Job Search in Academe: Strategic Rhetorics for Faculty Job Candidates - Softcover

Formo, Dawn M.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1579220118 ISBN 13: 9781579220112

Publisher: Routledge, 1999

Synopsis

A practical guide to the application process for those seeking an academic post in North America. From identifying sources of information to advising on the preparation of effective CVs and portfolios, through guidance on interviews to negotiating terms, the authors provide insider advice.

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Review

"This extremely savvy guide to the academic job search and application, interviewing, and negotiation process really works ( it just helped my son land a tenure-track position in a major university)" -- Planning/Communications

From the Publisher

A handbook for anyone seeking a job in academe
"With a great deal of wit, with a whole lot of common sense, and with a sound grasp of the rhetoric of identification, Dawn Formo and Cheryl Reed have produced a ‘handbook’ which will be invaluable to job seekers." — From the Foreword by Ross Winterowd

From identifying sources of information about positions for academic job seekers of all disciplines, to advising on the preparation of effective CV’s and portfolios, through guidance on the process of interview to final negotiation of terms, Dawn Formo and Cheryl Reed — two Assistant Professors happily employed in their first choice institutions — provide a savvy guide to the application process.

Informed by the authors’ experience, the narratives of current and recent job seekers, and the rhetorical analysis of the processes of application, interview and negotiation, this book offers invaluable advice and insights to anyone contemplating an academic career in today’s precarious job market.

The authors cover the full spectrum of potential positions — adjunct, visiting, temporary and administrative appointments, as well as traditional tenure-track professorships — in both 4-year institutions and community colleges.

The book includes sample application letters and vitae, a model for a job search workshop, and a rich list of resources both in print and on-line

This handbook grew out of the demand generated by the authors’ successful workshops. Practical and entertaining, this is the essential guide to navigating today’s complex and changing academic job market.

Dawn Formo is Assistant Professor of Literature and Writing Studies at California State University, San Marcos; Cheryl Reed is Assistant Professor, Division of English, at Penn State, Hazelton.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1579220118
• ISBN 13: 9781579220112
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 160