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The professor is in : the essential guide to turning your Ph.D. into a job / Karen Kelsky, Ph.D.

Title
The professor is in : the essential guide to turning your Ph.D. into a job / Karen Kelsky, Ph.D.
Author
Kelsky, Karen, 1964-
Publication
  • New York : Three Rivers Press, [2015]
  • ©2015

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Three Rivers Press publisher.
Description
x, 438 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Summary
Offers career guidance to Ph.D. degree holders, addressing such issues as publishing, interviews, CVs, cultivating references, avoiding career path mistakes, and transitioning to non-academic work.
Subject
  • Education, Higher > Vocational guidance
  • Doctoral students > Vocational guidance
  • College graduates > Vocational guidance
  • Job hunting
  • Doctor of philosophy degree
  • Job hunting > United States
  • Professional employees > Supply and demand > United States
  • Employment
  • Job Application
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Language (note)
  • Text in English.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Dark times in the academy -- Getting your head in the game -- The nuts and bolts of a competitive record -- Job documents that work -- Techniques of the academic interview -- Navigating the job market minefield -- Negotiating an offer -- Grants and postdocs -- Some advice about advisors -- Leaving the cult.
ISBN
  • 9780553419429
  • 0553419420
  • 9780553419436 (ebook) (canceled/invalid)
OCLC
  • 910073848
  • SCSB-10575722
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library