Career Advice

Given how little training professors get on advising grad students, David H. Monk offers ideas on the principles that should guide that working relationship.

College send subtle and not-so-subtle messages to new faculty hires, and frequently these early lessons hurt morale and the sense of community, writes Becky Wai-Ling Packard.

Karla P. Zepeda recalls a set of odd and inappropriate interview questions -- and how she dealt with them.

Ellen Mayock reviews how to set priorities, and how that should lead you to reject most -- but not all -- service requests.

A young black female academic notices that students call her colleagues Doctor or Professor, but she is addressed by her first name. Kerry Ann Rockquemore reviews her options.

So you are a grad student or postdoc who hasn't visited the career center? Michael Matrone tells you how to get ready.