Conclusion to article (draft)
At our presentation on this very subject at the ECCTYC conference, one attendee asked in an overwhelmed and befuddled voice, “How in the world did you do all this?” One of us replied, “You just do it. You can worry about sleep later.” But while that may be true to a large extent, it is important to recognize that all of us didn’t necessarily do all of the above. Or if we did, we did them in varying degrees of intensity. The point is that you push yourself to stand out from the crowd. Anyone who has a chance of getting the job has an MA at least, just like you. So making yourself a student of the hiring process will certainly make you much more prepared for the numerous tests you will take along the way. Every tangible and intangible job-related act you engage in could be the one that puts you over the edge. And reading this article is probably a pretty good start.
2 Comments:
..."tests you will take"...
Perhaps we want to call them "tasks" or "obstacles." Tests sounds a little strange in the context...what do you think?
I've had varying degrees of success...but, as you can see, it can be a lot more engaging (a lot more like a conversation than the individual review that occurs in peer review often).
And, yeah, I think the more positive we come across the less daunting some of these tasks we're recommending may seem.
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