The Academic Job Search for Grad Students
The academic job search is built around a portfolio of materials that tell a story about the candidate’s research, future research agenda, teaching, special skills and training, service, and more. Although this portfolio varies field-to-field—and person-to-person—the goal of that narrative is similar across the board.
For information on best practices for your academic job market portfolio, see the PhD and Postdoc Success Website.
Additional Resources for the Academic Job Search
Books
- The Academic Job Search Handbook (4th Edition), Julia Miller Vick and Jennifer S. Furlong
- Job Search in Academe: How to get the Position You Deserve, Dawn M. Formo and Cheryl Reed
- The Chicago Guide to Your Academic Career: A Portable Mentor for Scholars from Grad School through Tenure, John A. Goldsmith, John Komlos and Penny Schine Gold
Online Resources: Job Postings, Articles and Advice
All Disciplines
- Source for academic employment
- A community site for job postings and sharing career-related information
- is a great resource for articles and job postings related to the academic and non-academic job search
- Faculty and staff positions at academic institutions in Chicago and the Midwest and academic job search resources
- Leading source for jobs and career information in academia
Humanities and Social Sciences
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math
- Social networking site for researchers that includes job postings from around the world
- Positions for scientists in industry, academia, and government
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