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1、March27,2012GraduateSchoolIsaMeanstoaJobByKarenKelskyOneofthemostcommonquestionsIhearfromgraduatestudents,whethertheyareintheirfirstortheirfinalyear,iswhattheycandonowtopreparefortheacademicjobmarket.Excellentquestion.Asagraduatestudent，yourfateisinyourownhands,andever
2、ydecisionyoumake—includingwhethertogotograduateschoolatall,whichprogramtogoto,whichadvisertochoose,andhowtoconductyourselfwhilethere—anandshouldbemadewithaneyetothejobyouwishtohaveattheend・Todootherwiseispuremadness・Ihavenopatieneewhatsoeverwiththe"love”narrative(wedow
3、hatwedobecauseweloveitandmoney/jobsplaynorole)thatprevailsamongsomeadvisers,departments,andprofoundlymystifiedgraduatestudents.ButforthosegraduatestudentsandPh.D/swhoactuallywantapayingtenure-trackjobandthethingsthatgowithit—healthinsuranee,benefits,andfinancialsecurit
4、y一hereismylistofgraduate-schoolrules,forgedafteryearsofworkinginacademeasaformertenuredprofessorandnowrunningmyowncareer-advisingbusinessfordoctoralstudents・BeforeGraduateSchoolAskyourselfwhatjobyouwantandwhetheranadvaneeddegreeisactuallynecessaryforit.Chooseyourgradua
5、teprogrambasedbothonitsfocusonyourscholarlyinterestsanditstenure-trackplacementrate.Ifitdoesn'tkeepcarefulrecordsofitsplacementrate,ordoesnothaveanimpressiverecordofplacingitsPh.D/sintenure-trackpositions,donotconsiderattendingthatprogram.Chooseyouradviserthesameway.Be
6、forecommittingtoanadviser,findouthowmanyPh.D.'sthatpotentialmentorhasplacedintenure-trackpositionsinrecentyears・Gotothehighest-rankedgraduatedepartmentyoucangetinto—solongasitfundsyoufully・Thatisnotactuallybecauseofthe”snobfactor11ofthenameitself,butratherbecauseofthee
7、thosofthebestdepartments・Theytypicallyarethebestfinanced,whichmeanstheyhavemorescholarswithnationalreputationstoserveasyourmentorsandletterwriters,andtheymaintainlivelybrown-bagandseminarseriesthatbringinmajorvisitingscholarswithwhomyoucannetwork.Theplacementhistoryofa
8、topprogramtendstoproduceitsownmomentum,sothatdepartmentsaroundthecountrywithfacultymembersfromthatprogramwillthenlook
