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Reinvent the search process: you're in control.(job searching)

Women in Higher Education

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With the rise of the Internet and the growing trend of hiring candidates from outside of academia, higher education hiring practices are completely different from those of a decade ago. To get ahead in today's academic job market, you've got to make sure your approach to the search process fits the new paradigm.

Searches work best when they're conducted with honesty, integrity, loyalty and transparency, said Nancy Archer Martin and Jennifer L. Bloom. Updating info from their 2003 book Career Aspirations & Expeditions: Advancing Your Career in Higher Education Administration, they presented "Reinventing the Search process," at the Office of Women in Higher ...

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