Episode 2.8 – Self-Promotion Is Not a Dirty Word

September 15, 2020
Episode 2.8 – Self-Promotion Is Not a Dirty Word
The Professor Is In
Episode 2.8 – Self-Promotion Is Not a Dirty Word

Sep 15 2020 |

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Show Notes

The academy despises the IDEA of self-promotion while rewarding those who do it in properly academic ways. This is just one of the many classist elements of academia. Those who decide to leave the academy need to face and overcome the shaming around self-promotion. In this episode, Karen and Kel tell you how, with special attention to LinkedIn. We get it, it feels yucky at first. But LinkedIn is no different than your academic cover letter–it puts your skills and aptitudes out there, for potential employers. Don’t hesitate to use it, and more importantly, don’t allow yourself to be stymied and quelled by elitist academic value judgments – others’ and your own.

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