AOM Placement Services Presentation: The Academic Job Search

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?