Academic Job Search Resources

Academic Job Search Bibliography

Boufis, C. & Olsen, V. C. (eds.) (1997). On the Market: Surviving the Academic Job Search. Riverhead Books.

Formo, D. M. & Sterling, C. R. (1999). Job Search in Academe: Strategic Rhetorics for Faculty Job Candidates. VA: Stylus.

Heiberger, M. M. & Vick, J. M. (2002). The Academic Job Search Handbook (3rd Edition). Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press.

Sowers-Hoag, K. &. Harrison, D. F. (1998). Finding An Academic Job. Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks, CA.

Toth, E. (1997). Ms. Mentor's Impeccable Advice for Women in Academia. University of Pennsylvania Press.

Academic Job Search Sites

• American Association of University Professors Career Center
• Re-evisioning the Ph.D.: PhD. Career Resources from the University of Washington
• Higher Education Resource Hub
• Chronicle of Higher Education
• Academic Careers Online
• Mary Corbin Sies, Academic Job Application Checklist
• Postdoc Jobs
• Academic360 (A meta-collection of internet job searching resources)
• University Job Bank
• Edvisors Network (Various academic job search tools)
• American Association of Community Colleges (Careerline)
• Landing the Academic Job (white paper)
• Job Search Handbook (University Council for Educational Administration)
• Upper Midwest Higher Education Recruitment Consortium (UMW HERC)
• National Higher Education Recruitment Consortium
• Vitae (European job search site) 

General Tools and Resources

• First person accounts of the job search — http://chronicle.com/jobs/2001/10/2001101201c.htm
• U of M's Postdoctoral Affairs job searching resources in and out of academe — http://www.grad.umn.edu/postdoctoral_affairs/professional_development/job_searching.html
• Negotiating the non-tenure track — http://chronicle.com/article/Negotiating-the-Non-Tenure-/45495/
• University of Michigan Career Center: Services for Graduate Students — http://www.careercenter.umich.edu/students/gradservices/index.html
• English M.A.s and Ph.D.s academic job search — http://www.english.uga.edu/newsite/grad/placement/placement.html
• Developing yourself as a professional (Virginia Tech) — http://www.career.vt.edu/GraduateStudents/Index.html
• What You Need to Know About Graduate School (written by an associate professor of developmental psychology) — http://gradschool.about.com/cs/academicsearch
• Carnegie Mellon Career Center — http://www.studentaffairs.cmu.edu/career/
• University of Illiniois Academic and Non-Academic Job Search Resources for Graduate Students — http://www.grad.uiuc.edu/CareerServices/

Job Posting Resources

• Chronicle of Higher Education — http://chronicle.com/jobs/
• Higher Ed Jobs — http://www.higheredjobs.com/
• Academic Position Network — http://www.apnjobs.com/apn.html
• Academic Careers Online — http://www.academiccareers.com/

Researching Institutions

• Spertus, E. (2000). Tips for a Massive Academic Job Search — http://people.mills.edu/spertus/job-search/job.html
• Rishel, T. W. (1998). The Academic Job Search in Mathematics, Mathematical Association of America — http://www.ams.org/employment/academic-job-search.html
• Fant, G. C., Jr. (January 19, 2001) "'What If I've Never Heard of This Place?' A 30-Minute Internet Search for Job Seekers." The Chronicle of Higher Education. http://chronicle.com/article/What-If-Ive-Never-Heard-o/45565/

Academic Positions

Faculty Positions—Part Time:

• Carroll, J. (2002). “Getting Started as an Adjunct.” Chronicle of Higher Education 9/3/02: http://chronicle.com/article/Getting-Started-as-an-Adjunct/46199/
• McClain, L. T. (2003).“Working Part-Time by Choice.” Chronicle of Higher Education 9/29/03: http://chronicle.com/article/Working-Part-Time-by-Choice/8876/

Administrative:

