Philosorapt[E]rs

These are some good ones from Leiter Reports, particularly about financing you education. Some Concrete Suggestions about How to Increase ...

Thanks to Professor Eason for this pointer.  Just one of the many things you can do with your PhD in philosophy is apparently work for Googl...

Our friends over at The Philosophy smoker posted a question about whether more or less jobs were posted this year.  So far this post has not...

For those philosophers who are interested in applying to religious universities, the application process may be a little different. This ar...

The following is a summery of the main point made in a post on  The Combat Philosophe r regarding getting a job in philosophy. This post foc...

In this post I give you some resources for creating a teaching portfolio and a list of  possibly required materials . A teaching portfoli...

This is the best concise outline of professional philosophy I have seen so far and I highly suggest reading it. It is clear, honest and a qu...

By  Adam Kotsko I  have been on the job market for three years and have also served on a search committee as a student representative, and I...

This is a very useful page for those who have started thinking about attending graduate school in philosophy from Seattle Pacific University...

What does it mean to be a "visiting" assistant professor? Who invented this rather cruel form of professional limbo? Why are more ...

Questioner asks:   "is being an alumni from a [community college] will give me somewhat of an edge in getting a good tenure track posit...

By Brian Keeley:   The following is a very drafty document, i.e., it has plenty of holes. Feedback is extremely welcome... from:  http://mug...

" A tenure narrative (also known as your personal statement) is a statement that describes your career: what you have done in the area...

I was sent the following email about the software "Publish or Perish" by the developer after my original posting about the softwa...

This is a questions sent to Lieter. Professionals comment on the state of the profession. Two questions:  1: Does philosophy, as a profes...

This is a great post over at the philosophy smoker blog. It goes over what the author wishes he had known going into the philosophy as a pro...

An interesting and decently written piece for graduate students. It gives advice on how to get a job at a teaching rather than a research u...

Some of this advice is so common sense it may be easily overlooked. By  Alain-Philippe  Durand  is professor of French and director of the S...

The following rejection letter for a job was found on http://philosophysmoker.blogspot.com/. I believe that this is a good example of the ne...

How to write a cover letter for an  academic  job. Some basic but insightful suggestions, some  specifically  about how  academia  job appl...