On the Market: Surviving the Academic Job Hunt
by Christina Boufis
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The job crisis in all fields of academia has reached alarming proportions -- and even for outstanding candidates the competition is fierce. This collection of essays by new Ph.D.s explores the problem from a wide variety of viewpoints, offering strategies for getting recommendations and performing at interviews as well as discussions of the personal difficulties involved. This book is a must for anyone who holds a Ph.D., is working toward one -- or is weighing post-college options and show more wondering whether the doctorate is worth pursuing. And it will help family members of those on the market understand the difficulties new candidates face. show lessTags
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Christina Boufis is director of the writing program at the San Francisco Art Institute and has taught nonfiction writing at Stanford University since 1999. Her essays have appeared in many top consumer magazines, and her first published essay for Glamour was nominated for The Heart of America award. Christina recently concluded a narrative blog show more for WomansDay.com called "The Big 'M.'" She has a PhD in literature and women's studies. show less
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- Nonfiction, Business
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- 378.1202373 — Society, government, & culture Education Higher education (Tertiary education) Organization and management; curriculums Teaching staff; Faculty
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- LB2331.72 .O5 — Education Theory and practice of education Theory and practice of education Higher education
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