Guidance and Suggestions for Job Candidates


The links below will take you to articles from the Chronicle of Higher Education in which professional career counsellors and other academics share their experience and wisdom on a variety of topics, including trends in the profession, situation-specific interivew techniques (for example, how to tailor one's presentation for a position at a community college as opposed to one at a more "elite" instutition), not to mention do's and dont's in deciding what to wear to the interview.


  --  PRACTICAL GUIDANCE FOR ACADEMIC JOB SEEKERS FROM PROFESSIONAL CAREER COUNSELORS
How Would You Teach This Class?
http://chronicle.com/article/How-Would-You-Teach-This-Cl/45011/

Interviewing at a Teaching-Focused University
http://chronicle.com/article/Interviewing-at-a-Teaching-/45217/

How to Write a Statement of Teaching Philosophy
http://chronicle.com/article/How-to-Write-a-Statement-of/45133/

  --  ACADEMICS SHARE THEIR PERSONAL EXPERIENCES
To Whom It May Concern: Reading Job Applications
http://chronicle.com/article/To-Whom-It-May-Concern-Rea/45527/

The Great Compression: Crushing a Decade's Work into 2 Minutes or Less
http://chronicle.com/article/The-Great-Compression-Crus/45524/

  --  PREPARING FOR MLA INTERVIEWS AND CAMPUS VISITS
The Cost of Applying for Academic Jobs
http://chronicle.com/article/The-Cost-of-Applying-for-Ac/46220/

What Should You Wear?
http://chronicle.com/article/What-Should-You-Wear-/46230/

The Job Interview
http://chronicle.com/article/The-Job-Interview/46217/

Preparing for Campus Interviews
http://chronicle.com/article/Preparing-for-Campus-Interv/45331/

The Ones We Didn't Hire
http://chronicle.com/article/The-Ones-We-Didnt-Hire/46240/
  --  APPLYING FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGE JOBS

The Importance of Cover Letters in a Community-College Job Search
http://chronicle.com/article/The-Importance-of-Cover-Let/46090/

  --  APPLYING FOR VISITING POSITIONS
How to Be Ready to Move
http://chronicle.com/article/How-to-Be-Ready-to-Move/46087/