Description: The job crisis in all fields of academia has reached alarming proportions -- and even for outstanding candidates the competition is fierce. This collection of essays by new Ph.D.s explores the problem from a wide variety of viewpoints, offering strategies for getting recommendations and performing at interviews as well as discussions of the personal difficulties involved. This book is a must for anyone who holds a Ph.D., is working toward one -- or is weighing post-college options and wondering whether the doctorate is worth pursuing. And it will help family members of those on the market understand the difficulties new candidates face.

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