When beginning an Academic Job Search, consider asking yourself the following questions:
If I were a higher education recruiting profession, what would be the key points I would want to cover in recruiting for this position?
For adjunct jobs, ask what the recurring opportunities to teach are. Some schools turn adjuncts over continually, to get a breadth of teaching skills.
For deans jobs, find out if successful prior job-holders are inside hires or outside hires. Do politics often get in the way of success?
In general, university administrative jobs choose the “promote from within” concept first unless significant change management is a prerequisite. Faculty recruiting often keys on finding the candidate who best fills the particular void in the department.
When you search higher education job opportunities think of marriage. In many ways it is similar. There is a courtship, then you decide if you can live with the other party, then you look for the good, the bad and the ugly. Then you fall in love. Isn’t that simple? Of course it is not simple. Happy job hunting!
If I were a higher education recruiting profession, what would be the key points I would want to cover in recruiting for this position?
For adjunct jobs, ask what the recurring opportunities to teach are. Some schools turn adjuncts over continually, to get a breadth of teaching skills.
For deans jobs, find out if successful prior job-holders are inside hires or outside hires. Do politics often get in the way of success?
In general, university administrative jobs choose the “promote from within” concept first unless significant change management is a prerequisite. Faculty recruiting often keys on finding the candidate who best fills the particular void in the department.
When you search higher education job opportunities think of marriage. In many ways it is similar. There is a courtship, then you decide if you can live with the other party, then you look for the good, the bad and the ugly. Then you fall in love. Isn’t that simple? Of course it is not simple. Happy job hunting!
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