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Academic Job Search Handbook
The Academic Job Search Handbook (fourth edition) may be purchased by current Penn doctoral students and current Penn postdocs (who have completed at least one year of their postdoc) in the Career Services office for the discounted price of $10.00. Others may purchase it through Amazon, other booksellers, or the University of Pennsylvania Press at the regular retail price. It is also available to be read in the Career Services Library.
Written by our Career Services Senior Associate Director, Julie Miler Vick and Jennifer S. Furlong, former Associate Director and current Associate Director, Office of Faculty Resources, New York University, the chapters are entitled "What You Should Know Before You Start," "Planning and Timing Your Search," "Written Materials for the Search: Suggestions and Samples," "Conducting the Search," "After You Take the Job," and "Additional Considerations."
The authors of the book are also career columnists for “The Chronicle of Higher Education." See their columns Career Talk and The CV Doctor.
Comments from members of the Penn community about
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From a PhD in Anthropology with a three year visiting professor position:
I purchased the Academic Job Search Handbook, which I used as a reference throughout the process as I tried to navigate all the intricate yet unwritten and often unspoken rules. The Academic Job Search Handbook was at my side as a reference throughout the many stages of the search and was particularly useful as I prepared for conference and on-campus interviews.
From a current biomedical faculty member:
Your Academic Job Search Handbook was of great
value to me when I was on the market years ago. |
From a PhD in Music who is an Assistant Professor:
The Academic Job Search Handbook, contained all the advice I needed, save for the discipline-specific advising my dept. provided. |
From a PhD in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mathematics, now doing a postdoc:
The Academic Job Search Handbook was a useful resource in preparing for interviews.
Practicing answers to common interview questions ahead of time was very helpful.
PhD in Communication who is an Assistant Professor:
I was part of a dual academic career couple.
The Academic Job Search Handbook was a HUGE help.
My husband and I would just ask each other the questions.
It helped me feel prepared.
And we both received tenure-track job offers from [the same university]. |
PhD in History with a faculty position:
Getting a copy of the Academic Job Search Handbook was the single most useful thing that helped my job search strategy. |
PhD in Math:
By the way, I read quite a bit of your book on the Job Search, and I found your advice concerning the phone interview enormously helpful. I had no idea what to expect, and your advice to prepare for it as if it were an on-campus interview was right on: it was 30 minutes of pure grilling. In fact, it was tougher than the on-campus interview.
Additional Academic Job Search Resources
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