tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post8504073067739353040..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: ApplicationitisUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-85567659485779860282011-06-23T22:25:57.190-04:002011-06-23T22:25:57.190-04:00@CC: Putting the logo/name/colors of the school o...@CC: Putting the logo/name/colors of the school on slides is something I've seen many times with firms bidding on contracts. I don't know if it helps them; it doesn't seem to hurt them. This is apples and oranges, but they're both fruit.Southern Bubba, Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12050992903794385204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-59238112376164432362011-06-23T20:49:04.147-04:002011-06-23T20:49:04.147-04:00The "don't use your present university...The "don't use your present university's letterhead" one surprised me (as did Bubba's addition about email addresses), though I do get the thinking behind it. I suspect my situation might be a bit different: I'm in a non-TT job of a kind that was originally, several decades ago, designed as the equivalent of a postdoc, but has morphed/metastasized into a permanent Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-1046438040992143142011-06-23T18:28:13.242-04:002011-06-23T18:28:13.242-04:00"What's a job applicant to do, when some ..."What's a job applicant to do, when some say absolutely use it and others say definitely don't?"<br /><br />Pointless worrying about it in cases like that.<br /><br />In any case, I doubt something that inconsequential is a deal breaker to Dean Suzy. (And if it is, do you really want to work there?)Stewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08152778218277191283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-29769889944628057802011-06-23T18:16:38.806-04:002011-06-23T18:16:38.806-04:00@vietcong: I acknowledge and celebrate your conce...@vietcong: I acknowledge <i>and celebrate</i> your concerns, but I agree with Suzy.<br /><br />And there are other related issues, such as whether or not to list ProffieSmith@CurrentEmployer.edu as your contact email address. I don't think that's appropriate, but I've seen it many times. (I don't even think it's appropriate when a person is applying for a promotion or Southern Bubba, Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12050992903794385204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-64764491008105221872011-06-23T18:05:42.907-04:002011-06-23T18:05:42.907-04:00I have an issue with using the school logo in a pr...I have an issue with using the school logo in a presentation.<br /><br />I've read on CM and on RYS (and I tend to agree) that adding personal touches to the actual university where you are interviewing is a good idea. Know the name of the library. The name of the school mascot. The basics of the town and its surroundings. Adding something personal like the logo of the school seems to be one Academic Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07086078244493768565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-1754419117050965982011-06-23T17:27:36.362-04:002011-06-23T17:27:36.362-04:00so much conflicting advice out there about whether...so much conflicting advice out there about whether or not to use letterhead from your current place of employment. . . Dean Suzy, can you elaborate on your reasoning here? <br /><br />Others care to chime in?<br /><br />What's a job applicant to do, when some say absolutely use it and others say definitely don't?<br /><br />'Cause, really, what those of us on the market want to do is Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com