Academic Job Search
Want to become a professor? It's a challenging endeavor. Learn all that you can and prepare well in advance of application time with these tips.
Locating Academic Positions
Looking for an academic position? Check out this list of resources for locating academic positions
Looking for an academic position? Check out this list of resources for locating academic positions
Finding Useful Adjunct Jobs
You have research experience, now how do you get teaching experience? Try adjuncting, teaching part time.
You have research experience, now how do you get teaching experience? Try adjuncting, teaching part time.
The Assistant Professor's Guide to the Galaxy
A guide to survival and success in academia. (pdf file)
A guide to survival and success in academia. (pdf file)
Letters of Recommendation for Academic Jobs
Thought you were done with letters of recommendation? Not so fast - they're a component of the faculty application.
Thought you were done with letters of recommendation? Not so fast - they're a component of the faculty application.
Getting Teaching Experience
Suggestions on seeking formal and informal teaching opportunities
Suggestions on seeking formal and informal teaching opportunities
Cover Letters for Academic Jobs
A cover letter frames your application. Take care in preparing this important document.
A cover letter frames your application. Take care in preparing this important document.
Document Your Teaching
If you want to be a professor you'll have to show that you have the teaching skills to get the job done.
If you want to be a professor you'll have to show that you have the teaching skills to get the job done.
Nine Key Negotiating Points
Get what you're worth.
Get what you're worth.
Go on the Job Market This Year?
If you're close to finishing your Ph.D., you may wonder whether to search for an academic position this year or wait another year. This article from the Chronicle of Higher Education discusses five reasons to go on the job market this year, and five reasons to wait.
If you're close to finishing your Ph.D., you may wonder whether to search for an academic position this year or wait another year. This article from the Chronicle of Higher Education discusses five reasons to go on the job market this year, and five reasons to wait.
Shooting Low at a Community College
Hiring at community colleges is often quite different than at 4-year institutions. Learn why and get some great advice.
Hiring at community colleges is often quite different than at 4-year institutions. Learn why and get some great advice.
Writing a Research Plan
You won't get an interview if your application doesn't include a solid research plan covering at least the next five years. Demonstrate your research aptitude with this advice
You won't get an interview if your application doesn't include a solid research plan covering at least the next five years. Demonstrate your research aptitude with this advice
Academic Cover Letters
Cover letters for academic positions are very different than those for business! Your cover letter is your chance to tailor your application to the position, department, and university. Do your homework and follow these tips.
Cover letters for academic positions are very different than those for business! Your cover letter is your chance to tailor your application to the position, department, and university. Do your homework and follow these tips.
Navigating the Academic Job Minefield
Designed for political scientists, but useful to all who aspire to an academic position (pdf file)
Designed for political scientists, but useful to all who aspire to an academic position (pdf file)
Academic Job Application Checklist
What do you include in your applications for academic positions?
What do you include in your applications for academic positions?
Landing an Academic Job: The Process and Pitfalls
Fantastic advice on the application and interview process for jobs in academe.
Fantastic advice on the application and interview process for jobs in academe.
On the Academic Interview Circuit: An End-to-End Discussion
Get firsthand information about the process of applying and competing for faculty positions.
Get firsthand information about the process of applying and competing for faculty positions.
Open Letter for a Job Candidate
Advice for the interview. Top on the list: know yourself and the institution.
Advice for the interview. Top on the list: know yourself and the institution.
Academic Job Searching for Dummies
Academic Job Searching for Dummies Simple advice that we often overlook when we're on the job search
Academic Job Searching for Dummies Simple advice that we often overlook when we're on the job search