Surviving your academic job hunt: advice for humanities PhDs
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Main Author: Hume, Kathryn 1945- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York Palgrave Macmillan 2005
Edition:1. ed.
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Online Access:TUM01
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-210) and index
Preface -- How to Plan Your Job Hunt: Timeline and Documents -- Conference Interviews -- Campus Interviews and Negotiating Terms -- The Economics of Being an Assistant Professor -- The Politics of Being An Assistant Professor -- Epilogue for Placement Officers -- Documents
This book is a guide to securing an academic post in the humanities in a US University. It includes best-practice examples of application documents and shows how to work up answers to the questions posed in phone, conference, and campus interviews. Readers will also learn about bargaining for subsidies and start-up packages. The book can be used by Careers Officers to train students, or by job hunters training themselves. This short, lively read gives practical, solid advice which will help candidates to transform their mindset from student to faculty
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (viii, 215 p.)
ISBN:1403978921
9781403978929

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