EMPLOYMENT

During the fall of the year preceding the academic year in which students expect to take a full-time teaching position, they should make their availability and particular needs and interests known to the chairperson of the Department. The Department is notified of many job openings; it is the responsibility of the chairperson to make these notices available to interested and qualified graduate students and to do what he or she can to help persons getting higher degrees in German at the University find the sort of positions they want. Job seekers, in turn, must take responsibility for working closely with the chairperson as he or she attempts to assist them. They should also register with the University Placement Center and consider filing a dossier. The MLA Job Information List (published four times a year) is the most widely followed source of information concerning professional positions; the Chronicle of Higher Education may also be consulted.