Academic Job Search Handbook |
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March 15, 2016, Volume 62, No. 26 |
To celebrate the new (fifth) edition of the Academic Job Search Handbook (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2016), authored by Penn Career Services graduate student/postdoc advisors Julie Vick and Rosanne Lurie and former Penn Career Services advisor Jenny Furlong (now at the Graduate Center, CUNY), current Penn doctoral students and current Penn postdocs are invited to a reception in the Common Room at the Graduate Student Center on Tuesday, March 22, from 2-3 p.m.
Meet the authors, enjoy a snack and buy a copy of the new edition. Career Services and the Penn Press make it possible for current Penn doctoral students and current Penn postdocs (who have completed at least one year of their postdoc) to purchase the book for the discounted price of $10 (with PennCard). Others may purchase it through Amazon, other booksellers or the University of Pennsylvania Press, http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/book/915.html at the regular retail price of $19.95. It is also available to be read in the Career Services library.
The book’s sections 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,” “Additional Considerations” and “Beyond Faculty Careers.” This new edition has over 60 new sample job search materials from faculty job seekers (who got jobs) across humanities, social sciences, STEM and professional disciplines. |