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Customized Cover Letters
- You can generate all your math department cover letters in a snap using Mary Pugh's LaTeX files, now updated for 1997. You'll need to customize the address list. Hint: customize your cover letters by adding a custom content field or two to your address file. (To download this file, right click on the link and select " Save As... " )
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Writing a Great Cover Letter
- by Search Masters International recruiter Dave Jensen. " A scientist or engineer beginning a search for employment must first master the art of writing a good letter of introduction--one of the most deceivingly difficult jobs of written communication. Whether you are stepping out of a graduate program and into your first job, or seeking to move up and out of your current position, the letter that " covers " your resume must favorably reflect your personality, your stature, and your credibility. That's a lot to ask of one sheet of paper. "
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Cover Letters for Professional and Faculty Positions
- "A persuasive cover letter not only answers the questions 'Who are you?' and 'What do you want?' but also convinces the reader that you can exceed the hiring organization/units specific expectations and must be interviewed before you are snagged by a competitor." Tips from the Duke University Career Center
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The Basics of Cover Letter Writing
- " 'In almost no time we can reject half our applicant pool just by looking at their cover letters,' says Susan Lord, associate professor of electrical engineering at the University of San Diego. "
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The Commandments of Cover Letter Creation
- by Peter Fiske, Science's Next Wave. "I've always hated the term "cover letter." It implies that the letter you send out to accompany your rsum, the opening shot in your job-hunt campaign, is merely "decoration" for your rsum. A good cover letter does far more than just cover: It engages the reader and makes her want to explore your job qualifications more fully. A good cover letter also highlights your qualifications, guides the reader through the most important parts of your work history, and demonstrates your flawless command of the English language. That's a lot to cover in only three paragraphs!"
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The Big Payoff: Educational Attainment and Synthetic Estimates of Work-Life Earnings
- US Census, July, 2002. " This report illustrates the economic value of an education, that is, the added value of a high school diploma or college degree. It explores the relationship between educational attainment and earnings and demonstrates how the relationship has changed over the last 25 years. Additionally, it provides, by level of education, synthetic estimates of average total earnings adults are likely to accumulate over the course of their working lives. "
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Science Salaries by Discipline, 2005
- Salaries of scientists collected from salary.com
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Small Mistakes With Big Consequences
- Dave Jensen, ScienceCareers. "It is by reading about other people's successes and failures that you can develop a game plan for the continued management of your career. So, in this month's column, I'd like to use OPE to relate three small job-search mistakes that can have very big consequences."
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Salaries For PhD Physicists and Related Scientists during Spring 2004
- "This is a summary of the latest salary data for physicists and related scientists. It is based on a biennial survey of a sample of U.S.-resident members of the American Institute of Physics (AIP) Member Societies conducted by the Statistical Research Center of AIP."
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Academic Keys
- Academic Keys is a resource for those looking for their first academic job, as well as those who are well-established but seek a change in their academic career. Separated by discipline, we maintain 13 web sites, each devoted to a particular school affording our candidates a more targeted job search. Our e-Fliers, to which you may subscribe, are sent out monthly bringing the latest job openings within academia to your computer desktop.
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The Cover Letter: Door Opener Par Excellence
- by Dave Jensen, ScienceCareers.org. "Let's face it, cover letters are read and resumes are skimmed. In light of this, why is it that so many of us put such little effort into writing the cover letter? For most people, this is because they incorrectly believe that the cover letter is a throwaway, and that the resume or CV inside that envelope is what counts. Although it is entirely true that the resume has to be well written and have good content, the cover letter's job is to point to what lies inside, and to make it more specific to that reader. Just like the cover of a magazine."
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Post-Docs.com
- This website provides current job listings of post-docs, faculty jobs and other full-time jobs.
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Salary of recent S&E doctorate recipients 1–4 years after receiving degree: 2003
- Data from the NSF's Survey of Doctorate Recipients.
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Stipends for Graduate Assistants
- " The Chronicle surveyed the top research universities in the United States about the benefits they provide to their teaching and research assistants. The survey was designed to provide a snapshot of the benefits, rather than a comprehensive look at every graduate student or every graduate institution. "
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CRA Taulbee Survey
- Salaries of computer science PhDs at PhD-granting departments, courtesy of the ACM.
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Salaries for new CalTech PhDs
- Salaries offered to and accepted by CalTech PhDs in academia and industry by discipline. Very interesting info.
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Faculty Salaries Rise, for Now
- AAUP reports a 3.8% pay increase, but warns that the future may be bleak. Chronicle of Higher Education , April 19, 2002.
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CV Introduction
- A guide to CV writing from the Duke University Career Center. Contains several sample CVs.
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College and University Faculty Salary Database
- Generate reports on faculty salaries for nearly 4,000 colleges and universities using the IPEDS Interactive Database.
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Street Savvy Science, Chapter 4: Evidence of Productivity: The Cover Letter
- "Many people believe that the cover letter is a throwaway, and that the resume or CV attached is what counts. While it is entirely true that the resume has to be well written and have good content, the cover letter's job is to point to the key selling points, and to make it more specific to that reader. Just like the cover of a magazine."
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The Basics of Science C.V.'s.
- " The cover letter and curriculum vitae may well be the two most important documents you will ever write, since they are the first things most academic search committees see. "
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Salary Fights
- An article which examines pay gaps between professional school professors and everyone else
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HigherEdJobs.com
- Listings for faculty and staff positions at colleges and universities.
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Landing an Academic Job: the Process and the Pitfalls
- Great advice on the application and interview process in academia from Jon Dantzig, the chair of the faculty recruiting committee at UIUC's Mechanical and Industrial Engineering department.
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AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellowships for Scientists and Engineers
- One and two-year program. Congressional internships, fellowships in global stewardship, diplomacy, risk-assessment, technology policy, defense policy, and environmental policy.
