The Job Market in the Academy
At a recent workshop during the 2019 meeting of the AAR in San Diego, California, Dr. Russell McCutcheon offered valuable advice to graduate students seeking employment after graduation. As the job market, particularly the academic job market, tightens, it has become increasingly difficult for any t...
| Published in: | Bulletin for the study of religion |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Published: |
Equinox
[2020]
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| In: |
Bulletin for the study of religion
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Religious studies
/ Vocational prospects
/ Ability
/ Interest (Philosophy)
/ Self-portrayal
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| RelBib Classification: | AA Study of religion AD Sociology of religion; religious policy ZB Sociology |
| Further subjects: | B
Reinvention
B Specialization B job market B C.V B Academic B Russell McCutcheon |
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| Summary: | At a recent workshop during the 2019 meeting of the AAR in San Diego, California, Dr. Russell McCutcheon offered valuable advice to graduate students seeking employment after graduation. As the job market, particularly the academic job market, tightens, it has become increasingly difficult for any to find a job in the specialty their dissertation prepared them for. The solution McCutcheon suggested is rooted from his experience with the field itself: reinvention. His workshop on writing CVs illustrated the need in this changing market for graduate students to be able to describe the skills they have obtained in a way that makes their interests applicable to a wide range of jobs in the field rather than limiting themselves to a niche specialty that may limit potential jobs. |
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| ISSN: | 2041-1871 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Bulletin for the study of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1558/bsor.17726 |