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Moving on in your career : a guide for academic researchers and postgraduates / Lynda Ali and Barbara Graham.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ali, Lynda, 1946-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- College teaching--Vocational guidance--Great Britain.
- College teaching.
- College graduates--Employment--Great Britain.
- College graduates.
- Career changes--Great Britain.
- Career changes.
- Job hunting--Great Britain.
- Job hunting.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (201 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : RoutledgeFalmer, 2000.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In today's highly competitive job market a higher degree will not necessarily lead to a career in higher education. Researchers need to know how to enhance their career prospects and how to look further into the wide range of career options open to them elsewhere.Moving On in Your Career shows researchers what is required to make a continuing career in academic research or lecturing and gives advice on taking alternative career paths. The authors draw on their expertise in careers guidance in higher education to outline the various options in which researchers can use the skills t
- Contents:
- Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of exercises; List of figures; List of tables; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Introduction; Focus on higher education; Understanding the context: academic staff in higher education; Focus on yourself; Developing your career plan; Self assessment; Generating career ideas; Gathering information about careers; Decision making; Focus on career routes; Routes to an academic career; Routes to other careers; Focus on getting a job; Finding vacancies; Presenting your case: CVs and covering letters; Presenting your case: application forms
- Convincing selectors: interviewsDeveloping your career strategy; Sources of information; Notes and references; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [183]-186) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-134-68323-5
- 1-134-68324-3
- 1-280-32860-6
- 0-203-13570-9
- 0-203-17107-1
- 9786610328604
- 9780203135709
- OCLC:
- 559987584
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