The Academic Job Search Handbook

Informationen zum Autor Julia Miller Vick is Senior Career Advisor and Rosanne Lurie is Senior Associate Director of Career Services at the University of Pennsylvania. Jennifer S. Furlong is Director of the Office of Career Planning and Professional Development at the Graduate Center, City University of New York. Klappentext Julia Miller Vick is Senior Career Advisor and Rosanne Lurie is Senior Associate Director of Career Services at the University of Pennsylvania. Jennifer S. Furlong is Director of the Office of Career Planning and Professional Development at the Graduate Center, City University of New York. Zusammenfassung For more than twenty years! job seekers have relied on The Academic Job Search Handbook for help in their search for faculty positions. The new fifth edition provides updated advice and addresses current topics in today's competitive market. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments Introduction to the Fifth Edition I. WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW BEFORE YOU START 1. The Structure of Academic Careers 2. Hiring from the Institution's Point of View II. PLANNING AND TIMING YOUR SEARCH 3. Becoming a Job Candidate: The Timetable for Your Search 4. Deciding Where and When to Apply 5. Building an Academic Network 6. Letters of Recommendation 7. Learning About Openings III. WRITTEN MATERIALS FOR THE JOB SEARCH: SUGGESTIONS AND SAMPLES 8. Responding to Position Announcements 9. CVs 10. Additional Application Materials 11. Online Presence 12. Job Hunting Correspondence IV. CONDUCTING THE SEARCH 13. Interviewing 14. Preliminary Interviews 15. The Campus Visit 16. Job Offers, Negotiations, Acceptances, and Rejections V. AFTER YOU TAKE THE JOB 17. Starting the Job 18. Knowing About and Getting Tenure 19. Changing Jobs VI. Additional Considerations 20. Dual-Career Couples and Pregnant on the Job Market 21. International Job Search 22. Cultural and Experiential Diversity VII. BEYOND FACULTY CAREERS 23. Exploring the Expanded Job Market Appendices 1: National Job Listing Sources and Scholarly and Professional Associations 2: Additional Resources 3: Sample Application Package Index ...

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Julia Miller Vick, Jennifer S. Furlong, and Rosanne Lurie

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For more than twenty years, job seekers have relied on The Academic Job Search Handbook for help in their search for faculty positions. The new fifth edition provides updated advice and addresses current topics in today's competitive market.

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Acknowledgments
Introduction to the Fifth Edition
I. WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW BEFORE YOU START

1. The Structure of Academic Careers
2. Hiring from the Institution's Point of View
   II. PLANNING AND TIMING YOUR SEARCH
3. Becoming a Job Candidate: The Timetable for Your Search
4. Deciding Where and When to Apply
5. Building an Academic Network
6. Letters of Recommendation
7. Learning About Openings
   III. WRITTEN MATERIALS FOR THE JOB SEARCH: SUGGESTIONS AND SAMPLES
8. Responding to Position Announcements
9. CVs
10. Additional Application Materials
11. Online Presence
12. Job Hunting Correspondence
    IV. CONDUCTING THE SEARCH
13. Interviewing
14. Preliminary Interviews
15. The Campus Visit
16. Job Offers, Negotiations, Acceptances, and Rejections
    V. AFTER YOU TAKE THE JOB
17. Starting the Job
18. Knowing About and Getting Tenure
19. Changing Jobs
    VI. Additional Considerations
20. Dual-Career Couples and Pregnant on the Job Market
21. International Job Search
22. Cultural and Experiential Diversity
    VII. BEYOND FACULTY CAREERS
23. Exploring the Expanded Job Market
    Appendices
    1: National Job Listing Sources and Scholarly and Professional Associations
    2: Additional Resources
    3: Sample Application Package
    Index