This is quite interesting for those wishing to become employed philosophers some day. Check out part 2 for categories of a cv. You can expand your employability by thinking about opportunities you might be interested in. Giving paper presentations? Writing book reviews? etc ( Read more... )

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Thats right, It doesn't make sense... or does it. Apparently there is a high correlation between "research" professors and inadequate teaching ability. If one is applying to "teaching" universities then having a large number of published works can count slightly against you.

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While I have not done enough research to suggest whether or not this is a worthwhile ranking system they suggest some of the same "top ranked" programs as Leiter and Academic Analytics. It seems to give a great measure of user control to the process which is a plus. One can select the qualities one wants (funding, size, placement record etc...) ( Read more... )

 I recently applied for graduate programs all over the US. This blog is my research into how to survive as a career philosopher ( Read more... )