Academic Job Boot Camp – Saturday 19th May 2018
The Academic Job Boot Camp is a free half-day event for early career historians sponsored by History UK and supported by History Lab. It will help you to structure your academic CV, hone your cover letter, rehearse your job presentation and undergo a mock interview, as well as demystifying some of the processes around academic recruitment. The experience, feedback and advice you receive at the event is designed to improve your chances the next time you apply for an academic job.
How will the boot camp work? You will take part in a simulation of all stages of the job application process up to and including being interviewed as a shortlisted candidate. There you will be interviewed by experienced academics drawn from a dozen universities nationwide. You will also deliver job presentations to other early career historians.
You will receive feedback on your interview and presentation. You will have the opportunity to observe how others fare. The event will end with a roundtable, after which there will be drinks and a dinner(*) at a nearby pub and restaurant.
Itinerary (all locations at Institute of Historical Research):
13.00 Welcome (Wolfson II)
13:15-16:00 Mock Interviews (incl. feedback on interview and application, conducted by a pair of academics)
13:150-16:00 Job presentations (Lead by an experienced academic and in front of other early career historians who provide written feedback)
16:00-17:00 Dr. Sara Wolfson to lead a session on ‘Top Ten Tips for Securing an Academic Job’ (Wolfson I)
17.00-19.30 Networking event in a nearby pub and dinner(*)
This event is free and sponsored by History UK, History Lab Plus and the Institute of Historical Research.
* Please note that dinner will need to be covered by participants.
To participate, you will need to apply for an imaginary lectureship in a real history programme. Please read the job advert for the Imaginary Lectureship in History here and the further particulars for the job http://bit.ly/2o696yy, then submit a letter of application and CV to Sue Davison at Sue.Davison@sas.ac.uk.
Questions should be directed to Lucinda Matthews-Jones l.m.matthew-jones@ljmu.ac.uk.
The deadline is noon on Tuesday 1st May and applicants will be contacted by the end of that week to let them know if they have been successful.
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