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+<p><h1>Academic Job Hunting Resources</h1></p>
+<p><h2>Topics include:</h2></p>
+<p><ul>
+<li><a href="Updated_Dept_Guidelines_LettersofRec08.pdf">Department Guidelines for Letters of Reference (.pdf)</a>
+<li><a href="#ProfDev">Summary of Notes from Fall 2006 Professional Development Workshop</a>
+<li><a href="#overview">Overview of Academic Job Process</a>
+<li><a href="#cv">Cover Sheet, Cover Letter & Curriculum Vitae</a>
+<li><a href="#teach">Teaching Statement & Teaching Portfolio</a>
+<li><a href="#edit">Editing your Job Packet</a>
+<li><a href="#interview">Interview and Job Negotiation Links</a>
+<li><a href="#questions">Interview Questions we've been asked</a>
+<li><a href="#after"> After you get the job...</a>
+<li><a href="#find">Finding Open Positions</a>
+<li><a href="#funds">Fellowships and Other Funding Opportunities</a>
+<li><a href="#resources">Academic Resources</a>
+<li><a href="#undergradinfo">Finding Information about University Programs</a>
+</ul></p>
+<p><h2><a href="Updated_Dept_Guidelines_LettersofRec08.pdf">Department Guidelines for Letters of Reference (.pdf)</a></h2></p>
+<p><a name="ProfDev"></a><h2>Summary of Notes from Fall 2006 Professional Development Workshop.</h2>
+<ul><!--<li> Perry Gee:  <a href="ProfDev/letters_evals_summary.pdf"> Letters of Recommendation and Copies of your Teaching Evaluations (.pdf)</a>-->
+<li> Professor Tom Sallee: <a href="ProfDev/Sallee_Thoughts.pdf"> A summary of thoughts on teaching statements (.pdf)</a>.
+<li> Professor Monica Vazirani: <a href="ProfDev/Vazirani.pdf">Teaching Statements and the Broad Overview of Applying for Jobs (.pdf)</a>.
+<li> Professor Bruno Nachtergaele: <a href="ProfDev/Nach.pdf">Introduction to what a research statement is - the highlights of what they are looking for in your statement. (.pdf) </a>
+<li> Professor Joseph Biello: <a href="ProfDev/Biello.pdf">Additional highlights for Research Statements and Research Sound Bytes. (.pdf)</a>.
+<li> Professor Alex Mogilner: <a href="ProfDev/Mogilner.pdf"> Summary of Job Application Packet and Job Application Process. (.pdf)</a>
+</ul></p>
+<p><a name="overview"></a><h2>Overview of Academic Job Process</h2></p>
+<p><ul>
+<li><a href="http://www.math.uic.edu/~grizzard/Personal/jobsearch.html">A Longtime Math Grad Student's Job Search Experience</a> by Phil Gizzard (2007).
+<li> AMS article: <a href="http://www.ams.org/notices/200609/fea-lewis.pdf">Tips for the Job Search: Applying for Academic and Postdoctoral Positions (.pdf)</a> by Heather A. Lewis and John S. Caughman
+<li> <a href="http://www.ams.org/employment/academic-job-search.html">The Academic Job Search in Mathematics</a> by Thomas W. Rishel, Mathematical Association of America.
+<li> <a href="http://math.sfsu.edu/hsu/jobsearch.html">Getting a Math Education Job in a Mathematics Department</a>
+<li><a href="http://math.berkeley.edu/~mgsa/job.html">"Hints on Getting an Academic Job"</a> by Megumi Harada, UC Berkeley, 2003.
+<li> <a href="http://chronicle.com/jobs/news/1999/09/99092402c">Is the Tenure Path the Best Route for You? </a> By Richard M. Reis
+<li> <a href="http://math.harvard.edu/graduate/index.html#jobs">Professional Development Information for Harvard Math Grads</a>
+<li> From UCD ICC Workshop, <a href="ProfDev/ICC_applyinginterviewing.pdf"> Applying and Interviewing for Faculty Positions (.pdf)</a> by Kathi Shull.
+<li> From UCD PFTF Workshop, <a href="ProfDev/PFTF_Gertz.pdf">Preparing for a Career in Academia (.pdf)</a> by Michael Getz, UCD Computer Science.
