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• Job Searching

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• Academic Publishing

Job Searching

The Academic Job Search Handbook

by Mary Morris Heiberger and Julia Miller Vick

Paperback 3rd edition (July 15, 2001)

University of Pennsylvania Press; ISBN: 0812217780; Dimensions (in inches): 8.9 x 6.1 x 0.6

This handbook provides specific advice on all aspects of job-seeking in an increasingly tight academic market, from the appropriate timetable for the application process, to illegal or odd interview questions, to negotiating offers, starting a new job, seeking tenure, and everything in between. New information in the third edition includes more examples and advice for candidates in scientific and technical fields, as well as more references for those applying for adjunct positions and to community colleges.

Alternative Careers in Science: Leaving the Ivory Tower

by Cynthia Robbins-Roth (Editor)

Paperback 1st edition (January 15, 1998)

Academic Press; ISBN: 0125893752; Dimensions: 9.1 x 6 x 0.7

This book gives first-hand descriptions of the evolution of a band of hardy scientists out of the lab and into just about every career you can imagine. Researchers from every branch of science found their way into finance, public relations, consulting, business development, journalism, and more - and thrived there! Each author tells their personal story.

The Elements of Resume Style: Essential Rules and Eye-Opening Advice for Writing Resumes and Cover Letters that Work

by Scott Bennett

Paperback -128 pages (July 22, 2005)

AMACOM; 1 edition; ISBN: 081447280X; Dimensions (in inches): 8.1 x 5.2 x 0.5

The key to creating clear, engaging resumes and cover letters -- and landing a great job! Learn to see your resume from the employer's perspective, avoid the errors most candidates make, handle job-hopping, employment gaps, and other touchy subjects honestly and effectively.  Learn how to write cover letters that stand out -- and learn the untapped power of the inquiry letter.

Finding an Academic Job (Surviving Graduate School)

by Karen M. Sowers-Hoag and Dianne F. Harrison

Paperback - 136 pages (February 12, 1998)

Sage Publishers, Inc;  ISBN: 0761904018; Dimensions (in inches): 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.4

This guide covers a range of issues surrounding the process of finding employment in an academic setting: surveying the market, preparing credentials, marketing oneself, job hunting, negotiating an offer, and issues arising in a dual-career partnership. Across disciplines, students in graduate programs and those considering entering graduate programs, faculty advisors, placement officers, career counselors, and others who work with and mentor budding professors will find this book invaluable.

Getting an Academic Job : Strategies for Success

by Jennie Jacobs Kronenfeld, Marcia Lynn-Whicker

Paperback - 113 pages (February 1997)

Sage Publications; ISBN: 0803970153 ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.34 x 8.54 x 6.74

Authors lead their readers through the basics: Are your sights set too high or not high enough? Are you prepared for the campus interview? Have you shown your seriousness about your career through your publications? These questions and many more are answered in this brief yet practical guide to successfully entering the academic job market and will be an essential guide to any graduate student.

Guerrilla Marketing for Job Hunters: 400 Unconventional Tips, Tricks, and Tactics for Landing Your Dream Job

by Jay Conrad Levison and David Perry

Paperback – 288 Pages (September 29, 2005)

Wiley; ISBN: 0471714844; Dimensions (in inches): 9 x 6 x 0.9

This book covers: Using the Internet for research and job searches to your own Web site, blogs, and podcasting; Performing an extreme resume makeover and creating a higher-powered value-based resume; Harnessing the full power of Google, LinkedIn, and ZoomInfo to uncover opportunities in the "hidden job market"; and Branding yourself and selling your strengths in resumes, letters, e-mail, and interviews.

The Job Search Solution: The Ultimate System for Finding a Great Job Now!

by Tony Beshara

Paperback - 288 pages (January 2, 2006)

AMACOM; ISBN:0814473326; Dimensions (in inches): 9.1 x 7.3 x 1

Featuring illuminating real-life job search stories, the book contains interactive exercises and practical Dos and Don'ts, empowering readers by revealing: - what 97% of American businesses are really looking for when hiring- what the real purpose of an interview is- how factors such as age and employment history can affect the job search-and how to manage these issues.

