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Don't Be a Professional Downer
Talking about our professional problems to a point where our peers and colleagues may perceive us as pessimistic can be damaging not just to our mental health but also to our career prospects, writes Thomas Magaldi.
Three Rules for Email
In order for email to have less control over your life, you need to start to take control of it, argues Tanya Golash-Boza.
Why Mentor Matches Fail
Most mentor matches don't work, argues Kerry Ann Rockquemore, because they are based on a fundamentally flawed and outdated model.
Improving the First Contact
The impression you give when you first meet people can make or break your career opportunities. Saundra Loffredo provides tips for ensuring the former.
12 Job Market Mistakes
What are the things academic job seekers definitely should not do? Melissa Dennihy provides a list.
Handling the Hot Water
What should you do if your research lands you in controversy? M. V. Lee Badgett offers advice.
Grad Students, Entrepreneurialism and Career Preparation
Grad students need to apply to their career preparation the same entrepreneurial spirit they apply to their academic research, argues James M. Van Wyck.
Unfriending Friends
Being a minority of any kind in academe can be difficult, writes Manya Whitaker. But you can be much happier if you don't force relationships with people whom you are not naturally inclined to befriend.