Ten Tips for Pre-Tenure Faculty Eleven Ten Tips for Pre-Tenure Faculty Elizabeth M. Topp, Ph.D. Dane O. Kildsig Chair and Department Head Department of Industrial and Physical Pharmacy Purdue University ADVANCE FAST Program March 21, 2017
FIRST, THIS…
Know your core business. TIP #1 Know your core business. Take care of your core business first.
Who will write your letters? TIP #2 Who will write your letters?
TIP #3 Numbers count.
Collaborate and connect. TIP #4 Collaborate and connect.
TIP #5 Fail well.
TIP #6 Help me help you.
TIP #7 Help me protect you.
TIP #8 Have mentors. Beware your mentors.
Some people will try to hurt you. TIP #9 Some people will try to hurt you. You don’t have to help them.
TIP #10 Think trajectory. http://www.upstreamonline.com/live/article1331374.ece
TIP #11 You have the ruby slippers. Use them.