"The MLA Guide to the Job Search features advice on preparing for and conducting an academic job search, from graduate work to the job offer; information on seeking employment in two-year colleges, four-year colleges, and universities; discussion of the nonacademic job market: how it differs from the market in academia and how PhDs can apply their training to it; advice for departments on handling each stage of the hiring process effectively; essays examining the past, present, and future of the academic and professional labor markets; MLA statements on recruitment, hiring, and employment practices; dos and don'ts for interviewers and interviewees; statistics on the employment of PhDs in languages and literatures; and sources of further information."--BOOK JACKET.

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