Preparing for Careers in the Academy Workshop: Understanding the Academic Job Search Process
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Preparing for Careers in the Academy Workshop: Understanding the Academic Job Search Process
Are you interested in a career in higher education? This presentation will introduce you to the essential elements of planning for an academic career with a focus on those steps when you are close to being on the job market. Topics will include: understanding the job market cycle and the realities of the academic job market, determining readiness to go on the market, identifying job opportunities, understanding how to present yourself for different types of institutions, how search committees work and preparing for screening interviews. There will be time for Q & A.
Audience: Doctoral or MFA graduate students at any stage who are interested in careers in academia. Note: This workshop is geared towards students on or about to be on the job market, but is useful for those looking ahead so they can better plan their time in their graduate program.
For more information about this workshop and the Preparing for Careers in the Academy Workshop series, visit our website.