On the Market: Surviving the Academic Job Hunt

by Christina Boufis (co-editor), Victoria C. Olsen (co-editor)

The job crisis in all fields of academia has reached alarming proportions -- and even for outstanding candidates the competition is fierce. This collection of essays by new Ph.D.s explores the problem from a wide variety of viewpoints, offering strategies for getting recommendations and performing at interviews as well as discussions of the personal difficulties involved. This book is a must for anyone who holds a Ph.D., is working toward one -- or is weighing post-college options and wondering whether the doctorate is worth pursuing. And it will help family members of those on the market understand the difficulties new candidates face.

381 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published September 1, 1997