Attaining an Academic Appointment

This is a basic handbook about preparing and following through on an academic job search for individuals embarking on their academic career. It contains elements, examples, descriptions, and pragmatic suggestions about conducting such a search. It includes pragmatic advice and truthful accounts from people who have gone through such searches recently, written in a collegial dialogue for those about to go through this process. It is full of examples, stories, worksheets, appendices, personal narratives, and reference information for novice academic professionals to use in their search.