Heidi, this sucks. I've worked in & out of academia. I've been through similar; here's my story; I hope it helps you. A few tweets coming.
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I worked as a lecturer/teaching assistant & researcher throughout my PhD (part-time). Then year after I got my PhD as a "full-time" academic
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"Full time" meaning across 2 universities (lots of driving!) on awful conditions at second one; underpaid, barely able to afford my rent.
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I was heavily invested in being an academic. I applied for MANY jobs for better part of 6 months. Only got 1 academic sociology interview
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Towards the final months there, I applied for another academic job outside sociology (religion studies!!!) & got far further in recruitment
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That was a wake-up; that I could be second as final stage candidate for religion but that my discipline didn't value me. I was shattered
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I mean emotionally & psychologically. I cried a lot. I was struggling with bills. To stay in academia would mean poss never getting FT job
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