It's the "applications!" time of the year, so let me link these insightful and oh-so-helpful (and witty) slides by Rocco Servedio on how to write a research statement academic positions and postdocs, from the 2021 Learning Theory Alliance mentoring workshop:
https://let-all.com/assets/slides/How-to-COLT-Rocco.pdf

Lots of good stuff, meaningful advice, and Herman Melville.
#academia #academicjobmarket #researchstatement #hermanmelville