| Description |
1 online resource (468 pages) : illustrations |
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What you should know before you start -- Planning and timing your search -- Written materials for the search: suggestions and and samples -- Conducting the search -- After you take the job -- Additional considerations -- Beyond faculty careers |
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Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; 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 |
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11. Online Presence12. 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 |
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Appendix 1: National Job Listing Sources and Scholarly and Professional AssociationsAppendix 2: Additional Resources; Appendix 3: Sample Application Package; Index |
| Summary |
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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Academic Life |
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Education |
| Notes |
Originally authored by Mary Morris Heiberger and Julia Miller Vick |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-368) and index |
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCOhost, viewed January 1, 2019) |
| Subject |
College teachers -- Employment -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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College teachers -- Selection and appointment -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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Vocational guidance.
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Universities and colleges.
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Career Choice
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Faculty
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Universities
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Vocational Guidance
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vocational guidance.
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colleges (institutions)
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universities (institutions)
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Vocational guidance
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Universities and colleges
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College teachers -- Employment
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College teachers -- Selection and appointment
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Handbooks and manuals
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Furlong, Jennifer S., author.
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Lurie, Rosanne, author.
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Heiberger, Mary Morris.
Academic job search handbook
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| LC no. |
2016303038 |
| ISBN |
9780812292060 |
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0812292065 |
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