Getting an Academic Job

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Jennie Jacobs Kronenfeld - Arizona State University, USA
Marcia Lynn Whicker - Rutgers University, USA

Volume: 17

Series:
Survival Skills for Scholars

Other Titles in:
Post-Graduate Study Skills

119 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc

In this brief and practical guide to entering the academic job market, Jennie Jacobs Kronenfeld and Marcia Lynn Whicker guide readers through the basics of job searching. They provide advice on a number of key factors including interview preparation and presentation.

The Nature of Job Searches

Searching for a Job

The Job Interview

Landing the Right Job

Special Considerations

Dual Career Couples, Senior Positions and Non-Academic Jobs

The DOs and DON'Ts of Job Searching

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Jennie Jacobs Kronenfeld, PhD

Jennie Jacobs Kronenfeld is a professor in the Sociology Program in the School of Social and Family Dynamics, Arizona State University. Her research areas are medical sociology and aging and the life course with a special focus on health policy, health care utilization, and health behavior. She has recently published Medicare by Greenwood Press (2011) and serves as the editor of the research annual Research in the Sociology of Health and Health Care published each year by Emerald Press. She is co-editor of Health and Associate Editor In Chief of American Journal of Health Promotion. Her current research interests in addition to health... More About Author