Surviving Your Academic Job Hunt : Advice for Humanities PhDs / by K. Hume.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hume, Kathryn, 1945-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Teachers--Training of.

Teachers.

Literature.

Social sciences.

Humanities.

Teaching and Teacher Education.

Humanities and Social Sciences.

Local Subjects:

Teaching and Teacher Education.

Literature.

Humanities and Social Sciences.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (224 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2005.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Cover

SURVIVING YOUR ACADEMIC JOB HUNT

Contents

Preface

One How to Plan Your Job Hunt: Timeline and Documents

Two Conference Interviews

Three Campus Interviews and Negotiating Terms

Four The Economics of Being an Assistant Professor

Five The Politics of Being an Assistant Professor

Six Epilogue for Placement Officers

Appendix I Examples of Job-Hunting Documents

Appendix II Job Market Checklist

Appendix III Useful Resources

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-210) and index.

ISBN:

9786611364342

9781281364340

1281364347

9781403978929

1403978921

OCLC:

76898724