Dr. Karin Kettenring
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Finding a job, postdoc, grad opportunities

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Interviewing and job seeking

From the EEB & Flow
  • Phone interview questions
From Sociobiology
  • Job interview: does timing matter?
From HihgerEdJobs
  • How to Respond to Inappropriate Interview Questions
From Things that change the way I think
  • Career barriers, part 1: "I can't"
  • Career barriers, part 2: "The enemy you can't run from"
  • Career barriers, part 3: "In search of the dream job"
From Things that change the way I think
  • ​Academia: Tenure is no big deal
From The Academic Hermit
  • I love being a professor
From Dynamic Ecology
  • A career as a land manager at a land trust conservancy
  • Guest post: a career as an ecologist at a non-profit conservation organization
  • Helping grad students pursue non-academic careers: advice from Anne Krook
From Inside Higher Ed
  • Stepping Off the Tenure Track -- Part I
From AGU blog
  • Scientists who leave academia aren't dropouts.  They're scientists.
From Anne Krook (practical workplace advice) 
  • Graduate students and postdocs: non-academic employment
From Things that change the way I think
  • Achievement, part 1: What are you training for?
  • Achievement, part 2: Don't just work harder, work smarter
From Small Pond Science
  • What a good recruitment weekend looks like
  • If you love teaching, a research university might be perfect for you
From Dynamic Ecology
  • Useful links related to tenure track job searches in ecology
  • Tips for negotiating salary and startup for newly-hired tenure-track faculty
From Small Pond Science
  • Really, faculty jobs in teaching-focused institutions are not inherently less stressful or easier or more balanced
From ASN Grads
  • Guide to the graduate interview season: making the most out of your visits
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Obtaining a graduate student position or postdocs

From Small Pond Science
  • Are REU programs as amazing as their reputations?
From BioDiverse Perspectives
  • Advice to prospective graduate students
From Tenure, She Wrote
  • Prospective students and lab culture
From The Contemplative Mammoth
  • So, you want to go to grad school?  Nail the inquiry email
From Ecology Bits
  • The modern grad student paradox
From Dynamic Ecology
  • How to get a postdoc position
  • Choosing a postdoc
From Ecology Bits
  • How NOT to get a postdoc position
From Mathbionerd
  • Not the awesomest 7-Year postdoc.
From RajLab
  • Some (reluctant) thoughts on postdoc pay
  • Some less reluctant(ish) follow up thoughts on postdoc pay
From Tenure, She Wrote
  • How to fail better (and even succeed!) in the academic job market
From PLoS Blog
  • ​The 30-year-old-student: is graduate school worth it?
From Rapid Ecology
  • Are we taking advantage of graduate students? 
From Science Magazine
  • Should you go to grad school?
From Medium
  • Why doing a PhD is often a waste of time
From Inside Higher Ed
  • How to complete a Ph.D. in 5 y ears
From Small Pond Science
  • Deadlines for undergraduates in research
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C.V.s and resumes

From Tenure, She Wrote
  • Hosting a CV review
From Dynamic Ecology
  • Weird, and unwise, things to include on your cv
From Ecology Bits
  • Avoid using the words "student" and "School" outside of academia
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  • Home
  • People
  • Research
  • Publications
    • Peer reviewed publications
    • Extension publications
    • Student theses and dissertations
    • Grant reports
  • Opportunities
  • Web Resources
    • Research
    • Teaching and Learning
    • Finding a job, postdoc, grad position
    • Women in science