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What actually gets you hired

• Published papers

  Peer-reviewed articles in respected journals. This is the main currency.

• Grant money

  Bringing in research funding makes you cheaper for a department to hire.

• Teaching experience

  Courses you ran on your own, not just marking for someone else.

• A field the department needs

  Luck matters. Postings are written around a gap in one specific department.