+<li> From UCD ICC Workshop, <a href="ProfDev/ICC_CSUpanel.pdf">Where To Look \& How to Apply (.pdf)</a> by David Madden, CSU
+<li> From UCD ICC Workshop, <a href="ProfDev/ICC_panelUOP.pdf">Careers in
+Research Institutions and Professional Schools (.pdf)</a> by Dr. David Thomas,
+Universit of the Pacific School of Pharmacy and Health Science.  </ul></p>
+<p><a name="cv"></a><h2>Cover Sheet, Cover Letter & Curriculum Vitae</h2>
+<ul><li><a href="http://www.ams.org/coversheet/">AMS Cover Sheet</a>
+<li><a href="http://concerns.youngmath.net/story/2006/9/28/8843/07969">The Young Mathematician's Network "Developing Your Curriculum Vitae" By kevin charlwood</a>
+<li><a href="http://jobsearch.about.com/od/cvsamples/Sample_Curriculum_Vitae.htm"> Sample CV's </a>
+<li><a href="http://www.bio.ri.ccf.org/ASA_TSHS/mockCV/ApplyingForJob.pdf">Tips for Your Curriculum Vitae and Cover Letter from AMSTAT News(.pdf)</a>
+<li> The Chronicle of Higher Education, <a href="http://chronicle.com/jobs/news/2000/03/2000030302c/printable.html">"The Basics of Cover Letter Writing"</a> BY. Richard M. Reis
+<li>NOTE: UCD takes several weeks to get transcripts, so order them in August in time to be able to copy and throw into your packets.
+</ul></p>
+<p><a name="teach"></a><h2> Teaching Statement & Teaching Portfolio</h2>
+<ul><li>Speaking of Teaching, <a href="http://ctl.stanford.edu/Newsletter/teaching_portfolio.pdf">"Promoting a Culture of Teaching: The Teaching Portfolio" (.pdf)</a>
+<li> Speaking of Teaching, <a href="http://ctl.stanford.edu/Newsletter/student_writing.pdf">"Responding to Student Writing" (.pdf)</a>
+<li><a href="http://www.csuhayward.edu/wasc/pdfs/End Note.pdf">Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education" (.pdf)</a> AW Chickering, ZF Gamson, SJ Poulsen - 1987
+<li> From <a href="http://trc.ucdavis.edu/TRC/ta/SCT/index.html">UC Davis Seminar on College Teaching</a>
+        <ul><li> <a href="ProfDev/SCT_NancyVanNoteChisem.pdf">Developing a Philosophy of Teaching Statement (.pdf)</a> by Nancy Van Note Chism.
+        <li><a href="ProfDev/SCT_elementsTeachingStatement.pdf">Elements of a Teaching Philosophy (.pdf)</a>
+        <li><a href="ProfDev/Coppolla_TeachingStatement.pdf">Writing a Statement of Teaching Philosophy (.pdf)</a> by Brian P. Coppola
+        <li><a href="ProfDev/SCT_teachingportfolio.pdf">Building Your Teaching Portfolio (.pdf)</a>
+        <li><a href="http://www.ams.org/notices/200611/comm-grundman.pdf">Writing a Teaching Philosophy Statement</a> by Helen G. Grundman
+        <li><a href="ProfDev/SCT_TeachingObjectives.pdf">Teaching Objectives, Active Verbs (.pdf)</a>
+        </ul>
+<li> Tomorrow's Professor: <a href="http://ctl.stanford.edu/Tomprof/postings/756.html"> "Uses and Abuses of Student Ratings"</a>
+<li>The Young Mathematician's Network, <a href="http://concerns.youngmath.net/story/2006/10/3/105728/135">"Student Evaluations - what's the research say?"</a>
+<li><a href="http://gradschool.about.com/od/essaywriting/a/DosandDonts.htm">Personal Statement Dos and Donts</a>
+<li><a href="http://ctl.stanford.edu/Tomprof/postings/791.html">Tomorrow's Professors: Birthright</a>
+</ul></p>
+<p><a name="edit"></a><h2>Editing your Job Packet</h2></p>
+<p><ul><li><a href="http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/WritingGroups/">Writing Groups</a>
+<li><a href="http://writing2.richmond.edu/writing/wweb/finaled.html">Checklist for a Final Edit</a>
+<li> From UCD ICC Workshop, <a href="ProfDev/AcademicJobApplicationChecklist.pdf">Academic Job Application Checklist (.pdf)</a> by Mary Corbin Sies
+<li><a href="http://gradschool.about.com/cs/askingforletters/a/recletter.htm">All About Recommendation Letters</a>From Tara Kuther, Ph.D.
