Veteran professors synthesize their combined 60+ years of expertise at primarily undergraduate, teaching-focused universities into easy-to-follow advice for graduate students and current faculty seeking to build thriving careers at similar institutions. Writing in a friendly tone that includes their personal reflections, the authors guide readers…

Teaching psychology is a noble and rewarding endeavor, but finding the right position at the right college can be a daunting task. This book is designed to guide you through this complicated process by helping you find the job that matches your long-term goals -- whether you want to focus on research, teaching, or both -- and to become a strong,…

Beginning a new career as an academic is a daunting task. Carol Mutch's latest book aims to demystify the process by providing new and intending academics with an insight in what to expect. The book is based around the real-life concerns and questions that were raised by the early career academics she worked with in her innovative Emerging…

While it is clear that better teachers get better results with students, school leaders often put themselves at a disadvantage by not hiring the best teachers available. In this groundbreaking book, three human resource experts show how even small adjustments can help school districts' leaders, principals, and other human resource professionals…

To meet the high-stakes requirements of IDEA's Indicator 13, professionals need proven and practical ways to support successful transitions for young adults with significant disabilities. Now there's a single guidebook to help them meet that critical goal--straight from David Test, one of today's most highly respected authorities on transitions to…

Volunteers are essential to a successful library program--and at a time when deep budget cuts are the norm, there are many libraries that depend on the help of dedicated volunteers, who do everything from shelving books to covering the phones. Whether these are friends, trustees, or community members, managing them effectively is the key to…

This volume collects essays Rob Jenkins originally wrote for "The Two-Year Track" column in "The Chronicle of Higher Education". Drawing on his own experience, Rob has, for many years, been dispensing much-appreciated advice from the frontline--to those considering a community college career as well as those who desire to move up the ranks. This…

Twenty suggestions are given to help university sociology departments develop procedures for hiring good teachers in the field. The first five ideas are about publicizing the position and initial screening of applications. Jobs should be announced in professional journals and at graduate departments with good reputations. Standardized forms should…

Competition for the best teaching jobs is becoming more intense. Since publication of the first edition, when it was mainly the most desirable schools that were deluged by applications, the economic climate has made the teacher market more competitive across the board, and is changing hiring practices. Now extensively revised, this book maintains…

This publication presents a step-by-step process for developing a career advancement portfolio. Chapter 1, "The Career Advancement Portfolio," describes the portfolio and explains why job applicants have found it so helpful in marketing themselves. Chapter 2, "Initiating Your Career Advancement Portfolio," provides step-by-step…

Helping business students to communicate better, this book addresses approaches and techniques for planning messages and selecting media, discusses a broad range of business writing situations, and covers key situations most managers would face on the job. Exercises in the book were written at two levels of difficulty (those applying basic…

This book lists certification standards for teachers, school librarians, school counselors, and administrators in each of the fifty states and the District of Columbia. Types of degrees and specializations required, duration of the certification, and application procedures are outlined. The certification recommendations of the Middle States…

This book is designed to be a comprehensive, step-by-step guide through the maze of the hiring process, showing readers how to be successful job seekers and get a job they love. Chapter 1 assists in determining if readers want a career change and helps them discover what career or range of careers would allow them to satisfy personal career needs.…

This guide teaches the new tools and the new rules for writing a resume that can be used by both computers and human readers. Chapter 1 gives an overview of the explosive speed at which hiring automation is moving, notes advantages and disadvantages to job seekers, and suggests a simple method for becoming skilled in keyword searching. Chapter 2…

This guide suggests positive steps for using trade magazines and newspaper advertisements for selective job placement and serves as a source of occupational information for use by students, adults, and counselors. Because more employers are placing help wanted ads in magazines, the guide contains a cross section of over 500 trade and professional…