Annual Meeting Placement Center

The American Accounting Association maintains a Placement Center at the Annual Meeting of the Association for the benefit of its members. The center is located in the headquarters hotel where individuals seeking positions and institutions seeking faculty, or other related academic personnel, can investigate opportunities of interest.

The Placement Center provides sets of resumes and position announcements. Binders are available at the Placement Center for perusal: one containing the resumes of individuals, the other containing descriptions of positions. Position books are divided into geographical sections. Resumes and position announcements can be purchased individually or in complete sets; position announcements are available in geographical sets.

Please observe the following guidelines when preparing and submitting electronic and hard copy of resumes or position announcements for the placement service at the AAA Annual Meeting in San Antonio.

1. All those who wish to make use of the Placement Center must be fully registered convention participants. Access to the Placement Center will be limited to convention registrants displaying a 2002 convention badge.

2. Submissions are limited to ONE PAGE ONLY. Both position announcements and resumes must be printed on ONE PAGE, ONE SIDE of white 8 1/2 by 11 inch paper. Margins are not to be less than 1 inch on all sides and type size may not be less than 10 point.

3. If you want your submission posted on the AAA web site, an electronic version of your announcement must be provided. Announcements submitted by the deadline of July 8, 2002 have the option to be posted on the web site. Announcements submitted July 9 or later will not be posted on the web site. Resumes and position announcements will be converted to a PDF format for web posting. The postings will remain on the AAA web site until November 1.

4. When preparing hard copy resumes and positions announcements, please leave a blank area of at least two-inches square in the upper right-hand corner for processing.

5. Resumes should contain the following minimum information: Academic credentials (degree, date, institution), areas taught, research interests, experience, date available, geographical preference, email address, and convention address (if known).

6. Position announcements may follow any desired format containing the following minimum information: areas to be taught, minimum degree requirements, salary range, undergraduate and graduate teaching responsibilities, research and publication requirements, email address, and convention address of recruiter (if known).

7. The processing fee must accompany all submissions; submissions are not processed until payment is received. Submissions received by the deadline dates will be posted on the AAA web site, if requested.

8. If paying by credit card, resume submissions and position announcement submissions to the placement service can be made securely online. Or, mail one clear, reproducible hard copy of your resume or announcement, a disk containing an electronic version of your submission for web site posting, a completed placement service submission form, and payment to:

Annual Meeting Placement Service
American Accounting Association
5717 Bessie Drive
Sarasota, FL 34233-2399

The fee is as follows:

Submissions received by June 10 (posted on web site by July 1)

Resumes - $50
Positions - $100

Submissions received by July 8 (posted on web site by August 1):

Resumes - $60
Positions - $125

Submissions received July 9, or later (will not be posted on the web site):

Resumes - $75
Positions - $175

9. The Placement Center will be located in the San Antonio Marriott RiverCenter hotel. It will be open during the following hours:

Wednesday: 10:30 AM - 12:00 Noon* and 2:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Thursday: 8:00 AM - 5:30 PM
Friday: 8:00 AM - 5:30 PM
Saturday 8:00 AM - 11:30 AM

*For late submission of resumes and position announcements only.

10. A message center for placement service participants is provided in the Placement Center, but must be limited to messages and letters only. Those individuals with resumes will automatically be assigned a message box. Each participating institution will be assigned one box, regardless of the number of positions it offers. Participants are urged to pick up all messages on Saturday. Unclaimed messages will not be forwarded unless advance arrangements are made.

11. There is no provision at the Placement Center for distributing bulky materials such as catalogues, brochures, etc.

12. Questions should be directed to Debbie Gardner, (941) 556-4101, debbie@aaahq.org.

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