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Understanding the Academic Job Search Process Workshop In-Person

Are you interested in a career in higher education? This workshop is geared towards students on or about to be on the job market, but is useful for those looking ahead so they can better plan their time in their graduate program. This presentation introduces you to the essential elements of planning for an academic career, with a focus on those steps when you are close to being on the job market. There will be time for Q & A. Topics will include:

  • understanding the job market cycle and the realities of the academic job market,
  • determining readiness to go on the market,
  • identifying job opportunities, understanding how to present yourself for different types of institutions,
  • how search committees work and preparing for screening interviews. 

Presented by Stearns Center for Teaching and Faculty Excellence in collaboration with Mason Graduate Student Life

Date:
Friday, September 29, 2017
Time:
1:30pm - 2:45pm
Time Zone:
Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
Location:
1014B Fenwick Library, Instruction Room
Campus:
Fairfax Campus
Categories:
  Graduate Students     Workshops  

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