Knock 'em Dead, 2008: The Ultimate Job Search Guide

by Martin Yate

Paperback - 352 pages (October 1, 2007)

Adams Media; ISBN: 1598691651; Dimensions (in inches): 9 x 7.8 x 1

The most authoritative job search book on the market just keeps getting better and better. This new edition offers the latest and most comprehensive information on Internet resources for job searching, networking, and company research.

Perfect Phrases for Negotiating Salary and Job Offers: Hundreds of Ready-to-Use Phrases to Help You Get the Best Possible Salary, Perks or Promotion

by Matthew J. Deluca and Nanette F. Deluca

Paperback - 160 pages (November 21, 2006)

McGraw-Hill 1 edition ISBN: 0071475516; Dimensions (in inches): 7.9 x 4.9 x 0.6

The latest guide gives you the correct vocabulary to use to get the best salary or job offer possible. Using words and phrases that take away the taboo surrounding the subject of money, you can ask for what you want-and deserve-with confidence. Provides quick, easy steps that prepare readers for salary negotiations, job interviews, or performance reviews, giving them the competitive edge.

Resume Magic: Trade Secrets of a Professional Resume Writer

by Susan Whitcomb

Paperback – 3^rd edition; 585 pages (September 2006)

JIST Works; ISBN: 1593573111; Dimensions (in inches): 10.8 x 8.4 x 1.4

A giant compendium of advice and before-and-after transformations that's hailed by professional writers as the definitive resource for writing and designing resumes that get people noticed and hired. Explains all the nuts and bolts of resume creation and illustrates professional techniques with actual examples that show why the techniques work.

Surviving Your Academic Job Hunt: Advice for Humanities PhD's

by Kathryn Hume

Paperback – 224 Pages (December 23, 2004)

Palgrave MacMillan; ISBN: 1403967296; Dimensions (in inches): 8.2 x 6.1 x 0.5

Hume shows job hunters how to train themselves to succeed in the humanities job market. They can study examples of the documents and work up answers to the questions posed in phone, conference, and campus interviews. They will also learn about bargaining for items such as subsidies, databases, and start-up packages.

What Color Is Your Parachute? 2008: A Practical Manual for Job-hunters and Career-Changers

by Richard Nelson Bolles

Paperback – 456 Pages 1 edition (September 1, 2007)

Ten Speed Press; ISBN: 1580088678; Dimensions (in inches): 8.9 x 6 x 1.1

 
This manual is still the best-selling job-hunting book in the world. It is a favorite of job hunters and career changers for more than three decades.  The 2008 edition is an even more useful book, with its updated, inspiring, and detailed plan for changing readers' lives.

Advice for Faculty

The Academic Deanship: Individual Careers and Institutional Roles

by David F. Bright and Mary P. Richards

Hardcover  1 edition (August 17, 2001)

Jossey-Bass; ISBN: 0787953504

This book serves as a guide for the aspiring or new dean, offering practical advice on how to approach the interview process and the new job, as well as providing a thoughtful assessment of the deanship in its wider context. The authors encourage the new or experienced dean to reflect on the larger issues, and address the realities of deaning from several perspectives in efforts to illuminate both the challenges and rewards of the job.

Career Strategies for Women in Academia: Arming Athena

by Lynn H. Collins, Joan C. Chrisler, and Kathryn Quina

Hardcover – 351 Pages (July 23, 1998)

Sage Publications;  ISBN: 0761909893; Dimensions (in inches) 9.2 x 6.2 x 1.1

Making one’s way through the minefields that are found in the academic professions is difficult for anyone, but the issues encountered by women in academe are pervasive and require specific strategies. In this new volume, provide a wealth of information about institutional pitfalls in higher-education professions, advice on how to handle difficult situations, and encouragement to those who persevere in their pursuit of an academic career.

