Things I learned at the panel on the last year of being a graduate student:
Take resume to WCogBeh for feedback.
Make sure you look at the calendar and carve out time for the professional conferences. The application will require three publications so make sure you have some good writing for your app. (You may include a cover letter to explain the contexts of the papers.)
Ask the question (at interview): What does a successful candidate for tenure look like?
Budget for the last year (lots of printing expenses).
The defense of the proposal is more important than the thesis defense.
Make sure you talk to everyone on your committee--not everyone needs to read things, but you should be willing to talk to people about what you are doing.
Finish the dissertation before you take the job--do not go in ABD unless you must.
Go to job talks here and learn about them.
You need to think about the letters that people will write about you when you choose people for your committee.
Take resume to WCogBeh for feedback.
Make sure you look at the calendar and carve out time for the professional conferences. The application will require three publications so make sure you have some good writing for your app. (You may include a cover letter to explain the contexts of the papers.)
Ask the question (at interview): What does a successful candidate for tenure look like?
Budget for the last year (lots of printing expenses).
The defense of the proposal is more important than the thesis defense.
Make sure you talk to everyone on your committee--not everyone needs to read things, but you should be willing to talk to people about what you are doing.
Finish the dissertation before you take the job--do not go in ABD unless you must.
Go to job talks here and learn about them.
You need to think about the letters that people will write about you when you choose people for your committee.
