Dr. Karen Kelsky, Ph.D., will address Hacking the Academic Job Market in a Sept. 19 webinar as part UNC Charlotte’s celebration of National Postdoctoral Association (NPA) Appreciation Week.
Kelsky is a former tenured faculty member and department head who now delivers career advice through her business, The Professor Is In. She has a reputation for telling the truth about grad school, the job market, and tenure. She and her team have a particular commitment to supporting black women in the academy, as well as other scholars of color.
This hour-long career webinar and Q&A, funded through the Chancellor’s Diversity Challenge Fund, will examine all aspects of the job search, including:
- The real conditions of the job market
- What search committees look for
- How to build a competitive record
- How to articulate that record in job documents and interviews
- The post ac job market
The webinar is available to all postdocs and graduate students.
September 16-20 marks the 10th annual NPA Appreciation Week. This year, the Graduate School and the Center for Graduate Life (CGL) plan several events to recognize the contributions of postdocs.
Other NPA Appreciation Week events include:
- Writing Competitive Grant Proposals with Dr. Michael Dulin, Director of the Academy for Population Health Innovation in the College of Health and Human Services at UNC Charlotte
- Making the Most of Google Slides with Season Jamison, Instructional Designer & Training Coordinator for IT Services
- Communicating Your Research to a Non-expert Audience with Dr. Elise Demeter, Senior Assessment Research Analyst, Office of Assessment and Accreditation
For more information on any of these events, visit the CGL Event Calendar.