The Complete Academic Search Manual: A Systematic Approach to Successful and Inclusive Hiring

by Lauren A. Vicker and Harriette J. Royer

Paperback – 128 Pages (October 2005)

Stylus Publishing;  ISBN: 1579221394; Dimensions (in inches): 10.7 x 8.3 x 0.5

This book provides a 10-step process for conducting searches for faculty and administrative positions on a college campus. Each chapter begins with clear, concise learning objectives before it details one step in the process, offers sample documents and checklists, and describes potential pitfalls.

Faculty Advising Examined: Enhancing the Potential of College Faculty as Advisors

edited by Gary L. Kramer

Hardcover – 308 Pages (January 2004)

Anker Publishing Company; ISBN: 1882982630; Dimensions (in inches): 9.1 x 6.2 x 0.9

Faculty advising is an integral component of the higher education system, yet it goes largely unexamined. This book explores faculty advising as a contributor to student college success and provides guidance on how to organize, deliver, and improve overall faculty advising on campus. It addresses such faculty advising issues as accountability, training, delivery, evaluation, recognition, and reward.

Field Guide to Academic Leadership

edited by Robert M. Diamond

Hardcover - 560 pages 1 edition (October 9, 2002)

Jossey-Bass, 2002;  ISBN: 0787960594; Dimensions (in inches): 9.3 x 8.2 x 1.6

A handbook of real, hands-on academic leadership. Provides insights and guidance, which will be useful for all academic leaders, new and old, public or private, CEO or assistant.

Good Start: A Guidebook for New Faculty in Liberal Arts Colleges

by Gerald W. Gibson

Paperback – 264 Pages  (April 13, 2007)

Anker Publishing Company; ISBN: 0962704237;  Dimensions (in inches): 8.7 x 6 x 0.6

Using a combination of personal experience and substantive research, Gerald Gibson has written an engaging, practical book dealing with all aspects of being a faculty member. He expounds on finding one’s role within the larger liberal arts tradition, how to focus on good teaching, and deciding where scholarship fits into the equation.

I'm the Teacher, You're the Student: A Semester in the University Classroom

by Patrick Allitt

Paperback – 260 Pages (October 1, 2004)

University of Pennsylvania Press;  ISBN: 0812218876; Dimensions (in inches): 8.9 x 6 x 0.8

In this trenchant and often hilarious guide, Patrick Allitt takes the reader along to his course in American history, offering a teacher's-eye view of the undergraduate classroom.

Life on the Tenure Track: Lessons from the First Year

by James M. Lang

Paperback – 208 Pages (April 6, 2005)

Lang (Johns Hopkins University Press; ISBN: 080188103X; Dimensions (in inches): 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.5

In this fast-paced and lively account, Jim Lang asks -- and mostly answers -- the questions that confront every new faculty member as well as those who dream of becoming new faculty members. Will my students like me? Will my teaching schedule allow me time to do research and write? Do I really want to spend the rest of my life in this profession? Is anyone awake in the back row?

Managing People: A Guide for Department Chairs and Deans

edited by Deryl R. Leaming

Hardcover - 272 pages 1 edition (2003)

Jossey-Bass; ISBN 1882982533; Dimensions (in inches): 9.2 x 5.8 x 0.8

This guide helps administrators handle the challenges they face when dealing with everyday personnel management problems. It is written by experienced chairs, deans, and vice presidents who offer sensible advice based on personal experience and scholarly research. Each essay tackles a different aspect of people management, explaining the dimensions and subtleties of the issue as well as offering targeted suggestions and resources.

McKeachie's Teaching Tips: Strategies, Research and Theory for College and University Teachers

by Wilbert James McKeachie, Marilla Svinicki

Paperback  - 407 Pages  12^th Edition June 27, 2005

Houghton Mifflin Company;  ISBN: 0618515569; Dimensions (in inches): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.8

This handbook is designed to provide helpful strategies for dealing with both the everyday problems of teaching at the university level, and those that pop up in trying to maximize learning for every student. The suggested strategies are supported by research and are grounded in enough theory to enable teachers to adapt them to their own situations.

