Includes index.

Becoming literate in the employment line : Dr. Strangefield, or, How we learned to stop worrying and love the job search -- Case study 1 : to enter the job market fray or not? -- Writing the script : the application process -- Case study 2 : making your file work : personalize! -- The callback : the professional conference interview -- Case study 3 : the (somewhat) lighter side of the academic job search -- The screen test : the campus interview -- Case study 4 : my job search : a Cinderella story -- Case study 5 : it can be done : getting a tenure-track job as ABD in the Humanities -- Rehearsing for ad-libbing : preparing for (un)anticipated interview questions -- Case study 6 : the ghosts in the machine : women of color and the job market -- The awards ceremony : negotiating the university job contract or deciding to "leave showbiz" -- Case study 7 : managing negotiations with the clock ticking -- Case study 8 : the academic couple -- Case study 9 : reading, writing, and ramen : an academic couple's search for sustainable employment -- Case study 10 : the corporate interview -- Best performance in an underfunded public drama : the tenure-track professorship at the community college -- Case study 11 : a community college candidate's perspective -- Case study 12 : tale of two interviews : how failing to get the job can still lead to important insight -- Case study 13 : calling on your professional experience : securing a votech (vocational technology) teaching position -- In the director's chair : being an ethical academic advisor to students preparing for the job search.

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