Academic Job Applications
Different applications, different expectations
One very important thing I have learned in my long journey of job applications is that, if you are not from the country you are applying for the job, you are at a disadvantage (not all foreigners are created equally though; but still). You need to crack all the codes about conveying the (right) message in your cover letter, proposal, and in various statements (of research, of teaching, etc). It took a very long time for me to crack those codes, which meant so many rejections and long-duree of various fears. This is exactly why I have believed that this hard-gained social capital that we lack as the juniors from the global south should pass it on to the others.
