The Academic Job
Search: Some Insights
into the Process
Garry Adams
Mike Ryan
Marianne Miller
Wendy Kramer
AOM Placement Services
Overview
 Vital
Statistics
 The Process
Academy Interviews
Campus Interviews
Helpful Hints
 Questions
2014 AOM Placement
Applicants (applicants to jobs)
2014
2013
2012
– 579 (1.36)
– 663 (1.75)
– 948 (2.65)
Positions
2014
2013
2012
- 427
– 379
– 358
(as of 8/1/2014)
Applicants Registered on AOM
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
Strategy
189
294
259
208
292
205
OB
177
286
288
187
230
157
HR
141
205
190
117
62
77
Int’l
99
284
44
98
77
49
Entrep.
142
173
166
143
128
129
OT
82
174
217
94
54
46
Managerial Jobs By Category
(as of 8/1/2014)
Job Type
Year - 2014
Applicant to
Job Ratio
Year - 2013
Applicant to
Job Ratio
Strategy
205
1.51
191
1.5
OB
157
1.82
127
1.8
HR
77
1.13
75
1.2
International
49
1.61
62
1.24
Entrepreneur
129
1.15
127
1.8
OT
46
1.59
46
.85
Entering the Academic
Job Market
 Grad

Students
0% Pre-comps
10% Comps completed
22% Proposal accepted
23% Collecting data
31% Waiting to defend
 4% Dissertation defended
The Process: First Step

Creating Your Vita
 Education & Degree Progress
 Research
 Published
 In Progress
 Academic Activities
 Teaching Experience & Evaluations
 Work Experience
 Honors & Awards
The Process: Step Two
 Self
Assessment of Personal
Goals & Preferences
 Excel Portfolio of Job Targets
(25/50/25 or 20/60/20)
 Interviewing at National &
Regional Conferences
 Registering on Job Sites
 Practice Interviews/Job Talks
Job Packets
 Should
include all of the basic
info requested by departments
(electronic or printed)
Cover Letter (vary by application)
 Vitae
 Dissertation Overview
 Other Writing Samples
 Research Philosophy
 Teaching Philosophy with Evaluations
 Separate Letters of Recommendation (vary by
application)

Sources for Academic
Position Information
 AOM
 Regional
Conferences
 Chronicle of Higher Ed
 Higheredjobs.com (328 Mngt, HR,
Entrep., IB jobs on 8/1/14)
 School/Discipline
 International
websites
sites (akadeus.com)
The Process: Conferences
 Before
Contacting
Schools
Telephoning/Skype/Emailing
 Sending vita/job packets
 Mock Interviews

 During
Contacting
Recruiter
Telephoning
 Conference intranet/e-mail
 Meeting at sessions/social events/”Always On”

The Process: Conferences
 AOM
Placement Services
Placement
Interviews in
Philadelphia Marriott, 4th Floor,
Franklin 1-12
 Room 405 is Placement Office
Friday Noon until Tuesday Noon
Full Day Placement Office Hours
8 am – 5pm
Recruiters Decision to Interview
(Survey by Nancy McIntyre & Mary Jo Jackson)
Degree
Status – 86%
Compatibility
Teaching
Quality
– 80%
Experience – 77%
of Publications – 73%
Reputation
of Degree-granting
Institution/Advisor – 75%
Number
Gut
of Publications – 54%
Feeling – 53%
Decision to Invite to Campus
 Applicant
 Degree
Status (85%)
 Teaching
 Quality
fit (87%)
Experience (84%)
of publications (83%)
 Compatibility
 Reputation
 Number
 “Gut”
to job opening (76%)
of degree-granting institution (72%)
of publications (68%)
feeling (53%)
The Process: Campus Visit
 Interviews/Faculty
Meetings
 Presentations
Research
Teaching
 Networking
/ Socializing
 Two-Way Assessments of “Fit”
The Job Offer
Subjects for Negotiation
 Salary
 Research
support (81%)
 Number of courses/preps
 42% release time
 Travel for Research/Conferences(94%)
 Technology (70-80%)
 Moving Expenses
 Summer Funding
 45% summer teaching
 71% summer research support
AASCB Salary Trends
2009-2010
2010-2011
2011-2012 2012-2013
2013-2014
New PhD
105.7
112.3
100.1
105.7
114.1
Instructor
67.4
68.5
70
63.7 - 68.7
73.4 (69.7)
Assistant
104.4
108
106.8
102 - 116
111.8
(111.6)
Associate
84-120
90-125
110 - 118
119.4
(130.3)
Full
127-150
127-160
147 - 189
152 (173.3)
( ) is average salary for new hires at each level
Salary Trends – New Hires
New Doctorate Salaries by Field/Discipline ($’s in 000’s)
Field/Discipline
Mean 2013
Percent Change From 2012
Accounting/Taxation
CIS/MIS
Economics/Managerial Economics
151.1
113.0
91.1
6.0
1.5
3.3
Finance/Banking/Real
Estate/Insurance
152.8
13.0
Management/Behavioral
Science/International
Business/Strategic Management
114.1
4.6
Marketing
Production/Operations Management
124.3
115.9
11.2
-5.4
Quantitative Methods/Operations
Research/Statistics
Combined (All fields/disciplines,
including fields/disciplines
not listed above)
122.4
124.4
24.0
17.7
Helpful Hints
Be
realistic about constraints &
deadlines when evaluating offers
Be comprehensive when negotiating,
and get it in writing
Be careful playing offers against each
other
Be open with significant others about
the decision-making process
Understand the impact of salary
compression
Helpful Hints
Do
your homework on faculty,
department & university
Practice interviews
Discuss your preferences &
options with family & advisors
Watch what you say and do
(manage perceptions)
Ask about research & tenure
expectations
Placement Coaches
New Service for Job Candidates
 Effort to Apply Our Experience to
Improve Candidate Preparation
 Willingness to Help
Candidates with C.V. / Job Process
Question
Candidates with Unique
Circumstances
Assistance With Other Questions or
Issues

Questions?