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The academic job search handbook
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Title
The academic job search handbook / Julia Miller Vick and Jennifer S. Furlong.
ISBN
9780812220162
0812220161
Edition
4th ed.
Published
Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2008.
Physical Description
viii, 287 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Local Notes
Biomedical Sciences Careers Collection copy; purchased by NIGMS T32007223 by program Director, Susan Baserga.
Cushing/Whitney Medical Library.
Notes
Revised edition of: The academic job search handbook / Mary Morris Heiberger and Julia Miller Vick. 3rd ed. 2001.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
January 28, 2016
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-284) and index.
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.
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Handbooks and manuals.
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