It has been a while since my last post and I apologize. In the past month or so I have been very busy traveling and such. First, I went to Houston, for a Liberty Fund conference on Francois Furet. Anyone interested in the odd self-deprecating nature of the bourgeoisie should give his works a close reading. After a brief but love-filled visit to South Florida for holidays with my family I attended the American Economic Association as part of my job search. Though the conference was hectic and stressful I feel good about my interviews and eagerly await callbacks for additional fly outs.
Here are a few things I wish I had been more informed of before doing my interviews.
1. Bring copies of your research with you, not necessarily to give to interviewers but to read and have fresh in your own mind for when you’re asked to describe it.
2. Map-quest the city before you go. Not so much of an issue for me since this year’s meeting was in New Orleans but I would have dreaded doing the same traveling in an unknown city. This goes hand and hand with wearing comfortable shoes.
3. Put thought into what your ideal course would be to teach. Know some books and readings you want to use in it and what key idea it would communicate to the students.
4. You obviously can’t take notes during an interview but write down everything you can remember about the specifics of the job after each one. This means you have to leave time between your interviews for travel and recollections.
5. Talk to someone who went in a recent year and have them explain the disclosure code system to you. I’d explain here but I don’t think I’d do it justice.
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Hey, thanks for posting these tips…it will help in a couple years!
One more thing now that I think about it. If you have the time foresight and money go ahead and invest in a blackberry or something. Why? Because large conference hotels charge for internet access, and you’re likely to have to visit several over the course of the few days. Handheld internet access would have given me a big helping hand and peace of mind. The AEA coding system as I mentioned in the last tip is growing more and more dependent on job candidates and interviewers using the web for last minute updates. Or if your interviewers are emailing you last minute schedule changes you need to know that stuff.
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I have read about the article It’s been a while..and your comment.One more thing now that I think about it. If you have the time foresight and money go ahead and invest in a blackberry or something. Why? Because large conference hotels charge for internet access, and you’re likely to have to visit several over the course of the few days. Handheld internet access would have given me a big helping hand and peace of mind.]
Shareefa
Drug Intervention
Yes I agree with you. The AEA coding is very much helpful for the job candidates and it is very easily the interviewers can identify the candidates but in another way why don’t you people try the online advertising’s it is also very useful to the candidates and helpful in future spending low cost of money.
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Bobwilliams
Drug Intervention