+</ul></p>
+<p><a name="interview"></a><h2>Interview and Job Negotiation</h2>
+<ul><li> The Chronicle of Higher Education, <a href="http://chronicle.com/jobs/2004/10/2004101501c.htm"> "The Academic Job Interview Revisited"</a> By Mary Dillon Johnson
+<li><a href="http://www.otal.umd.edu/~sies/jobadvice.html">Academic Job Interview Advice</a> By Mary Corbin Sies.
+<li> From UCD ICC Workshop, <a href="ProfDev/ICC_applyinginterviewing.pdf">Applying and Interviewing for Faculty Positions (.pdf)</a>
+<li> Tomorrow's Professor Msg.#749, <a href="http://ctl.stanford.edu/Tomprof/postings/749.html"> Campus Interview - The Research Presentation</a>
+<li><a href="http://chronicle.com/jobs/v45/i27/4527person.htm">My First Job Talk</a> By ROBIN WARNER.
+<li> <a href="http://www.job-interview.net/">job-interview.net</a>
+<li> 2003 AAEE Job Search Handbook, <a href="https://www.msubillings.edu/careers/PDF/pre-empguidelines03.pdf"> Guidelines for Pre-Employment Interview Questions (.pdf)</a>
+<li> <a href="http://chronicle.com/jobs/v45/i21/4521career.htm">How To Handle Difficult Interview Questions.</a>
+<li> <a href="http://gradschool.about.com/cs/academicinterview/a/acadintask.htm"> What You'll be Asked During an Academic Job Interview</a>
+<li> From UCD PFTF Workshop, <a href="ProfDev/interview_Saponara.pdf">A personal experience of the interview process"</a> by Valeria La Saponara, UC Davis.
+<li> From UCD ICC Workshop, <a href="ProfDev/icc_questions.pdf">Questions the applicant should be prepared to Answer and Ask(.pdf)</a>
+<li><a href="http://gradschool.about.com/cs/academicsearch/a/facint.htm">What to Ask During an Academic Job Interview</a>
+<li> <a href="http://www.quintcareers.com/phone_interview_etiquette.html">Phone Interview Etiquette</a>
+<li> Here We Have Idaho, <a href="ProfDev/WhenMannersMatter.pdf">"When Manner's Matter" Meal Interview Etiquette (.pdf)</a>
+<li> AAEE Guide for Prospective Faculty Members. <a href="http://www.ucop.edu/acadadv/ppfp/documents/negotiating-job-offer.pdf">"Negotiating the Job Offer"(.pdf) </a>by Kevin Harrington, Harvard Graduate School of Education.
+</ul></p>
+<p><a name="questions"></a><h2>Interview Questions we've been asked</h2>
+<br>
+(Almost) Always Asked = "***"<br>
+Frequently Asked = "**"<br>
+<br></p>
+<p><ul>
+<li>First-round interview for a teaching-oriented school
+<li>--General Questions
+<ul>
+    <li>Why are you interested in this position? ***
+    <li>What do you know about our college? ***
+    <li>You're really going to leave California? ***
+    <li>Have you visited our (state/region) ?
+    <li>Are you also applying for postdocs?
+    <li>Would you rather have a postdoc or a tenure-track position?
+    <li>Do you have any questions for us? ***
+    <li>Tell me about (this item) on your CV.
+    <li>How do you know this letter-writer (a friend of the interviewer)?
+    <li>Besides work, what else would you get involved in on our campus?
+</ul>
+<li>--Teaching Questions
+<ul>
+    <li>Describe your teaching. **
+    <li>What do you like about teaching?
+    <li>Which of our courses would you want to teach? **
+    <li>What courses would you like to teach if there were no restrictions? **
+    <li>This (teaching activity) you've done at Davis, would you continue it on our campus?
+    <li>What student research projects would you propose to supervise?
+    <li>What topics would you cover in (an advanced course for undergrads in your field)?
+</ul>
+<li>--Research Questions
+<ul>
+    <li>Describe your research. ***
+    <li>What are your research plans for the next 2-3 years?  For the next 5-6 years?
+    <li>How many papers will come out of your dissertation, and what are they?
+    <li>Is there anyone near our school you could collaborate with?
+    <li>How would you do research in this isolated setting?
+    <li>What kinds of research resources (i.e. computing) do you require? ***
+    <li>Are you ready to do independent research?
+</ul>
+<li>--Things that make you go "huh?"
+<ul>
+    <li>Is there anything that would prevent you from coming here? (huh? perhaps trying to ask if I have a 2-body problem?)