• POD Network (2002). “What is Faculty Development?” Read Overview, Definitions, and Program Types, and browse The Value of a Teaching Center: http://www.podnetwork.org/development.htm
• Simmons, C. M. (2002). “What is Student Affairs Anyway? Getting into the Field as a New Student and a New Professional:” http://oak.cats.ohiou.edu/~youngb/What Is Student Affairs Anyway_files/frame.htm
• Love, P. (2003). “Considering a Career in Student Affairs:” http://www.acpa.nche.edu/c12/career.htm
• Lander, N. (2003). “Exploring the World of Student Affairs Administration:” http://www.bsu.edu/web/nplander/exploring_student_affairs_administration.html

CVs & Cover Letters

• U of MN Graduate School CV and Cover Letter Resources — http://www.grad.umn.edu/postdoctoral_affairs/professional_development/job_searching.html
• Academic Cover Letters — http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/pw/p_covseek.html
• Sample Web CVs — http://www.quintcareers.com/vita_samples.html
• Writing the CV, a printable handout from Purdue's legendary Online Writing Center — http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/print/pw/p_vita.html
• University of Michigan's CV site — http://www.careercenter.umich.edu/students/gradservices/academic/appmaterial.htm
• International Student Job Search — http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/pw/p_international.html

• The Chronicle of Higher Education's “CV Doctor,” an on-going column devoted to vitae concerns — http://chronicle.com/search/?contextId=5&searchQueryString=CV+doctor&search_sortedBy=&facetName=content&facetValue=article&facetCaption=Article

Interviews

• Trina Sego and Jef I. Richards, Ph.D. Interview Preparation Guide for Positions in Academia — http://advertising.utexas.edu/graduate/resources/PROD75_017333.html
• Interviewing for a Faculty Position — http://www.grad.umn.edu/gsss/
• U of MN Graduate School Interviewing Resources — http://www.grad.umn.edu/postdoctoral_affairs/professional_development/job_searching.html

Job Negotiation

• Trower, C. (2001). “Negotiating the Non-Tenure Track.” Chronicle of Higher Education 7/6/01: http://chronicle.com/article/Negotiating-the-Non-Tenure-/45495/
• "Negotiation Tactics and Strategies"; "Nine Key Negotiating Points"; and "Negotiation Role-Play" by Vid Mohan-Ram on http://nextwave.sciencemag.org (3/10/00).
• "Getting (Most of) What You Want" by Mary Morris Heiberger and Julia Miller Vick on http://chronicle.com/article/Getting-Most-of-What-You-/45566/ (1/26/01).
• "Women and Minorities Negotiating Salaries" by Lee B. Kass and Kathleen Gale on http://nextwave.sciencemag.org (27 September 2002).
• "The Right Start-Up Package for Beginning Science Professors" by Richard M. Reis on http://chronicle.com/article/The-Right-Start-Up-Package-/45611/ (8/27/99).
• "A Few Perks No One Told Me About" by James M. Lang on http://chronicle.com/article/A-Few-Perks-No-One-Told-Me-/45989/ (3/25/02).

Portfolios

• Building Diversity into Your Teaching Portfolio, University of Washington Curriculum Transformation Project — http://depts.washington.edu/cidrweb/resources/portfoliotools.html
• For information about developing specific portfolio components see: http://ftad.osu.edu/portfolio/

Teaching Philosophies

• Teaching Philosophies: Examples from the University of Pennsylvania — http://www.ctl.sas.upenn.edu/tools/philos.html
• Ohio State University's teaching philosophy resources include development information and samples — http://ftad.osu.edu/portfolio/philosophy/Philosophy.html
• From Iowa State University's Center for Teaching Excellence — http://www.celt.iastate.edu/teaching/philosophy.html
• Univeristy of Michigan Center for Teaching — http://www.crlt.umich.edu/tstrategies/tstpts.html
• University of California Berkeley — http://career.berkeley.edu/PhDs/PhDportfolio.stm

Research Statements

• Sample research statement from Iowa State University?s College of Business — http://www.bus.iastate.edu/jmcelroy/researchstmt.asp
• Detailed sample research statement from Cal Tech (in PDF format) — http://www.cs.caltech.edu/~baksoylu/research/research.pdf