Hi all,
If you are on the job market or know someone on the job market, I created a Google Template Folder that may be useful based on my own experience on the job market in the past few years.
So you’re on the job market. Eep! I have created this template folder, "20XX-20XX-JobMarketTemplate" folder that you can use for your own job market process or if you are teaching a job market workshop (please just cite me). The link can also be found at https://bit.ly/AcademicJobFolder or on my professional website, https://caramartamessina.com/job_materials.
If you would like to use this template folder, please download it or copy it into your own Google Drive folder. Here are the materials in the folder:
- README: an instructional document that breaks down the folder, recommends a workflow, and shows some samples of the template in use.
- Template-JobSpreadsheet: A template spreadsheet with recommended columns and dropdown menus to make the process of keeping track of a ton of jobs easier. In the README, I explain the different columns, why they may be useful, and other suggestions.
- 00-TemplateJobDocuments: A template folder that has the documents you may need. I recommend updating the documents with your own documents (or, if you are starting from scratch, building upon some of the recommendations in each document). I also included my sample documents in a folder, which you can also find below.
- 01-Interviews: A folder where you would put information about your interviews, including how you plan to answer particular questions or documents you may need for campus visits.
- 2024-09-01-UniTitle: A sample folder for an individual job. This is mainly to show my recommended naming convention for individual job folders. I highly recommend an individual job folder for each job you apply for.
These materials are free, so please use them or send them to folks. I’m also open to suggestions. Please email me (cara.messina1) if you have any suggestions or questions.
Take care,
Cara
Dr. Cara Messina (she/her)
Assistant Professor of English
Marist College
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