+</ul></p>
+<p></p>
+<p><li>Interview for a research-oriented postdoc
+<ul>
+    <li>Many technical questions about research (during and following research talk)
+    <li>What was your contribution to this paper you co-authored?
+    <li>What are your research plans after your dissertation?
+    <li>Do you think you would fit in here?
+</ul>
+<li>Interview for a position at a research-oriented industry job (e.g. national lab)
+<li>Interview for an industry job (e.g. Google)
+<ul>
+    <li>Most interviews will have two parts: one very technical, the other a
+little less so.<br></p>
+<p>The less technical part of the interview serves to determine if you
+will be a good fit at the company; this is not a euphemism for "good
+enough".  They want to make sure that you will be satisfied with the
+work environment they will provide.  Since many (if not most) industry
+positions are not precisely defined, it is an opportunity to show your
+potential employer what you could do for them that they might not have
+considered.  If they ask about an topic that you don't have any
+experience with, first acknowledge that fact, and go on to talk about
+related or similar problems that you have been able to solve.  The
+most important things to address are:
+<ul>
+<li>You understand what their product(s) do***
+<li>You can meaningfully contribute to their team***
+<li>You understand their competition and revenue model**
+</ul></p>
+<p><li>The technical portion of the interview will be used to verify that you
+know what you claim to know on your resume.</p>
+<p><ul>
+<li>You will be asked to write code on a whiteboard, both pseudo and
+syntactically correct ***
+<li>Know fundamentals of programming: pointers and references, data
+structures, algorithm run time (big <code>O</code>)
+</ul></p>
+<p></ul></p>
+<p></ul></p>
+<p><a name="after"></a><h2> After you get the job...</h2>
+<ul>
+<li> Dr. Evelyn M. Silvia: <a href="http://www.math.ucdavis.edu/~emsilvia/CollegialAdvice/html/CollegialAdvice.html">Collegial Advice for Assistant Professors Hints for Success and Stress Reduction as an Assistant Professor at UC Davis.</a>
+<li> <a href="http://archives.math.utk.edu/projnext/">Project Next (New Experiences in Teaching)</a>, a professional development program for new or recent Ph.D.s in the mathematical sciences.
+<li> <a href="http://ctl.stanford.edu/Tomprof/postings/792.html">Tomorrow's Professor Msg.#792 Collegiality: The Tenure Track's Pandora's Box</a>
+<li> ASAE <a href="http://www.asabe.org/imis/StaticContent/4/April_2004/P_11_12_Faculty.pdf"> "Tips for First-time Faculty" </a> by  Marybeth Lima (.pdf)
+<li> AAEE Guide for Prospective Faculty Members. <a href="ProfDev/Advice_Heiberger.pdf">Advice for First-Time Faculty Members (.pdf)</a> by Dr. Mary Morris Heiberger and Julia Miller Vick, University of Pennsylvania.
+<li> Anal Bioanal Chem, <a href="http://serc.carleton.edu/files/NAGTWorkshops/earlycareer/mabrouk_2006.pdf"> "Advice to a New Faculty Member" (.pdf) </a> By Patricia Ann Mabrouk
+<li> <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/Careers/05/12/new.grads/index.html">Five must-haves for new grads, on http://www.cnn.com</a>
+<li>Books:
+        <ul><li><a href="http://ctl.stanford.edu/Tomprof/book.html"> Preparing for Academic Careers in Science and Engineering</a> by Richard M. Reis, Stanford University.
+        <li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Ph-D-Is-Not-Enough-Survival/dp/0201626632">A Ph.D. Is Not Enough: A Guide to Survival in Science</a> by Peter J. Feibelman.
+        <li> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Advice-Faculty-Members-Robert-Boice/dp/0205281591">Advice for New Faculty Members</a> by Robert Boice
+        <li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Academics-Handbook-Leigh-Deneef/dp/082230807X">The Academic's Handbook</a> by Leigh Deneef, Craufurd D. Goodwin, Ellen Stern McCrate (Editor).
+        </ul>
+</ul></p>
+<p><a name="find"></a><h2>Finding Open Positions</h2>
+<ul><li><a href="http://www.ams.org/eims/">EIMS</a>
+<li><a href="http://www.mathjobs.org/jobs">Mathjobs, http://www.mathjobs.org/jobs</a>
+<li><a href="http://www.siam.org/careers/listings.php">SIAM</a> and <a href="http://jobs.siam.org">the new SIAM Job Board</a>.
