Academic Job Search, Recruitment, and Careers: Tips, Traps and Lessons Learned | FOWI Seminar Series

Part of the Future of Work Institute (FOWI) Seminar Series

Having been on the academic job market and now leading faculty recruitment searches, Dr. Jonathan E. Booth will discuss seeking academic jobs and the recruitment and selection process from both applicant and search committee perspectives. Additionally, he will speak to his experience related to his international academic career, particularly his transitioning from one context (e.g., original citizenship and PhD training in USA) to another (e.g., working in the UK) and navigating this journey.  Further, he will discuss his approaches to successfully maintaining a career in a new environment, best practices to collaborating with scholars from around the planet (and not in one's time zone), and more.

About the Speaker

In August 2009, Dr Booth graduated from the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management with his PhD in Human Resources and Industrial Relations, with disciplinary focus in Organisational Behaviour and Theory and Labour Relations and Collective Bargaining. Jonathan is an Associate Professor at the London School of Economics and Political Science, Department of Management, and teaches courses in HRM, OB, and negotiations, primarily to MSc and PhD students and executive education participants.

Jonathan researches workplace stigma and mistreatment; employee prosocial behaviour (e.g., corporate volunteering; giving; forgiving) and employee perceptions and interactions with emerging technology. Recently, he has written about challenges and opportunities for LGBTQI+ inclusion at work. Jonathan has published in academic outlets, such as the Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Applied Psychology, Human Relations, ILR Review, Human Resource Management, British Journal of Industrial Relations, and other journals, book chapters, blogs, and reports. In 2020, he received the Labor and Employment Relations Association's John T. Dunlop Outstanding Scholar Award for his contributions to research that address industrial relations/employment problems of international significance. Currently, Jonathan serves as an Associate Editor for the British Journal of Industrial Relations. Prior to academe, he was a consultant in information technology, change management, and training development for banking, energy, hospitality, and technology firms.

Venue

• In person: Future of Work Institute (78 Murray Street Perth WA 6000)
• Online: In person attendance is preferred but will stream via Microsoft Teams

RSVP

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