Job strategies
Subtitle: getting an academic job
By: authors, Jennie Jacobs Kronenfeld and Marcia Lynn Whicker.
Contributors: Whicker, Marcia Lynn.
Series: Survival skills for scholars ;; v. 17
Publisher: Sage Publications
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Thousand Oaks, Calif
Language: eng
Subjects: College teachers -- Employment -- United States; College teachers -- Selection and appointment -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: The nature of job searches. Tale of two job candidates. Factors that affect your job search; title: Searching for a job. Sources of job information. Job application strategies; title: The job interview. Preliminary stages. General description of a typical on-campus visit. Things to ask about, know about, and be able to answer before the visit. Meetings with the faculty. The presentation. Dinner and other social obligations. Forgotten items. Problematic situations. Concluding comments; title: Landing the right job. Negotiating deal. Factors to consider when choosing a job; title: Dual careers, senior and nonacademic jobs. Moving up : special issues for associate and full professors. Dual-career complications. Research positions and other special circumstances; title: The Dos and don'ts of job searching. Do's. Don'ts.