Comments on: The Perfect Candidate II

By: Brian Ulrich

Brian Ulrich — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I’ll be watching intently hoping to pick up tips for a couple of years from now.

By: Chan'ad

Chan'ad — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Best of luck!

By: sepoy

sepoy — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Brian: Here is something to keep in mind, DON’T USE MICROSOFT WORD, EVER. FOR ANYTHING.
Thanks, Chan’ad.

By: s¬Ønee

s¬Ønee — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

what to use then? LATEX/PDF’s “” and ALL THE BEST !

By: Ajju

Ajju — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Good luck Sepoy!

And here I was hoping that if I got a job in Chicago next year I would come study South Asian history with the chapatiman. But I am still to interview for any Chicago job, so talk about counting your chickens :P

By: Jonathan Dresner

Jonathan Dresner — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

The lack of catch phrases is probably a really good thing, though sometimes not letting your (relatively out of field) readers pigeonhole you appropriately isn’t a bad thing, either.

By: sepoy

sepoy — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Jonathan: That is the issue, isn’t it? They should know me appropriately. So, I stuck with things that actually do interest me and fields that I actually think my scholarship will contribute to.
I put the buzz words in my teaching statement’s “can also give courses on:” sect