+<li><a href="http://www.ams.org/emp-reg/">AMS Employment Center</a>
+<li><a href="http://academiccareers.com/">Academic Careers</a>
+<li><a href="http://jobsuniversity.com/">University Jobs</a>
+<li><a href="http://www.nationalpostdoc.org/">National Postdoctoral Association, http://www.nationalpostdoc.org/</a>
+<li><a href="http://collegecentral.com/">College Central Network</a>
+<li> <a href="http://math.sfsu.edu/hsu/jobs.html">SIGMAA on Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education Employment Listings and Job Web Sites</a>
+<li><a href="http://www.training.nih.gov/careers/careercenter/">NIH Virtual Career Center</a></p>
+<p><li>California Specific:
+        <ul><li><a href="http://norcalherc.org/">Northern California's Higher Education Recruitment Consortium (HERC)</a>
+        <li><a href="https://www.cccregistry.org/jobs/index.aspx">California Community College Registry</a>
+        <li><a href="http://sacramento.craigslist.org/">Craigslist</a>
+        <li><a href="http://jobs.lbl.gov/">Lawrence Berkeley National Labs</a>
+        <li><a href="http://postdocs.ucdavis.edu/">http://postdocs.ucdavis.edu/</a>
+        </ul>
+<li><a href="http://www.monstertrak.monster.com/">MonsterTrak, http://www.monster.com/</a>
+</ul></p>
+<p><a name="funds"></a><h2>Fellowships and Other Funding Opportunities</h2>
+<ul><li><a href="http://www.ucop.edu/acadadv/ppfp/">University of California President's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program </a>
+<li><a href="https://www.fastlane.nsf.gov/jsp/homepage/postdoc_fel.jsp">NSF Postdoctoral Fellowships and Other Programs</a>, Due 3rd Weds in Oct.
+<li><a href="http://www7.nationalacademies.org/rap/">Research Associateship Programs Postdoctoral </a>
+<li><a href="http://www.igert.org/index.asp">Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) </a>
+</ul></p>
+<p><a name="resources"></a><h2>Academic Resources</h2>
+<ul>
+<li>UC Davis Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Scholar Resources including:
+        <ul><li><a href="http://gp.ucdavis.edu/gps/gp.htm">Career Advising &  Career and Professional Development
+        <li><a href="http://gp.ucdavis.edu/gps/gp-dos.htm">Placement File Service</a>
+        <li><a href="http://gp.ucdavis.edu/gps/gp-eve-pat.htm">Pathways Career Symposium</a>
+        <li><a href="http://gp.ucdavis.edu/gps/gp.htm"> Web-based Resources</a>
+        <li>Career Opportunities Colloquium.
+        </ul>
+<li><a href="http://www.phds.org/career-guide">Science, Math, and Engineering Career Resources</a>
+<li><a href="http://chronicle.com/">The Chronicle of Higher Education</a>
+<li><a href="http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/">Science Careers</a>
+<li><a href="http://insidehighered.com/">Inside Higher Education</a>
+<li><a href="http://careerdevelopment.brown.edu/grads/acad_careers.php">Brown Career Development Center</a>
+<li><a href="http://ctl.stanford.edu/Tomprof/index.shtml">Tomorrow's Professor Mailing List</a>
+<li><a href="http://www.nsta.org/college#journal">Journal of College Science Teaching</a>
+<li><a href="http://ctl.stanford.edu/Newsletter/">Speaking of Teaching: Stanford University's Newsletter on Teaching</a>
+<li><a href="http://concerns.youngmath.net/">The Young Mathematicians' Network</a>
+<li><a href="http://polaris.gseis.ucla.edu/pagre/network.html">Networking on the Network: A Guide to Professional Skills for PhD Students</a> by Phil Agre, UCLA
+<li><a href="http://preparing-faculty.org/">Preparing Future Faculty Program</a>
+<li><a href="http://gradschool.about.com/cs/academicinter">About:Graduate School</a>
+<li><a href="http://www.successfulacademic.com/">Successful Academic</a>
+</ul></p>
+<p><a name="undergradinfo"></a><h2>Finding Information about University Programs</h2>
+<ul>
+<li><a href="http://www.usnews.com/usnews/home.htm">US News World Report</a>
+<li><a href="http://carnegiefoundation.org/classifications/">The Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education</a>
+<li><a href="http://www.princetonreview.com/home.asp">The Princeton Review</a>
+<li><a href="http://www.ams.org/employment/undergrad.html">AMS Undergraduate Mathematics Majors</a>
+</ul>
+</p>
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