Books on Obtaining Employment
Debelius, Maggie and Basalla, Susan Elizabeth. So What Are You Going to Do With That?: A Guide for M.A.'s and Ph.D.'s Seeking Careers Outside the Academy. New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux (2001). A revised and updated edition of this book was published by the University of Chicago Press (2007).
Goldsmith, John ; Komlos, John; and Schine Gold, Penny. The Chicago Guide to Your Academic Career: A Portable Mentor for Scholars from Graduate School Through Tenure. Chicago: University of Chicago Press (2001).
Heiberger, Mary Morris and Vick, Julia Miller. The Academic Job Search Handbook. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press (1996).
Newhouse, Margaret. Cracking the Academic Nut: A Guide to Preparing For Your Academic Career. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press (1997).
Newhouse, Margaret. Outside the Ivory Tower: A Guide for Academics Considering Alternative Careers. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press (1993).
On the Market: Surviving the Academic Job Search. New York: Riverhead Books (1997).
Schaffer, William. High-Tech Careers for Low-Tech People. Berkeley: Ten Speed Press (1999).
Toth, Emily. Ms. Mentor's Impeccable Advice for Women in Academia. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press (1997).
Verba, Cynthia. Scholarly Pursuits: A Practical Guide to Academe. Cambridge, Mass.: Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Office of Student Affairs (1997).