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Finding a Job: When to Start, Where to Look, and How to Be Prepared for the Process

Finding a Job: When to Start, Where to Look, and How to Be Prepared for the Process. Helenrose Fives, Ph. D. Texas Tech University. When to Start. When you are ready. After your proposal defense. In the late fall through early spring. When to Start. Can you answer the following?.

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Finding a Job: When to Start, Where to Look, and How to Be Prepared for the Process

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  1. Finding a Job: When to Start, Where to Look, and How to Be Prepared for the Process Helenrose Fives, Ph. D. Texas Tech University

  2. When to Start • When you are ready. • After your proposal defense. • In the late fall through early spring.

  3. When to Start Can you answer the following? • Who are you? • Area of Specialization • Strengths and Weaknesses • What do you want? • Type of position • Geographic location • Type of institution • When will you graduate?

  4. Type of InstitutionCarnegie Rankings • Doctorate-granting Institutions • Doctoral/Research Universities—Extensive • Doctoral/Research Universities—Intensive • Master's Colleges and Universities • Master's Colleges and Universities I • Master's Colleges and Universities II • Baccalaureate Colleges • Baccalaureate Colleges—Liberal Arts • Baccalaureate Colleges—General • Baccalaureate/Associate's Colleges • Associate's Colleges • Specialized Institutions http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/Classification/index.htm

  5. Where to Look • Generally: • Everywhere and Anywhere, OR • Where you want to be… • Specifically: • Position Listings • Networks • University Web Sites

  6. Where to Look • Chronicle of Higher Education • http://chronicle.com/ • Right Corner: “New Jobs” • Sort by State, Instituation, or Date • Daily Review • Teaching and Education Jobs • http://www.csuchico.edu/plc/teachjobs.html • Higher Education Jobs • http://higheredjobs.com/ • Association of Jesuit College and Universities (AJCU) • http://www.ajcunet.edu/jobbank/list2.asp?Limit=Faculty

  7. How to be Prepared for the Process What you need: • Organization • Time • Money • Flexibility • Support and Guidance • Filing System • Spreadsheet • Receipts • Vita Paper ($20) • Mailing/Copies ($3 - $5 each) • Interview Wardrobe ($$?) • Phone Calls • Out of Pocket • Incidentals ($20) • Room on Credit Card • Check Daily Listings: 10 - 60 min • Decisions: 10 min to 1 – 2 hrs • Cover Letter and Vita Prep: • Initial: 1 – 2 days • Modifications: 15 – 20 min each • Search Maintenance: 15 – 60 min/day

  8. How to be Prepared for the Process What you send: • Cover Letter • 2 – 3 Pages • Explain why you are perfect for the position. • They read it! • Vita • Reprints/Writing Samples • 2 – 3 published works or conference papers. • No Pubs? Use a recent submission, class paper, or work in progress.

  9. How to be Prepared for the Process What you send: • Educational Philosophy • Teaching Evaluations • Create a compilation of the evaluations and comments. • Use a table or graph to demonstrate improvement. • Sample Syllabi • Demonstrates you teaching abilities and expectations • Even if you haven’t taught you can still create a syllabi for a course you will likely teach.

  10. How to be Prepared for the Process What you do: • References • Ask • Inform • Thank • Know the Position • Description • Program • Know the Institution • Who are the faculty? • What is the mission? Professionally

  11. How to be Prepared for the Process What you do: • Share • Peers • Recent Graduates • New Faculty • Explore • Possibilities • Locations • Roles Psychologically

  12. How to be Prepared for the Process What you do: • Nourishment • Snack bars • Water • Advil? • Sleep • Get some Physically

  13. Oh, and Finish your Dissertation

  14. Good Luck!

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