The academic job search handbook
 Author: Heiberger, Mary Morris.
 Format: Book
 Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2001.
 Language: English
 Summary:
A truly helpful job search guide for newly minted PhDs who are bewildered by the web of marketing and networking involved in landing tenure these days. Heiberger and Vick (Career Planning and Placement Service, U. of Pennsylvania) don't pull any punches; Competition is stiff. But, their thorough outlines of how to effectively participate in conferences, learn about openi... (see more)

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  • 3rd ed.
  • viii, 227 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
  • ISBN: 0812217780 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • OCLC Number: 46473970
Notes
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-224) and index.
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Table of Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction to the Second Edition Introduction to the First 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. The Importance of Advisors and Professional Networks
  • 6. Conference Presentations and Networking
  • 7. Letters of Recommendation
  • 8. Learning About Openings
  • III. Written Materials for the Search: Suggestions and Samples
  • 9. Responding to Position Announcements
  • 10. Vitas
  • 11. Additional Application Materials
  • 12. Home Pages
  • 13. Job Hunting Correspondence
  • IV. Conducting the Search
  • 14. Interviewing
  • 15. Off-Site Interviews: Conference/Convention and Telephone Interviews
  • 16. Campus Interviews
  • 17. Job Offers, Negotiations, Acceptances, and Rejections
  • 18. Additional Considerations
  • V. After You Take the Job
  • 19. Starting the Job
  • 20. Knowing About and Getting Tenure
  • 21. Changing Jobs
  • Appendix 1. National Job Listing Sources and Scholarly and Professional Associations
  • Appendix 2. Additional
  • Reading
  • Index
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A truly helpful job search guide for newly minted PhDs who are bewildered by the web of marketing and networking involved in landing tenure these days. Heiberger and Vick (Career Planning and Placement Service, U. of Pennsylvania) don't pull any punches; Competition is stiff. But, their thorough outlines of how to effectively participate in conferences, learn about openings, handle telephone interviews, and negotiate offers will help to give candidates a step up on the ladder. The new edition includes guides to effectively use the Internet as a job search tool, and extensive samples of vitas, cover letters, abstracts, and statements of teaching philosophy. Contains an appendix of professional associations. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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