Surviving Your Academic Job Hunt

Advice for Humanities PhDs

• Author(s): K. Hume,
• Publisher: Springer
• Pages: 219
• ISBN_10: 1403978921
  ISBN_13: 9781403978929
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Education / Professional Development , Literary Criticism / General , Science / General , Education / Teacher Training & Certification , Education / General , Social Science / General ,

Description:... 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.