They liked your resume. You got the interview. You're golden, right? No need to prepare or rehearse. After all, you tell yourself, you're better when you just "wing it." What a mistake. A job ...

This is the fourth of five installments of “How to Get an Academic Job,” a new guide on the tenure-track search from our Career Talk columnists. Previously the series explored “How to Manage Your ...

If you had to construct a really bad way to make an important decision, you might come up with something like the stereotypical job interview. You must intuit a complete stranger’s ability and ...