Written by an experienced careers advisor, this book shows how to assess your skills and interests and match them to the employment opportunities available.

The definitive career guide for grad students, adjuncts, post-docs and anyone else eager to get tenure or turn their Ph.D. into their ideal job Each year tens of thousands of students will, after years of hard work and enormous amounts of money, earn their Ph.D. And each year only a small percentage of them will land a job that justifies and rewards their investment. For every comfortably tenured professor or well-paid former academic, there are countless underpaid and overworked adjuncts, and many more who simply give up in frustration. Those who do make it share an important asset that separates them from the pack: they have a plan. They understand exactly what they need to do to set themselves up for success. They know what really moves the needle in academic job searches, how to avoid the all-too-common mistakes that sink so many of their peers, and how to decide when to point their Ph.D. toward other, non-academic options. Karen Kelsky has made it her mission to help readers join the select few who get the most out of their Ph.D. As a former tenured professor and department head who oversaw numerous academic job searches, she knows from experience exactly what gets an academic applicant a job. And as the creator of the popular and widely respected advice site The Professor is In, she has helped countless Ph.D.’s turn themselves into stronger applicants and land their dream careers. Now, for the first time ever, Karen has poured all her best advice into a single handy guide that addresses the most important issues facing any Ph.D., including: -When, where, and what to publish -Writing a foolproof grant application -Cultivating references and crafting the perfect CV -Acing the job talk and campus interview -Avoiding the adjunct trap -Making the leap to nonacademic work, when the time is right The Professor Is In addresses all of these issues, and many more.

The Chicago Guide to Landing a Job in Academic Biology is an indispensable guide for graduate students and post-docs as they enter that domain red in tooth and claw: the job market. An academic career in the biological sciences typically demands well over a decade of technical training. So it’s ironic that when a scholar reaches the most critical stage in that career—the search for a job following graduate work—he or she receives little or no formal preparation. Instead, students are thrown into the job market with only cursory guidance on how to search for and land a position. Now there’s help. Carefully, clearly, and with a welcome sense of humor, The Chicago Guide to Landing a Job in Academic Biology leads graduate students and postdoctoral fellows through the perils and rewards of their first job search. The authors—who collectively have for decades mentored students and served on hiring committees—have honed their advice in workshops at biology meetings across the country. The resulting guide covers everything from how to pack an overnight bag without wrinkling a suit to selecting the right job to apply for in the first place. The authors have taken care to make their advice useful to all areas of academic biology—from cell biology and molecular genetics to evolution and ecology—and they give tips on how applicants can tailor their approaches to different institutions from major research universities to small private colleges. With jobs in the sciences ever more difficult to come by, The Chicago Guide to Landing a Job in Academic Biology is designed to help students and post-docs navigate the tricky terrain of an academic job search—from the first year of a graduate program to the final negotiations of a job offer.

Think your resume and cover letter are in great shape for that next job opportunity? Read this book and you're certain to have at least a dozen ideas on how to improve your next job-hunting effort. This book helps you focus on getting past the HR staff screeners and seen by your next boss. In the process of polishing up career accomplishments and professional objectives, you will find yourself laughing out loud at the incredible and true examples of how NOT to get the interview. Concise and well written, this book is a must for both soon-to-be college graduates and experienced workers who may be back in the job market for the first time in years. This book also shows that one can have fun with the resume writing process without it having to be excessively long, dry, and uncompromising.

Everyone's job search begins differently but most find searching for a job difficult. So this book is here to guide you every step of the way. Useful tips in this book will help you find, apply to, interview for and get the job that's right for you. This book includes: - Will Talk About The Best Time For You to Start a New Job Search - Other Great Periods to Start a Productive Job Search - How to Prepare for a Job Search Adventure - The Power of Being Positive Throughout The Search For a New Job - Follow a Proven Week-by-Week Job Search Scheme - Preparing for Your Next Job - Step by Step

A new personalized way to find the perfect job—while staying calm during the process. You are so much more than a resume or job application, but how can you communicate that to your potential employer? You need to learn to ask the right questions, stop using job sites, and start doing the work that actually counts. Based on information gained from over 400,000 individuals who have used these exercises, this book reveals career expert Dev Aujla’s tried-and-tested method for job seekers at every stage of their career. Filled with anecdotes and advice from professionals ranging from a wilderness guide to an architect, it includes quick-step exercises that help you avoid the common pitfalls of navigating a modern career. Whether you've just decided to start the hunt or you're gearing up for a big interview, 50 Ways to Get a Job will keep you poised, on-track, and motivated right up to landing your dream career.

This may be the only advice you need to get the job you dream of. This book will lead you through the full process, including how to write a resume and cover letter, how to network professionally, how to ace an interview, and much more. It's a wonderful resource for everyone, from those just starting out in the job market to those who have been out of work for a while. Even seasoned job seekers will uncover beneficial tricks to increase their chances of finding that ideal job.