The academic job search handbook / Julia Miller Vick and Jennifer S. Furlong.

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Main Author: Vick, Julia Miller
Other Authors: Furlong, Jennifer S., Heiberger, Mary Morris
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2008], ©2008.
Edition:Fourth edition.
Subjects:
College teachers > Employment > United States > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
College teachers > Selection and appointment > United States > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Genre:
Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Physical Description:viii, 287 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • What you should know before you start
  • The structure of academic careers
  • Hiring from the institution's point of view
  • Planning and timing your search
  • Becoming a job candidate: the timetable for your search
  • Deciding where and when to apply
  • The importance of advisors and professional networks
  • Conference presentations and networking
  • Letters of recommendation
  • Learning about openings
  • Written materials for the search: suggestions and samples
  • Responding to position announcements
  • Vitas
  • Additional application materials
  • Web sites
  • Job hunting correspondence
  • Conducting the search
  • Interviewing
  • Off-site interviews: conference/convention and telephone interviews
  • Campus interviews
  • Job offers, negotiations, acceptances, and rejections
  • After you take the job
  • Starting the job
  • Knowing about and getting tenure
  • Changing jobs
  • Additional considerations
  • Dual career couples, pregnant on the job market, and related concerns
  • International scholars, older candidates, gaps in your vita
  • Thinking about the expanded job market.