This does not mean you should dumb things down, but that you should fully explain yourself, defining any specific terms you need to use and giving examples from your research and teaching. The ...

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Mark Sample provides some tips on crafting a better letter. ... Hacking the Academic Job Cover Letter By Mark Sample October 18, 2012 ‘Tis the season of the academic job search.

Do your best to keep your cover letter to about two pages. However, this is field-dependent; in the sciences, letters tend to be shorter, and in the humanities they tend to be a little longer.

The academic job search is built around a portfolio of materials that tell a story about the candidate’s research, future research agenda, teaching, special skills and training, service, and more.