Career Coaching
what they're saying
“Sally has amazing interpersonal, organizational, and strategic skills. She went to great lengths to help me land a job, including: securing informational interviews for me, making sure I was well-prepared for those interviews, and promoting my skills to potential employers. I can't recommend her highly enough.”
March 3, 2009
Sara Kennedy
Marketing and Communications Staff member
Academic Job Search Package
This interactive job search program is designed to meet the needs of doctoral students preparing for an academic job search. The goal is to provide structure, guidance and feedback in preparing students for a successful academic job search resulting in an offer.
This four month comprehensive package of individualized career coaching services combined with monthly webinars covers a range of topics synchronized with the academic job search timeline. This package will provide you with the support and structure you need to stay focused on your academic job search from beginning to end!
Month/Webinar Topic:
September 21st, 2009: A roadmap for the academic job search; what you need to know before you begin applying for post doc and academic position
October 19th, 2009: How to write a compelling cover letter and vita; Marketing yourself in Academe
November 16th, 2009: The academic interviewing process; what to expect and how to prepare for success
December 14th, 2009: Negotiating Offers in the Academy; Salary, start up, joint appointments, service, dual career needs and many more important components of the offer will be covered
Webinars occur on the 3rd Monday of each month at 5:00 PM except for December which will be on the 2nd Monday of the month at 5:00 PM . If you are unable to attend the interactive live webinar the slides will be made available for you afterwards. In order to provide you with the individualized attention you deserve, registration is limited to 20 participants per package.
Package Costs: $450 onetime fee for 4 months of career coaching and guidance specific to your academic job search.
This package includes:
- One 30 minute phone coaching session per month
- Email support
- Participation in monthly webinars
- Access to a private group forum with webcasts/video interviews with experts in the academic job search
- At the completion of the package participants will be given a $20 off coupon good for one private coaching session in 2010 to help you negotiate your first offer!
Registration is limited to the first 20 people. Register before September 15th and save $50.
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