Secrets of Power Salary Negotiating: Inside Secrets from a Master Negotiator

by Roger Dawson

Paperback – 240 Pages (June 30, 2006)

Career Press; 1 edition; ISBN: 1564148602; Dimensions (in inches): 8.2 x 5.2 x 0.5

Are you earning what you're worth? Master negotiator Roger Dawson, shows you how to get a better deal from your current employer and how to negotiate the best deal from a new employer. And you won't come off as greedy, overly aggressive or selfish. In fact, you'll learn how to win salary negotiations and still leave your boss feeling like he or she has actually won!

To Improve the Academy: Resources for Faculty, Instructional, and Organizational Development, Volume 22

edited by Catherine M. Wehlburg and Sandra Chadwick-Blossey

Paperback – 372 Pages (2004)

Anker Publishing Company; ISBN: 1-882982-65-7; Dimensions (in inches): 8.9 x 6 x 0.8

This is a collection of articles that focus on the role of faculty, instructional, and organizational development in ensuring excellence in education. Recognizing the urgency caused by a recent rash of budget and staff cuts and falling course enrollment, the authors provide new perspectives on how to address the growing need for providing quality, effective higher education.

Tomorrow's Professor: Preparing for Careers in Science and Engineering

by Richard M. Reis

Paperback – 440 Pages (April 1, 1997)

Wiley-IEEE Press;  ISBN: 0780311361; Dimensions (in inches): 8.8 x 5.9 x 1.2

Tomorrow's Professor is designed to help you prepare for, find, and succeed at academic careers in science and engineering. It looks at the full range of North American four-year academic institutions while featuring 30 vignettes and more than 50 individual stories that bring to life the principles and strategies outlined in the book.

Who Moved My Cheese? An Amazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work and in Your Life

by Spencer Johnson (Author), Kenneth Blanchard (Foreword)

Hardcover – 96 Pages (September 8, 1998)

G.P. Putnam’s Sons; ISBN: 0399144463; Dimensions (in inches): 8.4 x 5.3 x 0.7

This is a brief tale of two mice and two humans who live in a maze and one day are faced with change: someone moves their cheese. This story is about adjusting attitudes toward change in life, especially at work. Change occurs whether a person is ready or not, but the author affirms that it can be positive. His principles are to anticipate change, let go of the old, and do what you would do if you were not afraid.

Academic Publishing

At the Helm: A Laboratory Navigator

by Kathy Barker

Paperback 1st edition (January 15, 2002)

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press;  ISBN: 0879695838; Dimensions (in inches) 10.2 x 7.2 x 1

Newly appointed principal research investigators have to recruit, motivate, and lead a research team, manage personnel and institutional responsibilities, and compete for funding, while maintaining the outstanding scientific record that got them their position in the first place. Small wonder, then, that many principal investigators feel ill-prepared. With extensive use of interviews and a text enlivened with quotes and real-life examples, Dr. Barker discusses a wide range of management challenges and the skills that promote success.

A PhD Is Not Enough: A Guide To Survival In Science

by Peter J. Feibelman  

Paperback (December 20, 1993)

Basic Books; ISBN: 0201626632

Despite your graduate education, brainpower, and technical prowess, your career in scientific research is far from assured. Permanent positions are scarce, science survival is rarely part of formal graduate training, and a good mentor is hard to find. This exceptional volume explains what stands between you and fulfilling long-term research career.

The Academics' Guide to Publishing (Sage Study Skills Series)

by Rob Kitchin and Duncan Fuller

Paperback - 192 pages 1 edition (May 20, 2005)

Sage Publications Ltd.; ISBN: 1412900832; Dimensions (in inches): 8.1 x 5.8 x 0.6

This definitive guide to successfully publishing social science research demonstrates that completing a project is only the first phase of research. Dissemination is the second phase, and it requires specific skills and knowledge. Authors explain the different ways in which research can be disseminated, demonstrates how the structures, practices and procedures involved work, and situates research in the larger and changing context of Higher Education.

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