The Academic Job Search Handbook » (Fourth Edition)

Julia Miller Vick is Senior Associate Director and Jennifer S. Furlong is Associate Director of Career Services at the University of Pennsylvania. They are coauthors of the Chronicle of Higher Education online column Career Talk.

For more than 15 years, The Academic Job Search Handbook has assisted job seekers in all academic disciplines in their search for faculty positions. The new fourth edition provides updated advice and addresses hot topics in today's competitive job market.

I What You Should Know Before You Start

1 The Structure of Academic Careers 5

2 Hiring from the Institution's Point of View 10

II Planning and Timing Your Search

3 Becoming a Job Candidate: The Timetable for Your Search 19

4 Deciding Where and When to Apply 24

5 The Importance of Advisors and Professional Networks 31

6 Conference Presentations and Networking 36

7 Letters of Recommendation 40

8 Learning About Openings 45

III Written Materials for the Search: Suggestions and Samples

9 Responding to Position Announcements 51

10 Vitas 52

11 Additional Application Materials 117

12 Web Sites 148

13 Job Hunting Correspondence 153

IV Conducting the Search

14 Interviewing 177

15 Off-Site Interviews: Conference/Convention and Telephone Interviews 187

16 Campus Interviews 194

17 Job Offers, Negotiations, Acceptances, and Rejections 204

V After You Take the Job

18 Starting the Job 219

19 Knowing About and Getting Tenure 225

20 Changing Jobs 229

VI Additional Considerations

21 Dual Career Couples, Pregnant on the Job Market, and Related Concerns 235

22 International Scholars, Older Candidates, Gaps in Your Vita 246

23 Thinking About the Expanded Job Market 251

App. 1 National Job Listing Sources and Scholarly and Professional Associations 269

App. 2 Additional Reading 281

Index 285