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

Title
  1. The professor is in : the essential guide to turning your Ph.D. into a job / Karen Kelsky, Ph.D.
Published by
  1. New York : Three Rivers Press, [2015]
  2. ©2015
Author
  1. Kelsky, Karen, 1964-

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Additional authors
  1. Three Rivers Press publisher.
Description
  1. x, 438 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Summary
  1. 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
  1. Education, Higher > Vocational guidance
  2. Doctoral students > Vocational guidance
  3. College graduates > Vocational guidance
  4. Job hunting
  5. Doctor of philosophy degree
  6. Job hunting > United States
  7. Professional employees > Supply and demand > United States
  8. Employment
  9. Job Application
Contents
  1. 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.
Owning institution
  1. Harvard Library
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Language (note)
  1. Text in English.
Processing action (note)
  1. committed to retain