tour campus, town• Lunch w/faculty• Job talk• Search committee interview• Exit interview with chair
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Questions to ask them
(OK to repeat questions with different people)• Tell me about your student population.• What are teaching and research expectations and
support for new colleagues?• What kind of support is there available on campus for
conference travel/research?• What kind of technology is available in the classroom?• How are graduate students supported?• What is your timeline for making a decision?
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The outcome?
• If you get the job– http://theprofessorisin.com/2011/12/06/how-to-neg
otiate-your-tenure-track-offer/
– “Oh, thank you. That is good news. I’m so pleased. I’d like to know more about the offer. When can we discuss the details and when can I expect a written contract?” (e.g. DON’T say yes right away!)
• If you don’t get the job– This really says nothing about you in this job market– Continue applying!