How to Decide When to Go on the Academic Job Market
After watching this video, you’ll be able to:
- Identify the four key steps to determining when to go on the academic job market.
- Articulate your goals for going on the academic job market.
- Assess how prepared you are for the job search.
- Align your priority next steps with the academic hiring timelines.
Webinar presented by Laura Lohman, PhD who is the Director of the Center for the Advancement of Faculty Excellence at Queens University of Charlotte.
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Use the Take Notes widget at the bottom right of the page to answer these questions and complete the exercises for this unit.
Questions to Consider
- How can you clarify your goals?
- How can you determine if you are ready?
- How can you maximize your readiness?
- What can you do to align your next steps with the hiring timeline.
Exercises
- Begin identifying your goals for going on the academic job market. Why do you want to enter the job market? What are the ultimate goals associated with those reasons? What is your primary or most important goal?
- Using the self-assessment questions provided in the seminar, determine whether you are ready to go on the academic job market. Can you create and describe the required work products and experience? Can you access emotional and social resources? How would this decision impact your responsibilities?
- Attempt to create a timeline, flowchart, or mind map that represents the steps still required to successfully complete your graduate work. Compare your timeline, flowchart or mind map with the job market timeline provided in the seminar. When would be a reasonable time to enter the academic job market?
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