The Academic Job Search Handbook

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Edition: 3rd
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2001-07-19
Publisher(s): Univ of Pennsylvania Pr
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Summary

The Academic Job Search Handbook provides specific advice on all aspects of job-seeking in an increasingly tight academic market, from the appropriate timetable for the application process, to illegal or odd interview questions, to negotiating offers, starting a new job, seeking tenure, and everything in between. New information in the third edition includes more examples and advice for candidates in scientific and technical fields, as well as more references for those applying for adjunct positions and to community colleges. A new chapter and some of the all-new sample written materials reflect the reality that many new Ph.D.s are considering career options outside academia. The sample materials also include more examples of the "teaching philosophies" now commonly asked for in job ads. This edition offers expanded information on internet search methods and more examples of useful websites.

Author Biography

Mary Morris Heiberger is Associate Director of Career Services at the University of Pennsylvania. Julia Miller Vick is Graduate Career Counselor at Career Services, University of Pennsylvania. They are coauthors, with April Vahle Hamel, of the Graduate School Funding Handbook, also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press, and write a monthly online column, Career Talk, for the Chronicle of Higher Education's Career Network.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments vii
Introduction to the Third Edition 1(6)
I. What You Should Know Before You Start
The Structure of Academic Careers
7(5)
Hiring from the Institution's Point of View
12(9)
II. Planning and Timing Your Search
Becoming a Job Candidate: The Timetable for Your Search
21(5)
Deciding Where and When to Apply
26(7)
The Importance of Advisors and Professional Networks
33(5)
Conference Presentations and Networking
38(4)
Letters of Recommendation
42(5)
Learning About Openings
47(6)
III. Written Materials for the Search: Suggestions and Samples
Responding to Position Announcements
53(1)
Vitas
54(42)
Additional Application Materials
96(15)
Web Sites
111(7)
Job Hunting Correspondence
118(19)
IV. Conductiong the Search
Interviewing
137(10)
Off-Site Interviews: Conference/Convention and Telephone Interviews
147(7)
Campus Interviews
154(7)
Job Offers, Negotiations, Acceptances, and Rejections
161(7)
Additional Considerations
168(11)
V. After You Take the Job
Starting the Job
179(5)
Knowing About and Getting Tenure
184(5)
Changing Jobs
189(6)
VI. Thinking About the Expanded Job Market
Thinking About the Expanded Job Market
195(30)
Appendices
Appendix 1: National Job Listing Sources and Scholarly and Professional Associations
203(18)
Appendix 2: Additional Reading
221(4)
Index 225

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